A compact camera module that contains a generally planar base on which is mounted a lens barrel is provided. The base, barrel, or both are molded from a polymer composition that includes a thermotropic liquid crystalline polymer and a plurality of mineral fibers (also known as whisker). The mineral fibers have a median width of from about 1 to about 35 micrometers and constitute from about 5 wt. % to about 60 wt. % of the polymer composition.

The invention is directed to a method for the preparation of a liquid crystal block copolymer, comprising melt polycondensation of a melt comprising at least two non-latent aromatic monomers and a latent aromatic monomer.

The invention relates to a compound of formula I,

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wherein R.sup.11, R.sup.21, A.sup.11, A, Z, X.sup.11, X.sup.21, Y.sup.11, Y.sup.12, Sp.sup.11, Sp.sup.21, o and p have one of the meanings as given in claim 1. The invention further relates to method of production of a compound of formula I, to the use of said compounds in LC media and to LC media comprising one or more compounds of formula I. Further, the invention relates to a method of production of such LC media, to the use of such media in LC devices, and to LC device comprising a LC medium according to the present invention. The present invention further relates to a process for the fabrication such liquid crystal display and to the use of the liquid crystal mixtures according to the invention for the fabrication of such liquid crystal display.

A liquid crystal polyester resin composition includes: (A) liquid crystal polyester; (B) talc; and (C) mica, in which the total amount ((B)+(C)) of the (B) talc and the (C) mica is in a range of 5 parts by mass to 100 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the (A) liquid crystal polyester, and a mass ratio ((B)/(C)) of a mass of the (B) talc to a mass of the (C) mica is in a range of 9/1 to 1/9.

An aromatic liquid crystal polyester containing repeating structural units represented by formulas (A1), (B), (C) and (D) shown below.

OAr1CO(A1)

COAr2CO(B)

OAr3O(C)

OAr4O(D)

(In the formulas, Ar1 represents a 2,6-naphthalene group, Art represents at least one group selected from the group consisting of a 2,6-naphthalenediyl group, 1,4-phe vlene group, 1,3-phenvIene group and 4,4-biphenylene group, Ar3 represents at least one group selected from the group consisting of a 2, mphthalenediyl group, 1,6-naphthalenediyl group and 1,5-naphthalenediyl group, Ar4 represents at least one group selected from the group consisting of a 2,6-naphthalenediyl group, 1,4-phenylene group, 1,3-phenylene group and 4,4-hiphenylene group, and each of the groups represented by Ar1, Ar3 or Ar4 may have a halogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms Of alt aryl group of 6 to 20 carbon atoms as a substituent.)

According to one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a display device comprises applying an alignment film material containing a photolytic component and a non-photolytic component to a surface of a first substrate and a surface of a second substrate, forming a first alignment film on the first substrate and a second alignment film on the second substrate, introducing a liquid crystal material containing liquid crystal molecules and a polymerizable monomer between the first alignment film and the second alignment film, and applying ultraviolet light to the liquid crystal material to polymerize the polymerizable monomer in the liquid crystal material to form a polymer dispersed liquid crystal layer.

Liquid-crystal polymer is composed of the following repeating units: 10 mol % to 35 mol % of

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10 mol % to 35 mol % of

##STR00002##

10 mol % to 50 mol % of

##STR00003##

and 10 mol % to 40 mol % of

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10 mol % to 40 mol % of

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or a combination thereof. Each of AR.sup.1, AR.sup.2, AR.sup.3, and AR.sup.4 is independently AR.sup.5 or AR.sup.5-Z-AR.sup.6, in which each of AR.sup.5 and AR.sup.6 is independently

##STR00006##

or a combination thereof, and Z is O,

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or C.sub.1-5 alkylene group. Each of X and Y is independently H, C.sub.1-5 alkyl group, CF.sub.3, or

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wherein R.sup.2 is H, CH.sub.3, CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, C(CH.sub.3).sub.3, CF.sub.3, or

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n=1 to 4 ; and wherein R.sup.1 is C.sub.1-5 alkylene group.

A liquid-crystal polymer includes at least one repeating unit having a spiro structure, and the repeating unit occupies 1 mol % to 20 mol % of the liquid-crystal polymer. The liquid-crystal polymer is composed of the following repeating units: 1 mol % to 20 mol % of

##STR00001##

10 mol % to 35 mol % of

##STR00002##

10 mol % to 35 mol % of

##STR00003##

10 mol % to
50 mol % of

##STR00004##

and 10 mol % to 40 mol % of

##STR00005##

AR.sup.1 is

##STR00006##

wherein each of ring R and ring S is independently a C.sub.3-20 ring, ring R and ring S share a carbon atom, and each of K.sup.1 and K.sup.2 is independently a C.sub.5-20 conjugated system. Each of AR.sup.2, AR.sup.3, AR.sup.4, and AR.sup.5 is independently AR.sup.6 or AR.sup.6ZAR.sup.7.

A liquid crystal polymer film, and a composite film of liquid crystal polymer and polyimide and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The liquid crystal polymer film includes 63 wt % to 74 wt % of p-hydroxybenzoic acid, 21 wt % to 26 wt % of 6-hydroxy-2-naphthoic acid, and 5 wt % to 11 wt % of p-hydroxycinnamic acid. The composite film is manufactured by thermocompressing a single layer or multi layers of liquid crystal polymer film and polyimide film so that the composite film can have high flatness and the surface roughness Sa of the composite film is ranging from 0.1 m to 10 m. In the production process of the composite film, the composite film is rolled up and attached to a copper foil to form a high frequency substrate with good processability. After peeling the polyimide film, the liquid crystal polymer film can be thermocompressed to form a four-layered, six-layered, eight-layered or eight-layered high frequency substrate.

Provided are a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film having an improved thermo-adhesive property, a circuit board, and methods respectively for producing the same. The thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film has a segment orientation ratio SOR of 0.8 to 1.4 and a moisture content of 300 ppm or less. The circuit board contains a plurality of circuit board materials wherein the circuit board materials are at least one member selected from the group consisting of an insulating substrate having a conductor layer on at least one surface, a bonding sheet, and a coverlay. At least one of the circuit board materials includes a thermoplastic liquid crystal polymer film. The circuit board shows a solder heat resistance when the circuit board is placed in a solder bath at 290 C. for 60 seconds in accordance with JIS C 5012.