{"id":651,"date":"2017-06-07T09:51:32","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T16:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/?post_type=encyclopedia&#038;p=651"},"modified":"2021-07-27T15:40:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-27T22:40:27","slug":"transflective-lcd","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/transflective-lcd\/","title":{"rendered":"transflective"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFLECTIVE is a portmanteau of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/transmissive-lcd\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A transmissive LCD depends on light from its backlight being transmitted through the LCD to your eyes. Transmissive LCDs are always combined with a backlight. Transmissive LCDs can be seen easily in normal office lighting, and in darkness. Typically transmissive LCDs will not be visible in bright sunlight. It is possible to make a sunlight&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">TRANSmissive<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/reflective-lcd\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A reflective LCD depends on having sufficient ambient light to reflect in order to be read. A reflective LCD does not have a backlight and does not make any light on its own. &nbsp; A reflective LCD can be seen well in any lighting situation where you could read text on a paper, they are&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">reFLECTIVE<\/a>. A transflective <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/lcd\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"LCD stands for Liquid Crystal Display. An LCD is composed of two pieces of glass with a thin layer of liquid crystals between the glass layers. When a voltage is applied to the glass, the orientation of the crystals can be changed. This change in the crystal's orientation (called polarization) will make either a dark&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">LCD<\/a> combines the best features of a reflective LCDs and transmissive LCDs.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/product\/cfao12864d3tfh-128x64-cog-lcd-display-module-stn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/phpthumb\/phpThumb.php?src=\/images\/products\/CFAO12864D3TFH\/CFAO12864D3-TFH-PoweredOn.jpg&amp;w=320\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"230\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transflective LCD, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/blog\/glossary\/backlight\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A backlight is used behind the LCD glass to allow the LCM to be read in dark conditions. The vast majority of backlights are now LED. Historically there were also EL (electroluminescent) and CCFL (Cold Cathode Fluorescent Light) backlights, but as LED efficiency has increased and cost has decreased, EL and CCFL backlights have all&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">backlight<\/a> on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 320px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/product\/cfao12864d3tfh-128x64-cog-lcd-display-module-stn\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/phpthumb\/phpThumb.php?src=\/images\/products\/CFAO12864D3TFH\/TFH_Front-Backlight-Off.jpg&amp;w=320\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"207\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Transflective LCD, backlight off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A transflective LCD will <em>reflect<\/em> ambient light, allowing it to be visible in normal office light without using a backlight. In bright sunlight, a transflective LCD is still visible and does not wash out&ndash;this is also called &ldquo;sunlight readable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A transflective LCD also allows light from a backlight to <em>transmit<\/em> through the LCD. So a transflective LCD with a backlight can be seen in dark environments.<\/p>\n<p>In short, a transflective, backlit LCD <em>can be used in all lighting environments<\/em>, from complete darkness to full sunlight.<\/p>\n<h3>View&nbsp;Crystalfontz Transflective LCD Modules<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crystalfontz.com\/products\/parametric.php?polarizers%5B%5D=Transflective&amp;price=.1&amp;search=Search\">Transflective LCD Displays<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Related Terminology<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Transmissive LCD and Reflective LCD<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TRANSFLECTIVE is a portmanteau of TRANSmissive and reFLECTIVE. A transflective LCD combines the best features of a reflective LCDs and transmissive LCDs. &nbsp; A transflective LCD will reflect ambient light, allowing it to be visible in normal office light without using a backlight. 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