On the Temperature Coefficient of Resonant Frequency in Microwave Dielectrics

I. M. Reaney, P. Wise, R. Ubic, J. Breeze, N. Mcn Alford, D. Iddles, D. Cannell, T. Price

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Abstract

Developing a material with a temperature coefficient of the resonant frequency (TCF) of zero is probably the most difficult aspect of research into microwave dielectric ceramics. There are a host of high-quality-factor (Q) high-relative-permittivity (ϵr) materials whose TCF is far too high to be usable, notably TiO2r= 104; Q = 14000 at 3GHz: TCF = +427 ppm K−1). The challenge is to find ways of tuning TCF while maintaining values of ϵrand Q suitable for use in microwave components. This paper explains, in terms of octahedral tilting and ϵrdilution, the tunability of TCF or, more precisely, the temperature coefficient of ϵrin Ca and Sr titanate-based ceramics. Examples of the structural changes that occur during tuning are also shown.

Original languageAmerican English
Pages (from-to)501-510
Number of pages10
JournalPhilosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Structure, Defects and Mechanical Properties
VolumeA81
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2001

EGS Disciplines

  • Materials Science and Engineering

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