Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2011
Sn-doped BaO–TiO2–ZnO (BTZ) microwave ceramic materials were investigated as a function of SnO2 content. Addition of a small amount of SnO2 (0.01–0.06 wt%) lowered the sintering temperature of the system to 1160 °C and also greatly reduced the dielectric loss (tan δ), which is closely related to the insulation resistivity. The Sn-doped BTZ materials were found to have excellent dielectric properties at 1 GHz with dielectric constant Ε ≈tangent tan δ ≤ 1 × 10−4, temperature coefficient of dielectric constant, αΕ = 0 ± 30 ppm/°C, and volume resistivity ρv ≥ 1013 ω cm.