JPH0712974B2 - Dielectric porcelain composition - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a high dielectric constant type dielectric ceramic composition which is fired at 1100 ° C. or less, and particularly, a composition which can be fired in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere to obtain a high resistivity. Regarding

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, in ceramic capacitors, multilayer ceramic capacitors are rapidly becoming popular due to the demand for smaller size and larger capacity of elements. Multilayer ceramic capacitors are usually manufactured by a process of integrally firing internal electrodes and ceramics. Conventionally, barium titanate-based materials have been used for high dielectric constant ceramic capacitor materials.
Since the firing temperature is as high as about 1300 ° C, it was necessary to use expensive metals such as Pt and Pd as the internal electrode material.

On the other hand, lead composite perovskite-based materials that can be fired in air at 1000 ° C or lower and inexpensive Ag-based materials can be used as internal electrodes, or base metal materials such as Ni that can be fired in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere can be used as internal electrodes. Barium titanate-based materials have been developed. Regarding the former, as a system similar to the present invention, PbTiO ₃ − described in JP-A-58-176175
A dielectric ceramic composition composed of Pb (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O ₃ -Pb (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O ₃ is known. Regarding the latter, Japanese Patent Publication No. 56-46
The materials described in Japanese Patent No. 641 are known.

PbTiO ₃ -Pb (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O ₃ -Pb (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O ₃ -based solid solution can be fired at low temperature, and titanic acid with similar temperature change rate of dielectric constant can be obtained. Higher permittivity than that of barium materials can be obtained. Therefore, the multilayer capacitor composed of this dielectric ceramic composition and the Ag-based internal electrode has the advantages that the device can have a large capacity, a small size, and a low cost. However, in recent years, it has been required to use base metals such as Cu that can reduce the cost of internal electrode materials as internal electrodes.
There is a need for a material that does not reduce the resistivity of the dielectric ceramic when fired in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere in which a metal such as Cu does not oxidize.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention PbTiO ₃ −Pb (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O ₃ −Pb (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O ₃ solid solution is not suitable for firing in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere. It does not sinter densely and tends to have a low resistivity.

The present invention is PbTiO ₃ --Pb (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O ₃ --Pb (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O ₃
It is an object of the present invention to provide a dielectric ceramic composition which does not impair the high dielectric constant and low temperature sinterability of the system and has a high resistance value when fired in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere.

Means for Solving the Problems The present invention provides (Pb _a Me _b ) {(Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) _x Ti _y (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) _z } O _{2 + a + b} Has a composition represented by (where x + y + z = 1), and Me
Is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, and Ba, and is in the range of 0.001 ≦ b ≦ 0.250 1.001 ≦ a + b ≦ 1.200. For each value of a and b within this range, (Pb _a Me _b ) (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O _{2 + a + b} , (Pb _a Me _b ) Ti
O _{2 + a + b} , (Pb _a Me _b ) (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O _{2 + a + b} is the vertex, and the following composition points A, B, C, D are in the triangular coordinates. It is a dielectric porcelain composition characterized in that it is composed of a composition within a rectangular region.

A; x = 0.770 y = 0.229 z = 0.001 B; x = 0.450 y = 0.549 z = 0.001 C; x = 0.001 y = 0.800 z = 0.199 D; x = 0.001 y = 0.300 z = 0.699 Work composition of the present invention As for the product, a densely baked product is obtained at a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere at a baking temperature of 1100 ° C. or less, and a highly reliable element having high resistivity can be obtained.

Example As a starting material, chemically pure PbO, NiO, MeCO ₃ (Me: Ca, S
r, Ba), Nb ₂ O ₅ , TiO ₂ , MgO, and WO ₃ were used. These were subjected to purity correction, weighed a predetermined amount, and wet-mixed in a ball mill for 17 hours using agate stones and pure water as a solvent. This is suction filtered to remove most of the water content, then dried and then charged and decomposed with a Lykai machine.
Add water to form a cylinder with a diameter of 60 mm and a height of about 50 mm.
It was molded at 500 kg / cm ² . This was put in an alumina crucible, covered with the same material, and calcined at 750 ° C to 880 ° C for 2 hours. Next, the calcined product was roughly crushed in an alumina mortar, and further crushed for 17 hours in a ball mill using pure stone as a solvent with agate stones, and this was suction filtered to separate most of the water content, and then dried. After repeating the above calcination, crushing, and drying several times, add 6 wt% of the polyvinyl alcohol 6 wt% aqueous solution to this powder,
Granulate through a 32 mesh sieve, molding pressure 1000 kg / cm ²
Was molded into a cylindrical shape with a diameter of 13 mm and a height of about 5 mm. The molded product was heated to 700 ° C. in the air and kept for 1 hour to burn out the polyvinyl alcohol content. This is the volume of the above calcined powder
It was transferred to a magnesia porcelain container in which 200 mesh ZrO ₂ powder was spread about 1 mm on top of about 1/3, covered with the same quality, and inserted into the core tube of a tubular electric furnace. After degassing the inside of the core tube with a rotary pump, it was replaced with N ₂ -H ₂ mixed gas, and the mixture ratio of N ₂ and H ₂ gas was adjusted so that the oxygen partial pressure (Po ₂ ) became 1.0 × 10 ^-8 atm. While flowing the mixed gas, the temperature was raised to a predetermined temperature at 400 ° C / hr, kept for 2 hours, and then lowered at 400 ° C / hr. Po in the core tube
₂ was measured by an inserted stabilized zirconia oxygen sensor. Figure 2 shows the structure of the magnesium porcelain container during firing.
FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the inside of the core tube.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 1 is a magnesia container, and the upper part thereof is sealed with a magnesia container lid 2. The calcined powder 3 was arranged in the lower part of the magnesia container 1, and the zirconia powder 4 was arranged on it. Furthermore, the sample 5 was arranged on it. As shown in FIG. 3, the magnesia container 1 prepared as shown in FIG.
Placed inside. 7 is a stabilized zirconia oxygen sensor.

The fired product was cut into a disc with a thickness of 1 mm, Cr-Au was vapor-deposited on both sides, and the dielectric constant and tan δ were measured under an electric field of 1 kHz and 1 V / mm.
The resistivity was calculated from the value of 1 minute after applying a voltage of 1 kV / mm.

The firing temperature was the temperature at which the density of the fired product was the highest.

Table 1 shows the components of the composition range and peripheral composition of the present invention [a, b, x,
y, z is (Pb _a Me _b ) (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) _x Ti _y (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) _z O _{2 + a + b}
The value when expressed as,], the firing temperature when firing in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere, the dielectric constant, the temperature change rate of the dielectric constant (with respect to 20 ° C.), tan δ, the resistivity, and the density. Figure 1 shows the samples shown in Table 1 for (Pb _a Me _b ) TiO _{2 + a + b} , (Pb _a Me _b ) (Ni _1/3 Nb
_2/3 ) O _{2 + a + b} and (Pb _a Me _b ) (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O _{2 + a + b} are shown in the triangular composition diagram, and the shaded The scope is the scope of the invention.

If the composition a + b is less than 1.001, the composition outside the scope of the invention has a drawback that a dense sintered product cannot be obtained or the resistivity becomes low when fired in a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere.
If it exceeds 200, there is a problem that the dielectric constant and the resistivity decrease. If b is larger than 0.250, the dielectric constant will decrease. A composition whose x, y, z is out of the limited range has a problem that the Curie point largely deviates from room temperature and the dielectric constant decreases, or the temperature change rate of the dielectric constant increases. Compositions within the scope of the invention overcome all of the above problems.

The low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere selected as the firing atmosphere Po ₂ ; 1.
0 × 10 ^-8 atm is lower than the equilibrium oxygen partial pressure of copper at the firing temperature, and it is considered that the metal is hardly oxidized.

EFFECTS OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a dense, high-resistivity sintered body for obtaining high reliability as a multilayer capacitor element can be obtained by firing at a low oxygen partial pressure atmosphere of 1100 ° C. or less, and Cu etc. as an internal electrode. It is possible to obtain an excellent dielectric porcelain composition which makes it possible to use the above base metal material.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a triangular composition diagram showing the component composition of a porcelain composition according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a sectional view of a magnesia container in which porcelain is put in during firing, and FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a furnace tube during firing. 1 ... Magnesia container, 2 ... Magnesia container lid, 3 ... Calcined powder, 4
… Zirconia powder, 5… Sample, 6… Magnesium container, 7… Core tube, 8… Stabilized zirconia oxygen sensor.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. (Pb _a Me _b ) {(Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) _x Ti _y (Mg
_1/2 W _1/2 ) _z } O _{2 + a + b} (where
x + y + z = 1), Me is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Ba, and is in the range of 0.001 ≦ b ≦ 0.250 1.001 ≦ a + b ≦ 1.200. In contrast, (Pb _a Me _b ) (Ni _1/3 Nb _2/3 ) O _{2 + a + b} , (Pb _a Me _b ) Ti
O _{2 + a + b} , (Pb _a Me _b ) (Mg _1/2 W _1/2 ) O _{2 + a + b} is the vertex, and the following composition points A, B, C, D are in the triangular coordinates. A dielectric porcelain composition comprising a composition within a rectangular region. A; x = 0.770 y = 0.229 z = 0.001 B; x = 0.450 y = 0.549 z = 0.001 C; x = 0.001 y = 0.800 z = 0.199 D; x = 0.001 y = 0.300 z = 0.996