A new microwave dielectric ceramic for LTCC applications

  • Qun Zeng
  • , Wei Li*
  • , Jian Lin Shi
  • , Jing Kun Guo
  • , Ming Wen Zuo
  • , Wen Jun Wu
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A new low-sintering temperature microwave dielectric ceramic, the Li 2TiO3 solid solution, was found and investigated in the Li2O-Nb2O5-TiO2 system. The compound with the composition of Li2.081Ti0.676Nb 0.243O3 crystallizes as a monoclinic structure. This new microwave dielectric ceramic shows a relatively low permittivity (∼20), high Q × f values up to 50000 (7.8 GHz), and near-zero temperature coefficients (13 ppm/°C), which were obtained via sintering at 1100°C. The addition of ≤ 2 wt% B2O3 was very effective in lowering the sintering temperature (Ts), and dense ceramics could be obtained at Ts ≤ 900°C. The addition of B2O 3 does not induce apparent degradation in the microwave properties but lowers the τf value to near zero. It is obvious that the ceramics could be promising candidates for multilayer low-temperature co-fired ceramics applications.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1733-1735
Number of pages3
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume89
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2006
Externally publishedYes

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