On the Temperature Coefficient of Resonant Frequency in Microwave Dielectrics

I. M. Reaney, P. Wise, Rick 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 (ε r ) materials whose TCF is far too high to be usable, notably TiO 2 r = 104; Q = 14000 at 3GHz: TCF = +427 ppm K -1 ). The challenge is to find ways of tuning TCF while maintaining values of ε r and Q suitable for use in microwave components. This paper explains, in terms of octahedral tilting and ε r dilution, the tunability of TCF or, more precisely, the temperature coefficient of ε r in Ca and Sr titanate-based ceramics. Examples of the structural changes that occur during tuning are also shown.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalPhilosophical Magazine
VolumeA81
Issue number2
StatePublished - 2001

EGS Disciplines

  • Materials Science and Engineering

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