A liquid crystal composition comprising a mixed phase of the six kinds of the compounds such as ##STR1## and a liquid crystal display device of the multiplex drive type such as liquid crystal television device, which uses the above composition.

A crystal oscillator of the present invention includes: a substrate provided in a package; a heating device arranged as surrounding an internal area of the substrate on at least one of the surfaces of the substrate; a crystal resonator or a crystal element and an oscillation circuit unit provided in an area enclosed by the heating device; a thermosensitive element which detects a temperature in an area enclosed by the heating device; and a control unit for controlling a heating value applied to ...

A crystal unit has a crystal blank having a hole defined in at least one principal surface thereof, the crystal blank having a region of a reduced thickness including the hole, the region serving as a vibrating region, excitation electrodes disposed respectively on opposite principal surfaces of the crystal blank in the vibrating region, extension electrodes extending respectively from the excitation electrodes to respective opposite ends of one side of the crystal blank, and a casing having a s...

The present invention relates to a crystal oscillator that is provided with a crystal element; a main surface electrode configured of a first underlayer formed on each of two main surfaces of the crystal element and a first surface layer of Au superimposed over the first underlayer; an end surface electrode having a second underlayer formed on the crystal element to extend over the main surface electrode and a second surface layer of Au superimposed to cover the second underlayer; a supporter fo...

A quartz crystal unit includes a casing body having a cavity defined therein and having an opening, a quartz crystal blank disposed in the cavity, and a metal cover closing the opening of the cavity and hermetically sealing the crystal blank in the cavity. The metal cover has a core made of Kovar, a barrier metal layer disposed on one principal surface of the core, and a brazing layer disposed on the barrier metal layer. The barrier metal layer is made of an alloy which is composed mainly of cop...

A crystal unit comprises an AT-cut crystal blank, and an excitation electrode formed on each of opposing main surfaces of the crystal blank in an oscillation region of the crystal blank. The ratio b/a is 0.014 or less, and preferably 0.012 or less where a represents the thickness of the crystal blank in the oscillation region and b represents the thickness of the excitation electrode. The thickness a is typically 5 .mu.m or less.

A flexible organic single crystal has a plurality of columns. The plurality of columns includes a plurality of planar organic compounds arranged so that molecular planes of molecules are respectively parallel to each other. As the organic compound, an organic compound is used that has a large molecular plane and a large area overlapping on an adjacent organic compound due to an intermolecular interaction. Further, energy changes in proportion to a strain. In this structure, when force along the ...

The present invention involves a novel crystal form of 17.beta.-hydroxy-7.alpha.-(5'-methyl-2'-furyl)-pregna-4,9(11)-dien-3-one-- 21-carboxylic acid, .gamma.-lactone, having the formula ##STR00001## which is an intermediate useful in preparation of an important pharmaceutical, eplerenone.

A crystal oscillator comprises a rectangular circuit substrate for mounting circuit devices and its metal cover, said circuit substrate has grooves on each long side and on each short side and said metal cover has projections at each aperture end corresponding to the grooves, and which has a swelling from external to internal in each of the projections, wherein both the grooves provided on each short side and the projection of said metal cover are provided at one end of each long side or each sh...

A crystal growing furnace has lift and rotation control apparatus for both a growing crystal and a crucible containing a melt. A transducer and a servo motor are disposed above the furnace having respective shafts connected along a common horizontal axis on opposite sides of a longitudinal light tube wherein the light tube and transducer shaft can be axially positioned by the shaft of the servo motor. The light tube has a lens for focusing at times on a spot on a meniscus in the furnace and at t...