Kopin CEO Wins Nanotechnology Award; Dr. John C.C. Fan Named One of 15 Nanotechnology Innovators by Nanotech Briefs Magazine from NASA.TAUNTON, Mass. -- Kopin Corporation (Nasdaq: KOPN), the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays for mobile consumer electronics and military applications, today announced that President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Dr. John C.C. Fan was named one of the country's top 15 nanotechnology innovators by NASA's Nanotech Briefs Nano 50 awards. The awards recognize the top 50 people, products and technologies that have significantly impacted the nanotechnology industry. "The winners of the Nano 50 awards represent the best of the best," said Linda Bell, publisher of Nanotech Briefs. "These are innovative people, technologies and products that will move nanotechnology into key mainstream markets." Nanotech Briefs is a new digital publication from the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs NASA Tech Briefs is a magazine published by the National Aeronautics and Space Agency of the United States. This magazine is available, in either print form or electronically as PDF files, for free. , a NASA-sponsored publication chartered to bring awareness of developing technologies to the public. Fan was recognized for his instrumental role in revolutionizing electronics through the use of Kopin's patented NanoSemiconductor technology, in which nanotechnology is applied to semiconductor materials Semiconductor materials are insulators at absolute zero temperature that conduct electricity in a limited way at room temperature (see also Semiconductor). The defining property of a semiconductor material is that it can be doped with impurities that alter its electronic properties . The Company's advancements in the nanotechnology have produced a host of efficient, compact and powerful components for products that are transforming the way people see, hear and communicate. Fan has overseen the development of NanoSemiconductor-based components in three categories: heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) for wireless handset and WLAN See wireless LAN. WLAN - wireless local area network applications; the CyberDisplay(R) family of active matrix liquid crystal microdisplays for portable consumer, industrial and military applications; and light emitting diodes based on the company's proprietary NanoPocket technology. Fan co-founded Kopin in 1984 following 12 years as the leader of the Electronic Materials Group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Lincoln Laboratory MIT Lincoln Laboratory, also known as Lincoln Lab, is a federally funded research and development center managed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and primarily funded by the United States Department of Defense. . There, he spearheaded semiconductor research in diverse areas including thin-film optical coatings, photovoltaic The generation of voltage by a material that is exposed to light in the visible and invisible ranges. See photoelectric and photovoltaic cell. solar cells, heteroepitaxy, wafer engineering, silicon and gallium arsenide An alloy of gallium and arsenic compound (GaAs) that is used as the base material for chips. Several times faster than silicon, it is used in high frequency applications such as cellphones, DVD players and fiber optics. electronic and photonic devices. "I am honored to receive the Nano 50 award on behalf of our employees who made Kopin one of the first companies to deliver nano-engineered products commercially," said Fan. "Kopin's innovative NanoSemiconductor technologies have been at the forefront of the wireless and portable electronics industries for many years, and are becoming a more integral part in the way people communicate." The Nano 50 awards will be presented at a special awards dinner during the NASA Tech Briefs Nano 2005 Conference in Boston, November 11-12, 2005. About Nanotech Briefs Nanotech Briefs, launched in January 2004, is a digital magazine from the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs - the country's largest-circulation design engineering magazine - that provides the best of government, industry and university nanotech innovations with real-world applications in areas such as electronics, materials, sensors, manufacturing, biomedical bi·o·med·i·cal adj. 1. Of or relating to biomedicine. 2. Of, relating to, or involving biological, medical, and physical sciences. , optics/photonics, and aerospace/defense. Nanotech Briefs is the first publication specifically for engineers who are designing tomorrow's nanotech products. For more information, please visit www.nanotechbriefs.com. About Kopin Kopin is the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays to the consumer electronics, industrial and military markets and the world's largest merchant supplier of heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT HBT Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor HBT HyCult Biotechnology (Uden, The Netherlands) HBT Hanbury-Brown-Twiss (interferometer) HBT Herring Bone Twill HBT Heflex Bioengineering Test ) wafers for power amplifier Power amplifier The final stage in multistage amplifiers, such as audio amplifiers and radio transmitters, designed to deliver appreciable power to the load. integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. . Since introducing its award-winning microdisplay technology in 1999, Kopin has shipped more than 15 million CyberDisplays for digital cameras, personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and head-mounted displays. The Company also has shipped more than 500,000 HBT wafers, which have been integrated into more than 1 billion wireless handsets and into WiFi, VoIP and high-speed Internet data transmission systems. Kopin's technology is protected by more than 200 global patents and patents pending. For more information, please visit Kopin's website at www.kopin.com. Kopin - The NanoSemiconductor Company(R) |
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