Dielectric composition, dielectric element, electronic component and multi-layer electronic component

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10475577-B2
Application number	US-201615745688-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2016
Priority date	Jul 17, 2015
Publication date	Nov 12, 2019
Grant date	Nov 12, 2019

Abstract

A dielectric composition, a dielectric element, an electronic component and a multi-layer electronic component are disclosed. In an embodiment the dielectric composition includes a perovskite crystal structure containing at least Bi, Na, Sr and Ti, wherein the dielectric composition includes at least one selected from among La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb, Ba, Ca, Mg and Zn, wherein the dielectric composition includes specific particles having a core-shell structure that has at least one core portion including SrTiO 3 and wherein α is set to 0.20≤α≤0.70, where α is the ratio of the number of specific particles with respect to the total number of particles contained in the dielectric composition.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A dielectric composition comprising:
a perovskite crystal structure containing at least Bi, Na, Sr and Ti;
at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb, Ba, Ca, Mg and Zn; and
specific particles having a core-shell structure that has at least one core portion including SrTiO 3 ,
wherein 0.20≤α0.70, where a is a ratio of a number of specific particles with respect to a total number of particles contained in the dielectric composition, and
wherein 0.92≤β≤3.00, where β is a molar ratio of Sr with respect to Na in the dielectric composition.

2. The dielectric composition according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the at least one element is between 0.2 and 14.3 molar parts, taking a Ti content of the dielectric composition as 100 molar parts.

3. A dielectric element comprising the dielectric composition according to claim 1 .

4. An electronic component comprising:
a dielectric layer comprising the dielectric composition according to claim 1 .

5. A laminated electronic component comprising:
a laminated portion formed by alternately laminating an internal electrode layer and a dielectric layer comprising the dielectric composition according to claim 1 .

6. A laminated ceramic capacitor comprising:
the laminated electronic component according to claim 5 , wherein the internal electrode layers are stacked such that end surfaces thereof are alternately exposed at surfaces of two opposing ends of the laminated electronic component.

7. The laminated ceramic capacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the internal electrode layers comprise Cu.

8. The laminated ceramic capacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the internal electrode layers comprise Cu alloy.

9. The laminated ceramic capacitor according to claim 6 , further comprising a pair of terminal electrodes located at both ends of the laminated electronic component and being connected to the exposed end surfaces of the internal electrode layers.

10. The Laminated ceramic capacitor according to claim 9 , wherein the terminal electrodes comprise Cu.

11. A single-layer ceramic capacitor comprising:
a disc-shaped dielectric body comprising the dielectric composition according to claim 1 ; and
a pair of electrodes being located on both surfaces of the dielectric body.

12. The single-layer ceramic capacitor according to claim 11 , wherein a material of the electrodes comprises Cu.

13. A method for providing a dielectric composition, the method comprising:
providing starting material powders of bismuth oxide (Bi 2 O 3 ), sodium carbonate (Na 2 CO 3 ), strontium carbonate (SrCO 3 ) and titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ), wherein the starting material powders are weighed out such that the dielectric composition has a perovskite crystal structure containing at least Bi, Na, Sr and Ti, at least one element selected from the group consisting of La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Yb, Ba, Ca, Mg and Zn, and specific particles having a core-shell structure that has at least one core portion including SrTiO 3 , and wherein 0.20≤α≤0.70, where a is a ratio of a number of specific particles with respect to a total number of particles contained in the dielectric composition, and wherein 0.92≤β≤3.00, where β is a molar ratio of Sr with respect to Na in the dielectric composition;
wet-mixing the weighed starting material powders;
obtaining a calcined powder by calcining the mixture;
adding a binder to the calcined powder thereby forming a paste;
moulding the paste thereby forming a moulded article; and
baking the moulded article.

Assignees

• Epcos Ag
• Tdk Electronics Ag

Inventors

• Hirose Masakazu
• Tauchi Goushi
• Imura Tomoya
• Terada Tomohiro

Classifications

• H01G4/1218

  based on titanium oxides or titanates (H01G4/1245 takes precedence) · CPC title

• C04B2235/5445

  submicron sized, i.e. from 0,1 to 1 micron · CPC title

• C04B2235/3284

  Zinc oxides, zincates, cadmium oxides, cadmiates, mercury oxides, mercurates or oxide forming salts thereof · CPC title

• C04B2235/77

  Density · CPC title

• C04B2235/80

  Phases present in the sintered or melt-cast ceramic products other than the main phase · CPC title