IP Library Granted Patent US 8,791,625
Granted Patent B2
US 8,791,625 · App. 13/129,684 · Granted Jul 29, 2014

Ceramic material, method for producing said ceramic material and component comprising said ceramic material

Inventors: Alain Brice Kounga Njiwa (Dietikon, CH); Yongli Wang (Deutschlandsberg, AT); Irmgard Penzinger (Deutschlandsberg, AT)
Assignee: Epcos AG
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Patent No.
US 8,791,625
App. No.
13/129,684
Granted
Jul 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a ceramic material of the formula [(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 )( 1-y )(BaTiO 3 ) y ]( 1-x ) (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 ) x , and also to a method for producing the same and to a component comprising said material.

Claims (19)

1. A ceramic material comprising:

material having the formula [(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 ) (1-y) (BaTiO 3 ) y ] (1-x) (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 ) x , wherein 0<x≦0.12 and 0.1≦y≦0.5.

2. The. material according to claim 1 , said material being lead-free.

3. The material according to claim 1 , where x=0.09 and y=0.2.

4. The material according to claim 1 , where x=0.085 and y=0.3.

5. The material according to claim 1 , where x=0.075 and y=0.4.

6. The material according to claim 1 , where x=0.07 and y=0.5.

7. The material according to claim 1 , where x=0.06 and y=0.1.

8. A method for producing a ceramic material, the material having the formula [(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 ) (1-y) (BaTiO 3 ) y ] (1-x) (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 ) x , wherein 0<x≦0.12 and 0.1≦y≦0.5, said method comprising the following steps:

A) powdery oxygen-containing compounds of Bi, Na, K, Ti, Ba and Nb are mixed in a stoichiometric ratio to produce a starting mixture;

B) the starting mixture is ground and calcined to produce a powdery solid solution; and

C) the powdery solid solution is pressed and sintered.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, in method. step A), starting materials are selected from a group comprising oxides and carbonates of Bi, Na, K, Ti, Ba and Nb.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, in method step B), the starting mixture is ground in a solvent, dried and calcined at a temperature in the range of 800° C. to 950° C.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein, in method step C), the ground powdery solid solution is pressed to form disks and sintered at a temperature in the range of 1150° C. to 1200° C.

12. A component comprising at least one ceramic base body and at least two electrodes arranged on the base body, wherein the base body comprises: a ceramic material of the formula [(Bi 0.5 Na 0.5 TiO 3 ) (1-y) (BaTiO 3 ) y ] (1-x) (K 0.5 Na 0.5 NbO 3 ) x , where 0<x≦0.12 and 0.1≦y≦0.5.

13. The component according to claim 12 , wherein the base body comprises: a multiplicity of stacked layers, which comprise the ceramic material, with electrodes arranged therebetween, wherein the electrodes are electrically contacted via external electrodes arranged on the outer surface of the base body.

14. Use of the component according to claim 12 as an actuator.

15. Use of the component according to claim 12 as a sensor.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 062998/0643 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2011
From: KOUNGA NJIWA, ALAIN BRICE; PENZINGER, IRMGARD; WANG, YONGLI
To: EPCOS AG
Reel/Frame 026716/0749 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2008 057 721 · Nov 17, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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