화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol.93, No.12, 4066-4070, 2010
Improvement of Microwave Dielectric Characteristics in SrLaAlO4 Ceramics by Ca Substitution
The improvement in microwave dielectric characteristics by Ca substitution in SrLaAlO4 ceramics together with the stability of K2NiF4 structure were investigated. X-ray diffraction analysis and the scattering electron images combined with EDS analysis indicated that the matrix phase was a solid solution with a composition represented by the chemical formula Sr1-xCaxLaAlO4 in the entire range of 0 < x < 0.9, and minor amount of LaAlO3 secondary phase was detected only in the composition of x=0.8 and 0.9. The relative permittivity increased slightly with increasing x, while the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency was tuned from -33.9 to -14.7 ppm/degrees C. The significant improvement of Qf value was achieved in the present ceramics with increasing x and reached the maximum at x=0.4, but it turned to decrease for x > 0.4. The best combination of microwave dielectric characteristics was achieved at x=0.4: epsilon(r)=18.1, Qf=150 500 GHz, and tau(f)=-26.2 ppm/degrees C.