Preparation of low-temperature sintered (Mg0.4Zn0.6)2SiO4 ceramics with CuO addition and simulation for application in microwave antennas
摘要
CuO-doped (Mg0.4Zn0.6)2SiO4 ceramics were prepared by the solid-phase method. The sintering temperature of (Mg0.4Zn0.6)2SiO4 ceramics can be reduced by doping CuO. The 1 wt.% CuO-doped (Mg0.4Zn0.6)2SiO4 ceramics prepared at 1225 °C showed good dielectric (1 MHz) and microwave dielectric properties with the following parameters: ρ = 3.34 g/cm3, εr = 6.98, tanδ = 1.23 × 10–3, εr = 6.49, Q × f = 2982 GHz, and τf = −47.17 ppm/°C. On this basis, a microstrip patch antenna is designed with an operating frequency of 2.45 GHz. The simulation results show that when the resonant frequency is 2.45 GHz, the S11 parameter is −17.49 dB, the bandwidth at −10 dB is 33.9 MHz, the maximum gain is 5.34 dB, and the radiation efficiency is 83.64%.