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Cold sintered, temperature-stable CaSnSiO5-K2MoO4 composite microwave ceramics and its prototype microstrip patch antenna

Ji, Yuping; Song, Kaixin; Zhang, Shiyu; Lu, Zhilun; Wang, Ge; Li, Linhao; Zhou, Di; Wang, Dawei; Reaney, Ian M.

Authors

Yuping Ji

Kaixin Song

Shiyu Zhang

Zhilun Lu

Ge Wang

Linhao Li

Di Zhou

Dawei Wang

Ian M. Reaney



Abstract

Dense (1-x)wt%CaSnSiO5-xwt%K2MoO4 (CSSO-KMO) composite ceramics were fabricated by the cold sintering process at 180 °C under 400 MPa for 60 min. X-ray diffraction, Energy dispersive X-ray and Raman spectroscopy confirmed that CSSO and KMO coexisted without intermediate phases. As KMO weight fraction increased, relative permittivity (εr) and temperature coefficient of resonant frequency (τf) decreased and the microwave quality factor (Q×f, where f is resonant frequency) increased. Near-zero τf (-0.5 ppm/°C) was obtained for 65 wt%CSSO-35 wt%KMO with εr ∼ 9.2 and Q×f ∼ 6240 GHz. No chemical reaction between ceramic composites and silver was observed, demonstrating potential for cofiring with Ag-paste. A prototype antenna was fabricated from 65 wt%CSSO-35 wt%KMO composite ceramic with a bandwidth of 144 MHz @ -10 dB, a gain of 5.7 dBi and a total efficiency of 88.4 % at 5.2 GHz, suitable for 5 G mobile communication systems.

Citation

Ji, Y., Song, K., Zhang, S., Lu, Z., Wang, G., Li, L., Zhou, D., Wang, D., & Reaney, I. M. (2021). Cold sintered, temperature-stable CaSnSiO5-K2MoO4 composite microwave ceramics and its prototype microstrip patch antenna. Journal of the European Ceramic Society, 41(1), 424-429. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.08.053

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 22, 2020
Online Publication Date Aug 25, 2021
Publication Date 2021-01
Deposit Date Oct 23, 2021
Journal Journal of the European Ceramic Society
Print ISSN 0955-2219
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 41
Issue 1
Pages 424-429
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeurceramsoc.2020.08.053
Keywords Microwave dielectric, Cold sintering process, Microstrip patch antenna
Public URL http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2815791