Video Display Corp. Announces
Quantum Ferroelectric (QFE) NDIR Sensor
Wednesday June 28, 1:34 pm ET
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--June 28, 2006--Video Display Corporation (NASDAQ:VIDE - News) today announced a major
breakthrough in infrared sensor and imaging technology by its R&D labs at
Aydin Displays in Birdsboro, PA.
Researchers at Aydin
Displays, a wholly owned subsidiary of Video Display Corporation, have
submitted patent applications for a mid-range nondispersing infrared sensor
(NDIR) utilizing a newly developed thin film detector coined "Quantum
Ferroelectric" (QFE).
This QFE product development
represents the culmination of an extensive research effort to discover an
effective replacement for presently utilized crystalline detector materials.
Currently used materials, such as DTGS (Water soluble Triglycine Sulphate
crystalline materials) are costly, exhibit a short shelf life with relative
instability before requiring recalibration and they have little resistance to
moisture.
Aydin's proprietary Quantum
Ferroelectric Copolymer NDIR sensors are not affected by the presence of
moisture and have been successfully demonstrated as a direct replacement in
existing commercial infrared gas sensing systems. Novel products utilizing the
NDIR technology are scheduled to be available in the marketplace by early
December 2006.
Encouraged by the initial
success as a simple non-hygroscopic IR detector, Aydin's research staff
continues to develop QFE as a viable broadband imaging sensor for direct view
and 2D staring array applications employing an extended IR response. As an
example of the wide application for the technological breakthrough, Aydin has
signed teaming agreements with an environmental consortium to begin the
incorporation of multispectral thermal band QFE detectors into airborne and
space borne imaging Spectrometers functioning as hyper spectral image mappers
programmed for extended thermal IR response.
Video Display Corporation
designs, develops and manufactures unique solutions for display requirements
for military, medical and industrial uses with emphasis on high-end training
and simulation applications. Its product offerings include ruggedized CRT and
AMLCD displays as well as complete projection display systems utilizing VDC's
Marquee (TM) and ESCP line of projectors. Video Display Corporation operates
eleven design and manufacturing plants plus eight sales facilities throughout
the United States and Europe. For more information, visit the Company's web
site at http://www.videodisplay.com.
This press release contains
forward-looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements are based on management's
current expectations and are subject to a number of factors and uncertainties
which could cause actual results to differ materially from those described
herein.
Contact:
Video Display Corporation, Atlanta
Ronald D. Ordway, 770-938-2080