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'''Liquid crystal on silicon''' ('''LCoS''' or '''LCOS''') is a miniaturized reflective [[active-matrix liquid-crystal display]] or "microdisplay" using a [[liquid crystal]] layer on top of a silicon backplane. It is also known as a [[spatial light modulator]]. LCoS initially was developed for [[projection television]]s, but has since found additional uses in [[wavelength selective switching]], [[structured illumination]], near-eye displays and optical pulse shaping.

LCoS is distinct from other [[LCD projector]] technologies which use transmissive [[LCD]], allowing light to pass through the light processing unit (s). LCoS is more similar to [[Digital Light Processing|DLP]] micro-mirror displays.