Xianqiang Chen,Binfeng Zhao,Naichao Chen,Jin Cheng,Mingzhao Dang,Feng Wang,Xinwei Xu,Hong Wang
Low-temperature-fired microwave ceramics are key to realizing the integration and miniaturization of microwave devices. In this study, a facile wet chemical method was applied to synthesize homogenous nano-sized CaF 2 powders for simultaneously achieving low-temperature sintering and superior microwave dielectric properties . Pure CaF 2 ceramics sintered at 950 °C for 6 h with good microwave dielectric properties (ε r = 6.22, Q×f = 36,655 GHz, and τ f = −102 ppm/°C) was achieved. The microwave dielectric properties of the CaF 2 ceramics were further improved by introducing LiF as a sintering aid. The sintering temperature of CaF 2 -based ceramics was effectively lowered from 950 °C to 750 °C with 10 wt% LiF doping, and excellent microwave dielectric properties (ε r = 6.37, Q×f = 65,455 GHz, and τ f = −71 ppm/°C) were obtained.
Bing Liu,Ke Sha,Meng Fei Zhou,Kai Xin Song,Cheng Chao Hu,Cheng Lu
A cold sintering process is adopted to pre-densify CaF 2 ceramics from 85.7% at 300 MPa to 91.7% at 750 MPa. Subsequent post-annealings at 1000–1150 °C lead to further improvements in densification, where great enhancements of grain size and crystallinity are also observed from the scanning and transmission electron micrographs. Significant advances in Qf values are achieved in the post-annealed CaF 2 ceramics. The optimum Qf value (80,522 GHz) is achieved after cold sintering at 750 MPa and post-annealing at 1000 °C, which is three times higher than the conventional sintered one at 1000 °C (26,448 GHz). Moreover, the obtained low- ε r (5.9–6.5) of CaF 2 ceramics suggests broad application prospects in the high-band microwave communications. A microstrip patch antenna is fabricated using the CaF 2 ceramics as the substrate, which operates at 7.89 GHz in the C-band, with an S 11 of −13.4 dB, simulated high gain and efficiency of 6.41 dBi and −0.56 dB, respectively.