Technical Programs
RFP00-51 Environmental Test Cell - Undertake a comprehensive study of the relationship among the many variable environmental parameters in a cleanroom environment and define the conditions that produce the best effects on the substrate surface as it emerges from process tools and is transported about the cleanroom. Mini-environments will be compared to Bay/Chase and Ballroom cleanroom designs.
RFP00-52 Micro Display Test System - Design, develop and commercialize a rugged microdisplay test system for rapid production testing. The test system shall include pixel defect detection, and precise spectral and optical measurements. The initial design will be applied to testing of LCOS microdisplay devices.
RFP00-53 Electrostatic Printing - No RFP was created before the project topic was dropped.
RFP00-54 Film Deposition - Evaluate the technology and processes required to deposit high-performance ITO layers on plastic film substrates. The primary goals are to obtain low sheet resistance (<10 ohms/sq) while retaining 90% optical transmission, uniform film thickness, and the ability to etch fine patterns while retaining adhesion to the substrate. Various approaches will be explored to permit low temperature deposition, which is mandated by the plastic substrate properties.
RFP00-55 Laser Light Source - Develop the manufacturing processes and technology to produce cost-competitive laser sources as alternative to classical lamps for illumination sources used in projection display systems.
RFP00-56 Large Area Flat Lamp - Develop and test improvements to an electrodeless open chamber lamp, including efforts on modification to the drive electronics, to increase the luminance, efficiency and lifetime of serpentine flat fluorescent lamp technology. Assess scaleability of the technology to large display sizes (>20") for military high ambient light applications.
RFP00-57A Military Display Ruggedization - Identify the underlying variables associated with mounting and packaging of LCD cells that can have an effect on mechanical and optical performance when the displays are subjected to harsh environments and abusive applications. Develop standard testing methods and practices to evaluate ruggedized display performance of all the critical variables. Develop design guidelines that can be used to direct the packaging of displays for severe environments.
RFP00-57B Military Display Defect Repair - Assess the ability of a laser ablation process to repair "bright-on" pixel defects by permanently darkening the color filter materials to create a "dim pixel". The later defect being classified as minor, would allow for acceptance of displays that are currently rejected.
RFP00-58/F Enhanced Projection Lamp Assembly - Improve the manufacturability of a lamp reflector system developed by eele Laboratories to produce pre-production volumes of product for test and evaluation and to assess the ability to meet cost targets that will enable commercial viability of the technology. The technical target is to nearly double the light collection efficiency of the reflector system when used with common commercially available bulbs for projection display systems.
RFP00-59 Near-eye Display Human Factors Study - Utilize focus group studies to identify the key design parameters that influence user comfort with near-eye display devices.
RFP00-60 Permeability Measurement Techniques - Develop a new technical approach and instrument to measure the permeation of gases, primarily oxygen and water vapor, through plastic films. Measurement sensitivity must be 3 to 4 orders of magnitude greater than provided by currently available instruments. A measurement rate that would allow rapid periodic testing in a production environment is desirable. The highest level of sensitivity is required to monitor barrier layer and encapsulant performance for OLED devices.
RFP00-61 Sulfur Trioxide Resistant Stripping - Assess the ability of an SO3 gas system to remove process-hardened photoresists and validate the projected reduction of a factor between 1/3 and 1/2 in the cost of ownership for the stripping process step. Design and develop a tool that is capable of implementing the process in a production environment on generation 1 size substrates.
RFP01-62 Human Factors Impact on Near-eye Display Design - This study seeks a quantitative assessment of the key ergonomic design parameters that impact the acceptability and use of near-eye display devices. Not only is an understanding sought of the relationship between the various potential applications for such display products and the human factors applicable to that use, but the range of acceptable and desirable values for the design space is the primary deliverable.
RFP01-63 OLED Encapsulation & Packaging Technology - The project seeks to develop and commercialize new encapsulation and packaging approaches to protect OLED devices from environmental degradation during service. The emphasis is on new materials and the associated manufacturing processes and tools necessary to apply them effectively and cost efficiently. Packaging systems could include covercoats for monolithic encapsulation, edge sealant materials, desiccant materials, or other innovative packaging solutions for glass, silicon or plastic-based substrate OLED devices.
RFP01-64 OLED Microdisplay Degradation Study - This project seeks to explore the influence of strong electromagnetic fields across a wide spectral range on the performance of common microdisplays devices such as LCOS. Standard testing techniques and radiant exposure conditions will be developed and a set of criteria for degradation evaluation and product comparison will be created.
RFP01-65 Roll-to-Roll Patterned ITO - Develop and Install a high volume production capacity to produce patterned ITO plastic substrates in continuous roll format with feature critical dimensions suitable for OLED anode layers.
RFP01-66 Patterning Technologies for OLED Cathodes - This project seeks to develop novel patterning technologies for OLED cathodes. Due to the sensitivity of OLED organic layers both to temperature and chemical attack, alternatives to conventional photolithographic techniques are essential. The several approaches currently employed are considered to be too slow and costly for high volume manufacturing.
RFP01-67 Ink Jet Printing for OLEDs - Develop and commercialize an ink jet printing system and compatible POLED materials to allow patterning of 50 micron OLED RGB pixels.
RFP01-68 Cryogenic Dry Cleaning - Develop a dry cleaning tool and associated process technology for cleaning OLED and other FPD type substrates using cryokinetic gas impingement.
RFP01-69 Coat-Develop-Bake System for Miniature OLED Display Color Filter/Converter Materials - This project seeks to develop and commercialize a cleanroom compatible automatic coat-develop-bake system for the color filter and converter materials used to make color displays from organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays.
RFP01-70 Transparent Electrodes for OLED Displays - Seeking to develop materials and manufacturing processes for transparent electrodes used in organic light emitting diode (OLED) displays. Suitable new materials, especially those that are highly compatible with use on flexible (plastic) substrates, will also be considered for application in other display technology types.
RFP01-71 High Resolution Display Human Factors Study - Improvements are needed in our understanding of how users interact with information displayed in various formats and environments, and how display parameters affect application performance.
RFP01-72 Plasma Etching Tool for Electronics on Plastics - In order to establish the supply of roll-to-roll plasma etching tool, the USDC is seeking proposals to design, develop, qualify and commercialize a production grade plasma etching tool capable of etching oxide and dielectric films on flexible plastic substrates in a toll-to-roll process. The process should consider the target specifications provided.
RFP01-73 Cleaner for Web-based Manufacturing on Plastic Substrates - To establish the supply of an appropriate cleaning tool. Design, develop, qualify and commercialize a production grade cleaning process and tool capable of the effective and efficient cleaning of bare and patterned flexible plastic substrates in a roll-to-roll process. Proposals applying either dry or wet cleaning technologies will be considered.
RFP01-74 Lithography Aligner for Web-based Manufacturing on Plastic -Design develop, qualify and commercialize a photo alignment tool capable of alignment and exposure of photoresists on flexible plastic substrates in a roll-to-roll process. Either mask or maskless technologies will be given consideration, with the decision based upon performance and cost of ownership for the proposed tool and process.
RFP02-75 Defect Inspection Tool for Web-based Manufacturing on Plastic Substrates - Design, develop, qualify and commercialize a photo alignment tool capable of alignment and exposure of photoresists on flexible plastic substrates in a roll-to-roll process. The proposal should address the concerns mentioned and should consider the target specifications provided in the table. Either mask or maskless technologies will be given consideration, with the decision based upon performance and cost of ownership for the proposed tool and process.
RFP02-76 Display Technology & Market Benchmarking - Provide USDC and its member companies with a broad spectrum of relevant data and intelligence on the flat panel display industry. This is not intended to be a one-time study giving a snapshot-in-time view. It is the intent to establish an ongoing process whereby current and credible data can be provided on a periodic (monthly to quarterly) basis. A global perspective should be applied and the scope of coverage should include relevant business, technology, manufacturing and market factors. Effort should include the collection of quantitative data, opinions and rends projections, accompanied by insightful analysis. Rhese data will be used for USDC activities such as benchmarking, roadmap development and technical project planning and selection.
RFP02-77 Defect Inspection of Microdisplay Subpixels - Develop a tool capable of high-throughput, high-precision inspection of defects at the subpixel level for LCOS microdisplay manufacturing.
RFP02-78 CdSe Deposition - Develop a tool to enable the controlled deposition of CdSe films of constant stoichiometry and uniform thickness over large areas for the fabrication of TFT backplane structures.
RFP02-79 Roll-to-Roll Factory Layout & Cost Modeling - Investigate the available tool set to establish a R-2-R manufacturing facility for TFT backplanes and for OLED displays. Use the database to configure possible manufacturing layouts and develop a model to establish the cost of equipping the facility and the cost per unit area of manufacturing backplanes and displays.
RFP03-80 Roll-to-Roll Linear Organic Material Source - Design, develop, fabricate and test a linear source for the deposition of small molecule organic light emitting materials on a production scale R-2-R tool. The source must be capable of uniform deposition and high deposition rates over a minimum 600mm source length.
RFP03-81 Si-C Barrier Layer Films - Demonstrate the applicability of organosilicon-based, amorphous silicon-carbon alloy films as moisture and oxygen barriers suitable for use in OLED fabrication. Establish an equipment platform and commercial scale manufacturing process for application of the material system for both glass (encapsulation) and polymer (substrate barrier) OLED designs.
RFP03-82; Amorphous Silicon Backplane Technology - Enhance the performance and capability of amorphous silicon TFTs for high stability and long life operation to allow the fabrication of electronic backplanes suitable to AMOLED displays as a low cost alternative to low temperature poly-Si.
RFP03-83 Scanning Magnetron PVD for TCOs and OLED Encapsulation - Develop and test a unique deposition process based upon RF-biased, Pulsed DC Scanning Magnetron PVD of various SiO2/Al2O3 compositions and other material systems, for which powder metallurgy targets can be formed, to enhance the capability for encapsulation of OLEDs and for formation of TCOs.
RFP03-84 Radioisotope Tracer Technology for Water Vapor Permeation Measurement - Develop the tools and establish the procedures, standards and service capacity to apply a radioisotope tracer process as a means to measure the permeation rate of water vapor through barrier coated plastic substrate material systems.
RFP03-85 Printing of Metallic Features - Develop ink formulation chemistry that will provide a baseline for application-specific printing of pure metal electrodes and interconnects on low-cost, low-temperature polymer substrates. Develop printing and materials (ink) processing technology that will enable high-resolution maskless direct ink deposition and processing to form metallic electrodes and interconnects on various rigid and flexible FPD substrates.
RFP03-86 Digital Photolithography - Investigate the design and fabrication of a special light modulator that is based upon liquid crystal technology which can enable a direct write (digital) lithography tool for the imaging of patterns on flexible (plastic) substrates in both sheet and R-2-R fabrication lines.
RFP03-87 Single Crystal Sapphire High Intensity Discharge Lamp - Prove the concept that a very high pressure (>500 atm) lamp will have greatly increased emission of light and explore the feasibility that such a lamp can be commercially manufactured using a sapphire envelop as contrasted to the common use of quartz. Develop manufacturing processes for the assembly and sealing of such lamps and characterize the performance and reliability.
RFP03-88 NVG Compatibility Requirements - Provide recommendations to the DoD for modifications to MIL-STD-3009/MIL-L-85762A (Lighting, Aircraft, Night Vision Imaging Systems [NVIS] Compatibility) to address the issues of 1) black background NVIS radiance for LCDs, 2) maximum luminance and radiance of NVG filtered light output, and 3) NVIS radiance requirements for class C (leaky green) goggles.
RFP03-89 Laser Cutting & Edge Seaming - Evaluate the potential to use the tools and technology developed for application of a laser to cut sheets of glass [Accudyne LC-650s, RFP97-16] as a means to seam (smooth) the mechanically ground edge of scribed and separated sheets.
RFP03-90 OLED Display Integration into Military Applications - Investigate integration of commercially available OLED display devices into two distinct military applications in order to define the requirements, suitability and limitations of current device capability to meet the stringent military applications environment. Results will provide guidance to OLED manufacturers on needed device improvements and guidelines on device packaging.
RFP03-91 Cut COTS LCD Qualification – Evaluate and qualify, to military requirements, commercial LCDs that have been cut and resealed along one or two edges and then ruggedized in order to resize them to fit the form factor for retro-fitting into existing military platforms as replacements for CRTs.
RFP03-92 & 92F Video Latency in LCDs – Conduct human factors analysis and establish requirements for allowable latency in the display of video and graphics images that will not cause Pilot Induced Oscillations. Develop and evaluate systems architectures to minimize the latency (delay) in presenting images to the operator.
RFP03-93 Flexible Substrate Lamination Tooling – Develop the materials and tooling to enable the lamination of flexible substrate materials to rigid carrier substrates, such as glass, in order to enable flexible displays and backplanes to be fabricated on current generation rigid-substrate batch tools.
RFP03-94 Amorphous Si Laser Crystallization Tool – Develop and commercialize a tool and related process technology to enable high throughput crystallization of amorphous silicon TFTs to poly Si at sufficiently low temperature to permit the process to be applied to TFTs fabricated on polymer substrate materials.
RFP03-95 High Luminance LEDs for RPTV – Investigate, develop and package LEDs to function as illuminators for projection display applications. The project is intended to develop components with increased brightness, longer life, higher efficiency, and smaller packaging than current light sources, with a focus on the rear projection TV application.
RFP03-96 Manufacturing Scale-up for Barrier Substrates – This project supports the scale-up of the Vitex Barix™ (multilayer moisture permeation barrier) polymer substrate barrier film application process to a high-volume R-2-R commercial capability. The focus is on determining and eliminating defect causing agents and thereby improving yield and cost to meet commercial targets.
RFP04-97 Gate Dielectric Deposition Tool – Develop and construct a deposition source capable of depositing high quality gate dielectrics at low temperatures (< 100ºC) on polymer substrate materials. Integrate the source with a gate dielectric process PECVD process to enable the tool to be applicable in commercial production.
RFP04-98 Inorganic Alignment Layer Deposition Tool – Develop the materials, process technology and tooling to enable the deposition of inorganic alignment layers for the fabrication of LCOS microdisplay panels.
RFP04-99 OLED Qualification for Avionic Applications – Integrate and evaluate the performance of current generation OLED display units in avionic application environments. Focus will be on human factors analysis, optical and environment performance and NVIS compatibility.
RFP04-100 Stainless Steel Substrates for Flexible Displays – Evaluate and establish the requirements for stainless steel foils to serve as substrates for TFT backplanes and OLED for flexible display products. Develop the process technology to produce the required surface finish and suitable electrical isolation layers at reasonable commercial cost relative to standard glass substrates.
RFP04-101 Laser Singulation of Plastic Substrates – Investigate and develop the process whereby laser cutting may be used to singulate individual displays from the parent substrate for flexible materials such as polymers, very thin glass and metal foils. Upgrade an existing laser cutting tool to apply the developed process in a prototype manufacturing operation.
RFP04-102 R-2-R Patterning on Plastic Substrates – Investigate and develop a high speed, low cost, roll-to-roll manufacturing process to pattern conductors, such as ITO or other transparent conductor materials on flexible substrates. Both additive and subtractive approaches will be considered.
RFP04-103 Pixel Correcting Driver Chip Design – Design and fabricate prototype quantities of pixel correcting driver chips that will be able to correct for threshold voltage drift of both amorphous and poly-Si TFTs when used for the active matrix backplanes in OLED displays.
RFP04-104 High Efficiency LED Light Source – Evaluate and demonstrate the attributes of a photonic lattice as a means to improve the light collection efficiency from an LED illumination source. Investigate and develop the assembly and packaging technology to integrate the lattice with the LED wafer and produce an illuminator package that can function as a high efficiency projector light source.
RFP04-105 O2 Permeation Rate Measurement – Investigate the applicability of and develop the tools and methodology to apply the concept of partial pressure differential of a diffusing gas through a film as a means to quantitatively measure the permeation rate of a permeant gas. Enhance the technique to achieve the sensitivity level required for environmental protection of OLED materials from oxygen. Extend the approach to measure the permeation rate of water vapor.
RFP04-106 R2R Processing of Barrier Substrates – A follow-on project to RFP01-63 GE to advance the GE graded barrier layer deposition process to a R2R manufacturing system. Develop the tools and process controls to implement the process and to evaluate the cost structure in order to determine commercial viability.
RFP04-107 Transparent Conductors Using CNT – Investigate the applicability of Carbon Nano-tubes [CNT] to function as a transparent conductor material. Develop the manufacturing technology to enhance the optical and electrical performance of the CNT materials to meet the target levels for display applications and investigate the methodologies by which the material can be applied and patterned.
RFP04-108 Efficient Hole Injection Layers for OLEDs – Investigate new materials and layer structures to improve the efficiency of hole injection in PLED and hybrid small molecule OLED stacks.
RFP04-109 OLED Integration in Military Platforms – Insert and qualify current enhanced OLED displays into several military platforms that are in active use and are undergoing upgrades in the display capability.
RFP04-110 OLED NVIS Application – Investigate and develop the filter technology to enable OLEDs to be used for nighttime applications without loss of functionality and without exposing the combatant. Evaluate and apply concepts to increase the operational lifetime of OLED through creative electronic control means.
RFP04-111 R2R Manufacturing Technology – Establish a university-based and led center to investigate, research, develop and apply R2R manufacturing technology for the fabrication of microelectronic components and devices such as displays, RFID tags, photovoltaics, high density interconnection, and large area lighting. Establish a prototype manufacturing capability to enable manufacturing tool qualification, materials development and qualification, electronics product development and testing, and cost modeling for the R2R manufacturing paradigm relative to standard batch processing.
RFP 04-112 Self Alignment Lithography for R2R Patterning - Investigate and establish the materials systems, process technology and tools necessary to implement a 3 dimensional mask scheme to etch and pattern TFTs and other metallic structures in a single mask process.
RFP 04-113 Evaluation of Transflective Displays - Evaluate a broad array of transflective display products and document their similarities and differences. Commercial product offerings will be evaluated against military operational requirements to define usage guildelines.
RFP 05-115 Lamination Adhesives - Investigate and develop adhesives capable of laminating organic polymer materials to rigid substrate materials, such as glass and silicon wafers, and which are able to withstand the chemistries and temperatures experienced in semiconductor processing without separation, and yet separate (delaminate) post-processing by thermal or other means without damage to the TFT substrate.
RFP 05-116 High-Temp TFT Process on CP - Conduct an R&D project to develop the process technology and know-how to produce amorphous-silicon thin film transistors on a clear, high-temperature capable polymer substrate. The targeted outcome will be a clear flexible TFT backplane process with TFT performance identical to that on glass. There is no commercialization deliverable identified as Developed Equipment for this program.
RFP 05-117 HIL Materials - A PEDOT:PSS replacement HIL product for solution-processed & hybrid OLED displays that overcome the shortcomings of the incumbent. This will utilize a new approach of conductive polymer chemistry.
RFP 05-118 Passivation Dielectric - The objective is to develop a passivation dielectric material with one or more of the performance requirements described in the SOW. The key targets that are not currently provided by available materials are: thick films with low moisture uptake and low curing temperatures. These parameters are the primary targets of this Development Agreement. It is the goal to achieve the key targets without compromising other performance requirements when used on an appropriate substrate such as polyethyl naphthalene (PEN).
RFP 06-119 Display Reports for USDC Members - Subscription to 5 Veritas et Visus display reports for USDC members which include: Display Standard, Flexible Substrate, 3rd Dimension, Touch Panel, and High Resolution.
RFP 06-120 Display Reports for USDC Members -Subscription to Insight Media's Mobile Displays Report for USDC members.
RFP 06-121 Field Sequential Color AMLCD for Military and Avionics Applications - Study, evaluate and qualify the application of Field Sequential Color AMLCD displays for use in military and avionics applications.
RFP 06-122 Volume Bragg Gratings for High Brightness Laser Illuminators in Projection Displays - Improve the performance of volume bragg gratings for laser illumination sources by improving the transmission efficiency across the spectrum and reducing scatter.
RFP 06-123 Laser Sources for Projection Display - This project will deliver a prototype 5W blue laser with speckle and stability performance required for high quality projection display systems. The laser will adapt reliable and low cost technology from the telecom industry including laser bars, thin film filters and high volume, automated packaging.
RFP 06-124 The Development of Daylight and Sunlight Display Readability Measurement Methods - To measure in a robust and reproducible manner the character contrast of modern displays under daylight ambient condition so that their readability can be determined from character-contrast measurements.
RFP 06-126 Encapsulation for Flexible OLED Displays - Demonstrate the feasibility of thin film encapsulation technology on a wide variety of OLED structures in batch mode, and transfer technology to Flexible Display Center.
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