Affiliation:
1. Advanced Ceramics Research Center, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan 243032, China
Abstract
Nowadays, low-temperature co-fired ceramic (LTCC) technology has become one of the main forms of manufacturing electronic devices. However, a majority of microwave dielectric ceramics are not suitable as LTCC materials due to their high sintering temperatures. Developing novel LTCC materials with good microwave dielectric properties is extremely urgent. In this paper, an LiF sintering aid was added to Li2Ti0.8(Co1/3Nb2/3)0.2O3 (LTCN) ceramics to explore new LTCC materials. The sintering behavior, microstructure and microwave dielectric properties of LTCN + x wt% LiF ceramics were investigated in detail. The results indicated that the addition of LiF increased the degree of disorder in the LTCN matrix, transforming it from a monoclinic to a cubic crystal system. The ceramics exhibited relatively dense and homogeneous microstructures at the sintering temperature of 950 °C as the LiF doping amount was not less than 2 wt%. By LiF doping, the quality factor (Q × f) value was significantly enhanced due to the improved microstructure. Meanwhile, the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf) of LTCN ceramics was successfully regulated to the near zero value owing to the negative τf characteristic of LiF. Excellent microwave dielectric properties of dielectric constant (εr) = 19.01, Q × f = 144,890 GHz, τf = −1.52 ppm/°C were obtained when the sample doped 3 wt% LiF was sintered at 950 °C for 3 h. Furthermore, the good chemical compatibility of the LTCN-3 wt% LiF ceramic with silver electrodes suggested that the ceramic was a potential material for LTCC applications.
Funder
Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Provincial Education Department
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Surfaces, Coatings and Films,Surfaces and Interfaces
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