IP Library Granted Patent US 7,276,461
Granted Patent B2
US 7,276,461 · App. 10/556,374 · Granted Oct 2, 2007

Dielectric ceramic composition, method of manufacturing the same, and dielectric ceramics and laminated ceramic part using the same

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Patent No.
US 7,276,461
App. No.
10/556,374
Granted
Oct 2, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

A dielectric ceramic composition having a relative dielectric constant ε r of 15-25 allowing formation of a laminated ceramic part having an appropriate size, capable of being sintered at a temperature lower than 800-1000° C. allowing incorporation and lamination of low resistance conductor of Cu or Ag through simultaneous sintering, and having a low dielectric loss tan δ (high Q-value) and a temperature coefficient τ f of resonant frequency has an absolute value not larger than 50 ppm/° C. The dielectric ceramic composition contains 3-30 parts by weight of lead-free low melting point glass containing 50 to 75 wt % of ZnO, 5 to 30 wt % of B 2 O 3 , 6 to 15 wt % of SiO 2 , 0.5 to 5 wt % of Al 2 O 3 , and 3 to 10 wt % of BaO, based on 100 parts by weight of major component expressed by a general formula of x′Zn 2 TiO 4 -(1−x′−y′)ZnTiO 3 -y′TiO 2 where 0.15<x′<0.8 and 0≦y′≦0.2

Claims (24)

1. A dielectric ceramic composition containing:

100 parts by weight of a major component expressed by a general formula of x′Zn 2 TiO 4 -(1−x′−y′)ZnTiO 3 -y′TiO 2 where x′ satisfies 0.15<x′<0.8 and y′ satisfies 0≦y′≦0.2; and

3 to 30 parts by weight of lead-free low-melting glass containing ZnO at 50 to 75 wt %, B 2 O 3 at 5 to 30 wt %, SiO 2 at 6 to 15 wt %, Al 2 O 3 at 0.5 to 5 wt %, and BaO at 3 to 10 wt %.

2. Dielectric ceramics containing crystalline phases of Zn 2 TiO 4 , ZnTiO 3 and TiO 2 (where the TiO 2 phase may be omitted) and a glass phase, which are obtained by sintering the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 1 .

3. A method of manufacturing the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 1 , comprising the steps of:

mixing powder of raw material of ZnO and powder of raw material of TiO 2 and calcining them to obtain ceramic powder containing Zn 2 TiO 4 , ZnTiO 3 and TiO 2 (where the content of TiO 2 may be zero); and

mixing the ceramic powder with lead-free low-melting glass containing ZnO at 50 to 75 wt %, B 2 O 3 at 5 to 30 wt %, SiO 2 at 6 to 15 wt %, Al 2 O 3 at 0.5 to 5 wt %, and BaO at 3 to 10 wt %.

4. A laminated ceramic part comprising:

plural dielectric layers;

an internal electrode formed between the dielectric layers; and

an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode,

wherein the dielectric layers are constituted by dielectric ceramics obtained by sintering the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 1 , and the internal electrode is made of elemental Cu or elemental Ag or alloy material containing Cu or Ag as a major component.

5. A dielectric ceramic composition containing:

100 parts by weight of a major component expressed by a general formula of xZn 2 TiO 4 -yZnTiO 3 -zTiO 2 -wAl 2 O 3 where x satisfies 0.15<x<1.0, y satisfies 0<y<0.85, z satisfies 0≦z≦0.2, w satisfies 0<w≦0.2, and x+y+z+w=1 is satisfied; and

3 to 30 parts by weight of lead-free low-melting glass containing ZnO at 50 to 75 wt %, B 2 O 3 at 5 to 30 wt %, SiO 2 at 6 to 15 wt %, Al 2 O 3 at 0.5 to 5 wt %, and BaO at 3 to 10 wt %.

6. Dielectric ceramics containing crystalline phases of Zn 2 TiO 4 , ZnTiO 3 , TiO 2 and Al 2 O 3 (where the TiO 2 phase may be omitted) and a glass phase, which are obtained by sintering the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 5 .

7. A method of manufacturing the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 5 , comprising the steps of:

mixing powder of raw material of ZnO and powder of raw material of TiO 2 and calcining them to obtain ceramic powder containing Zn 2 TiO 4 , ZnTiO 3 and TiO 2 (where the content of TiO 2 may be zero); and

mixing the ceramic powder with Al 2 O 3 and lead-free low-melting glass containing ZnO at 50 to 75 wt %, B 2 O 3 at 5 to 30 wt %, SiO 2 at 6 to 15 wt %, Al 2 O 3 at 0.5 to 5 wt %, and BaO at 3 to 10 wt %.

8. A laminated ceramic part comprising:

plural dielectric layers;

an internal electrode formed between the dielectric layers; and

an external electrode electrically connected to the internal electrode,

wherein the dielectric layers are constituted by dielectric ceramics obtained by sintering the dielectric ceramic composition as claimed in claim 5 , and the internal electrode is made of elemental Cu or elemental Ag or alloy material containing Cu or Ag as a major component.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 14, 2023
From: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: UBE CORPORATION
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2005
From: KAWANO, TAKAFUMI; FUKUDA, KOICHI
To: UBE INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 017891/0612 →