Who are the founders of MicroOLED?

Eric Marcellin-Dibon, co-founder and CEO; Gunther Haas, co-founder and CTO
 

Tell us something about them.

Eric Marcellin-Dibon brings to MicroOLED more than 20 years' experience in the field of high technologies and consumer electronics. Previously director of display strategy and general manager of the strategic sourcing group at Thomson, Eric held several management positions within the company in France, Germany and in the UK. Gunther Haas spent over 20 years in industrial R&D and is an internationally recognized expert in display technologies (liquid crystal, OLED). Gunther was previously lab manager at Bosch GmbH for automotive sensors and at ADT GmbH for automotive displays and founder and manager of Thomson's OLED R&D activity.

 
When and where was the company founded?

The company was founded in April 2007 in Grenoble, France, a renowned centre of excellence in France for chipset and nanotechnology development

 
Describe the company's products.

MicroOLED develops and manufactures OLED microdisplays for near-to-eye applications. Typically we can make very high density pixel screens, where we can display a full HD image on a size roughly half an inch. One other key advantage of our products is in the superb picture quality (in terms of contrast, uniformity, resolution) which performs at very low power consumption.

 
What differentiates MicroOLED's products from the competition?

MicroOLED's products are more compact, have a better picture quality, and use less power.
For instance, we have a 1,7mpixel microdisplay which uses 25 to 50mw, when comparable products require over 200mw to drive the microdisplay with roughly the same number of pixels.
 

What makes these displays superior to current HD image products?

Contrast, uniformity, and the high pixel density are giving an impression of a very natural image.

 
What are the typical applications for the products?

Mobile near-to-eye viewing devices used by consumers, medical and security professionals, and the defense industry, such as in digital camera, and camcorders, and thermal sight for security application, or in goggles for surgery.

 
Has MicroOLED won any design-ins for its products? 

Yes we have already won several design-ins, and products integrating our microdisplays will be on the market in the coming months.

 
Where are the products manufactured?

Products are manufactured in Grenoble, France. This year MicroOLED has been added a new manufacturing line to reach a 300,000 unit capacity facility in Grenoble

 
Where does the company undertake its research and development? 

Alongside its HQ in Grenoble 

 
How is the company funded?

88% of the company's share capital is equally owned by Eric Marcellin-Dibon and Gunther Haas and the remaining 12% is held by CEA Investiss