Structural, magnetic, DC-AC electrical conductivities and thermo electric studies of MgCuZn Ferrites for microinductor applications

Multilayer chip inductors (MLCIs) have been rapidly developed for electromagnetic applications. NiCuZn ferrites are the most preferred ferrite materials to produce MLCIs. MgCuZn ferrites have similar properties to those of NiCuZn ferrites. MgCuZn ferrites owing to their superior properties like low magnetostriction, environmental stability, low stress sensitivity, high resistivity and low cost can replace NiCuZn ferrites. which have a wide range of electronic applications. In view of this, a series of polycrystalline MgCuZn ferrites with generic formula MgxCu0.5Zn0.5-xFe2O4 (X = 0.0 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4 and 0.5) are successfully synthesized by conventional double sintering technique. The samples were then characterized by the X-ray diffraction patterns (XRD) microstructural studies and the grain size was estimated using SEM micrographs. The sintered ferrites have been investigated in their magnetic, electrical and thermoelectric effect studies, which were carried out in the temperature range from 30 degrees C to 490 degrees C. The investigated ferrites are found to exhibit excellent properties that are suitable for the core materials in multilayer chip inductors, and the results are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.