Low-temperature sintering and microwave dielectric properties of LiF-doped Ba(Mg1/2W1/2)O3-TiO2 ceramics

The Ba(Mg1/2W1/2)O-3 (BMW)-x wt% LiF (x = 2.0, 4.0, 6.0, 8.0) ceramics were prepared by a conventional solid-state route. The effects of LiF addition on the sinterability, crystal structure, microstructures and microwave dielectric properties of BMW ceramics were investigated. With an amount of LiF addition, the sintering temperature of the ceramics was reduced to below 960 degrees C from 1550 degrees C without degradation of microwave dielectric properties, due to the enhancement of the apparent density at low temperature by liquid phase sintering. On this basis, TiO2 was used to adjust the temperature coefficient of resonant frequency, optimized microwave dielectric properties with epsilon(r) = 20, Qxf = 48,000 GHz, and tau(f) = 1.2 ppm/degrees C for 0.96 BMW-0.04 TiO2-4.0 wt% LiF composition. With low sintering temperature and good dielectric properties, these LiF-doped ceramics are promising materials for LTCC integration applications. (c) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.