Microwave radiation in the GHz band is increasingly being used in many various communication devices. However, this has brought about the problems of electromagnetic interference (EMI). Now M-type Ba ferrite is expected to be used as a powerful countermeasure to EMI. Our recent works have shown that M-type Ba ferrite is promising material for microwave absorber in the GHz range. The electromagnetic resonance absorption properties depend on the complex permeability μ=μ'-jμ", particularly the imaginary part μ"=M
s/2H
Aα(Ms: saturation magnetization, H
A: anisotropy field, a: extinction coefficient). We investigated the effects of substitution composition (x) of Me for Ba (Me: La) and substitution composition (y) of Me ion (Me: Zn, Zr, Sn) for Fe
3+ on the electromagnetic absorption properties of the Ba
1-xLa
xZn
xFe
12-x-y(Me
0.5Mn
0.5)
yO
19 compound. The c-axis aligned samples were formed into toroidal shapes. The magnetic properties (M
s, H
A) and the resonance absorption properties (μr', μr" etc) were measured using a VSM and a network analyzer. The aligned Zr-substituted samples (x=0.0, y=1.4) showed values of H
A =0.21 MAm
-1, and μ'= 7.5 and μ" =7.1 that were higher than those of (TiMn) substituted samples. The matching thickness dm decreased to 0.8 mm at the matching frequency of 7.6 GHz. In the sample of x=0.0 and y=1.5, μ'=7.7 and μ" = 6.7 were obtained, and the matching thickness dm was 0.98 mm at 5.95 GHz. Also, Sn-substituted samples showed high m' and m" values of 6.3 and 6.3, respectively, and d
m of 1.02mm. It is therefore concluded that Sn or Zr substitution is effective in enhancing the electromagnetic wave absorption characteristics of M-type Ba ferrite absorber.
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