Abstract:
ZnAl
2O
4 and La
3+ (from La
2O
3) doped Ca
0.61Nd
0.26TiO
3-MgTiO
3 powders were synthesized by solid-state reaction method, which were used for preparing ZnAl
2O
4 and La
3+ doped Ca
0.61Nd
0.26TiO
3-MgTiO
3 composite ceramics through dry-pressing and sintering in air atmosphere. The effects of doping contents of La
3+ and ZnAl
2O
4 on the microstructure, phase formation and dielectric properties performance of the composite ceramics were investigated. The results show that ZnAl
2O
4 additive can adjust the crystallite size, so the density of the sintered ceramics increases with the increase of La
3+ and ZnAl
2O
4 contents. The dielectric constant and temperature coefficient of the composite ceramics decrease with the increase of ZnAl
2O
4 content, but are not significantly affected by the La
3+ content. The quality factor of the composite ceramics increases first and then decrease with the increase of ZnAl
2O
4 content. The obtained composite ceramics with a sintered density above 94% displays good dielectric properties, such as dielectric constant is about 40-50, temperature coefficient is less than 40×10
-6℃
-1 and quality factor is larger than 38 000 GHz. Thus ZnAl
2O
4 and La
3+ doped Ca
0.61Nd
0.26TiO
3-MgTiO
3 composite ceramics can be used in the field of communication technology.