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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005

Filed:

May. 31, 2002
Applicants:

Marion E. Ellis, Elkridge, MD (US);

Steven Wesley Winn, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Luna H. Chiu, Abingdon, MD (US);

Inventors:

Marion E. Ellis, Elkridge, MD (US);

Steven Wesley Winn, Ellicott City, MD (US);

Luna H. Chiu, Abingdon, MD (US);

Assignee:

Paratek Microwave, Inc., Columbia, MD (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C014/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Tunable dielectric materials including an electronically tunable dielectric ceramic and a low loss glass additive are disclosed. The tunable dielectric may comprise a ferroelectric perskovite material such as barium strontium titanate. The glass additive may comprise boron, barium, calcium, lithium, manganese, silicon, zinc and/or aluminum-containing glasses having dielectric losses of less than 0.003 at 2 GHz. The materials may further include other additives such as non-tunable metal oxides and silicates. The low loss glass additive enables the materials to be sintered at relatively low temperatures while providing improved properties such as low microwave losses and high breakdown strengths.


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