Glass ceramics sintered body and coil electronic component
Provided is a glass ceramics sintered body including a glass phase and a ceramics phase dispersed in the glass phase, in which the ceramics phase includes alumina grains and zirconia grains, the glass phase includes an MO—Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 —B 2 O 3 based glass, in which “M” is an alkaline earth metal, and an area ratio of the alumina grains is 0.05 to 12% and the area ratio of the zirconia grains is 0.05 to 6% on the cross section of the sintered body. According to the invention, a glass ceramics sintered body, capable of a low temperature sintering having a low dielectric constant and a sufficient strength, and a coil electronic component using thereof can be provided.
1. A coil element comprising a glass ceramics sintered body comprising a glass phase and a ceramics phase dispersed in the glass phase,
wherein the ceramics phase comprises alumina grains and zirconia grains,
the glass phase comprises an MO-Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 —B 2 O 3 based glass, where M is an alkaline earth metal, and
an area ratio of the alumina grains is 0.05 to 8% and the area ratio of the zirconia grains is 0.05 to 6% on the cross section of the sintered body.
2. The coil element according to claim 1 , wherein 95% or more of the alumina grains are in the range of 0.05 to 4 μm by a circle equivalent diameter, and 95% or more of the zirconia grains are in the range of 0.05 to 1 μm by the circle equivalent diameter, on the cross section of the sintered body.
3. The coil element according to claim 1 , wherein the ceramics phase further comprises silica grains, and
the area ratio of the silica grains is 25 to 45% on the cross section of the sintered body.
4. The coil element according to claim 3 , wherein 95% or more of the silica grains are in the range of 0.2 to 4 μm by the circle equivalent diameter on the cross section of the sintered body.
5. The coil element according to claim 1 , wherein the glass phase comprises:
4 to 14 mass % of MO, where M is the alkaline earth metal,
3 to 10 mass % of Al 2 O 3 ,
70 to 90 mass % of SiO 2 ,
2 to 12 mass % of B 2 O 3 , and
2 mass % or less of ZrO 2 .
6. The element according to claim 1 , wherein MO comprises CaO and SrO.
7. A coil electronic component comprising a ceramics layer made of a glass ceramic sintered body, the glass ceramics sintered body comprising a glass phase and a ceramics phase dispersed in the glass phase,
wherein the ceramics phase comprises alumina grains and zirconia grains,
the glass phase comprises an MO-Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 —B 2 O 3 based glass, where M is an alkaline earth metal, and
an area ratio of the alumina grains is 0.05 to 8% and the area ratio of the zirconia grains is 0.05 to 6% on the cross section of the sintered body.
8. An electronic component formed by laminating a coil conductor and the ceramic layer, the coil conductor comprising Ag, and the ceramics layer being made of a glass ceramics sintered body, the glass ceramics sintered body comprising a glass phase and a ceramics phase dispersed in the glass phase,
wherein the ceramics phase comprises alumina grains and zirconia grains,
the glass phase comprises an MO-Al 2 O 3 —SiO 2 —B 2 O 3 based glass, where M is an alkaline earth metal, and
an area ratio of the alumina grains is 0.05 to 8% and the area ratio of the zirconia grains is 0.05 to 6% on the cross section of the sintered body.