Company Profile
Kopin Corporation
Company Overview
Kopin Corporation produces lightweight, power-efficient, ultra-small liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) that are revolutionizing the way people around the world see, hear and communicate. Kopin has shipped more than 20 million displays for a variety of consumer and military applications including digital cameras, personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night vision systems. The company's unique HBTs, which help to enhance battery life, talk time and signal clarity, have been integrated into billions of wireless handsets as well as into WiFi, VoIP and high-speed Internet data transmission systems. Kopin's proprietary display and HBT technologies are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents pending.
Company History
Born in the crucible of research labs of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1984, Kopin develops unique semiconductor products that improve the performance of mobile devices for consumer, industrial and military applications. The company's breakthroughs have produced a host of efficient, compact and powerful products that are transforming the way people see, hear and communicate. Kopin's products are protected by more than 200 global patents and patents pending.
Kopin's two product lines are: CyberDisplay® family of ultra-small liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) wafers. Kopin is the largest U.S. manufacturer of microdisplays, with more than 20 million displays shipped worldwide for a variety of applications including digital cameras, personal video eyewear, camcorders, thermal weapon sights and night vision systems. It is also the world's dominant merchant supplier of HBT wafers for wireless power amplifier (PA) circuits, which have been integrated into more than 1 billion wireless handsets.