SBIR Phase I: Low Cost TFEL Head Mounted Displays

Information

• NSF Award
• 9560589

Owner

• SPIRE CORPORATION

• Award Id

  9560589

• Award Effective Date

  9/1/1996 - 28 years ago

• Award Expiration Date

  2/28/1997 - 27 years ago

• Award Amount

  $ 74,929.00

• Award Instrument

  Standard Grant

9560589 Halverson This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will investigate a low-cost manufacturing process for miniature thin film electroluminescent (TFEL) displays. A TFEL head mounted display (HMD) will be based on passive matrix addressing and indium bump bonded drive electronics. Passive matrix addressing is expected to simplify fabrication and improve HMD manufacturing by decreasing the number of high voltage drive transistors required for display operation. Additional improvements in producibility are expected due to separate fabrication and test of the miniature TFEL panel and drive chips. Ion implantation of multicolor activators through high resolution masks will be used to introduce luminescent centers selectively and form color pixels. Miniaturization of the TFEL panel would allow high refresh rates and, therefore, a high-brightness display. Low cost, miniaturized TFEL displays will be used in applications requiring hands-free transfer of information such as equipment maintenance, telepresence surgery, and simulators for training. The largest potential commercial use will be high-performance virtual reality entertainment systems.

• Program Officer

  Ritchie B. Coryell

• Min Amd Letter Date

  8/9/1996 - 28 years ago

• Max Amd Letter Date

  8/9/1996 - 28 years ago

• ARRA Amount

• Name

  Spire Corporation

• City

  BEDFORD

• State

  MA

• Country

  United States

• Address

  1 PATRIOTS PARK

• Postal Code

  017302396

• Phone Number

  7812756000

• First Name

  Ward

• Last Name

  Halverson

• Email Address

  whalverson@spirecorp.com

• Start Date

  8/9/1996 12:00:00 AM

• Name

  Telecommunications

• Code

  206000

• Name

  Engineering-Electrical

• Code

  55

• Name

  Industrial Technology

• Code

  308000