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High Dielectric Constant YIG Ferrites with Low Sintering Temperature

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Yttrium-Iron-Garnet (YIG) ferrites are widely used in microwave communication systems due to its excellent gyromagnetic properties. However, these YIG materials were normally synthesized under a high sintering temperature (− 1450 °C). In this work, a high dielectric constant YIG ferrite with a formula of Bi1.4Y1.3-xCa0.3+xZr0.3SnxFe4.5-xO11.7 was designed and successfully fabricated under a temperature as low as 950 °C, by using the conventional solid-state reaction method. And the effect of Ca-Sn co-substitution on the microstructure, dielectric properties, and magnetic properties were systematically investigated. In the frequency range of 1 MHz–0.5 GHz, the dielectric constant (ε') of all samples showed frequency-independent behavior and abnormally high values (> 30). And the dielectric loss (tanδ) value remained relatively low (10–3) in this frequency range. However, ε' and tanδ both increased with increasing frequency in the range of 0.5 GHz–1 GHz. Results further indicate that the increase of Ca–Sn co-substitution made the lattice constant increase approximately linearly, while the volume density gradually decreased. An excellent electromagnetic performance of low-temperature sintered YIG ferrite was obtained: 4πMs = 1843.34Gs, Hc = 2.51Oe, and ΔH = 190Oe. This study indicates that the as-synthesized YIG ferrites are suitable for processing high-performance, miniaturized radio frequency passive devices through LTCC method, and they are promising for microwave communication applications.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Sichuan Science and Technology Program, (Grant No. 2021JDTD0026), Jiangxi Innovative Talent Program, and Jiangxi Guochuang & UESTC Joint R & D Center Program (Grant No. H04W190371).

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Fu, R., Li, Y., Peng, R. et al. High Dielectric Constant YIG Ferrites with Low Sintering Temperature. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 33, 4914–4923 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-021-07681-w

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