{"id":1384,"date":"2020-03-27T14:23:36","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T21:23:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=1384"},"modified":"2020-03-27T15:06:13","modified_gmt":"2020-03-27T22:06:13","slug":"fpc","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/fpc\/","title":{"rendered":"FPC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"194\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1385 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/FPC-250x194.jpg\" alt=\"\"><\/p>\n<p>FPC stands for flexible printed circuit. An example of an FPC is the gold tail on most of our TFTs and touchscreens.<\/p>\n<p>FPCs commonly included components, in contrast with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/ffc\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"FFC stands for flat flex cable, sometimes called ribbon cables. FFCs are cables that carry signals. This is in contrast with an FPC, which typically includes components or printed circuitry, thereby changing signals. FFCs are often connected between ZIF connectors on PCBs. It is important to ensure the pitch, number of pins, side of connection,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">FFC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>FPCs are typically used with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/zif\/\" target=\"_self\" title='ZIF is short for Zero Insertion Force and refers to a type of connector. This kind of connector is intended to be used with FPC (Flexible Printed Circuit) or FFC (Flat Flexible Cable). Many of our display have \"ZIF tails\" that easily mate with a ZIF connector. ZIF tails are beneficial over solder down tails&hellip;' class=\"encyclopedia\">ZIF<\/a> connector to connect to a PCB. When looking for a compatible ZIF connector for a given FPC, it is important to consider the pitch (spacing of the pins), the number of pins, whether the connector has contacts on the top, bottom, or both, and the material of the connectors on the FPC and the ZIF connector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FPC stands for flexible printed circuit. An example of an FPC is the gold tail on most of our TFTs and touchscreens. FPCs commonly included components, in contrast with an FFC. FPCs are typically used with a ZIF connector to connect to a PCB. When looking for a compatible ZIF connector for a given FPC, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"class_list":["post-1384","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>FPC - Crystalfontz LCD Glossary<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"FPC : FPC stands for flexible printed circuit. 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