Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media containing one or more compounds of formula T and one or more compounds of formulae I, II and/or III, high-frequency components containing these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas, e.g., phased array antennas.

Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula D and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the occurring groups and parameters have the meanings defined in claim 1, and to high-frequency components comprising these media, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves, tunable filters, tunable metamaterial structures, and electronic beam steering antennas (e.g. phased array antennas).

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more pleochroic dyes and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal mixtures comprising one or more compounds of the formula A and, in addition one or more compounds of formula I or one or more compounds of formula II wherein the individual radicals have the respective meanings indicated in claim 1, to the use thereof for high-frequency components, and to high-frequency components, in particular antennae, especially for the gigahertz range, comprising these media.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium which comprises one or more compounds of the formula BO in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in Claim 1, to the use of the liquid-crystalline medium for electro-optical purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal light valves for lighting devices for motor vehicles, and to liquid-crystal light valves which comprise this medium and lighting devices for motor vehicles which contain such liquid-crystal light valves and to compounds of the formula BO.

Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having positive dielectric anisotropy, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I in a total concentration of ?40%, in which the parameters have the meanings indicated in claim 1, and to the use of the liquid-crystalline medium for electro-optical purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal light valves for lighting devices for motor vehicles, and to liquid-crystal light valves which comprise this medium and lighting devices for motor vehicles which contain such liquid-crystal light valves.

Abstract: A liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula S where the parameters have the meaning defined in claim 1, and one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III or one or more compounds of the formula I and one or more compounds of the formula II and one or more compounds of the formula III: in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more chiral compounds and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: Liquid-crystalline media are disclosed containing one or more compounds of formula I along with components containing these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds selected from the group of the formulae I-M and I-U in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds of formula T and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more pleochroic dyes and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising—one or more compounds of formulae CC and/or CP and—one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae (I), (II) and (III), in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: A component for high-frequency technology or for the microwave range and millimeter wave range of the electromagnetic spectrum. The component contains a liquid-crystal compound of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, or a liquid-crystal medium which itself comprises one or more compounds of this formula I. Also, the corresponding, novel liquid-crystal media, the use and preparation thereof, and the production and use of the components. The components are particularly suitable as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave range, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable reflectarrays.

Abstract: A liquid-crystal medium containing a component A of one or more compounds of formula X the preparation thereof, and the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and components of this type which contain the media, and the production and use of these components. The components are suitable for phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and for tuneable reflectarrays.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal medium which comprises a component A which consists of one or more compounds of the formula I in which the parameters have the respective meanings given in the claims or in the text, and to the corresponding, novel mesogenic compounds and to the preparation thereof. The present invention likewise relates to the use of these liquid-crystal media, in particular in components for high-frequency technology, and to components of this type which contain media according to the invention, and to the production and use of these components. The components according to the invention are suitable, in particular, as phase shifters in the microwave and millimeter wave region, for microwave and millimeter wave array antennae and very particularly for so-called tuneable “reflectarrays”.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more chiral compounds and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more polymerisable compounds, preferably of formula P Pa-(Spa)s1-(A1-Z1)n1-A2-Q-A3-(Z4-A4)n2-(Spb)s2-Pb??P and one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of in which the parameters have the meaning indicated in Claim 1, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid-crystalline media comprising one or more compounds selected from the group of compounds of formulae I, II and III, in which the parameters R1-R3, Z21, Z31, Z32 and rings A11, A12, A13, A21, A22, A31, and A32 are as defined herein, and to components comprising these media for high-frequency technology, in particular phase shifters and microwave array antennas.

Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid crystal media and to high frequency components comprising same, especially microwave components for high-frequency devices, such as devices for shifting the phase of microwaves.