A series of new microwave dielectric ceramics Ba3-nLa1+nTinNb3-nO12 (n=0,1,2) were prepared in the BaO-La2O3-TiO2-Nb2O5 system by high temperature solid-state reaction route. The phase and structure of the ceramics were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope, and microwave dielectric properties measurements. These samples were identified as single phase and adopted A4B3O12-type cation-deficient hexagonal perovskite structure, which can be described as consisting of identical perovskite-like blocks, three corner-sharing BO6 octahedra thick, separated by layers of vacant octahedral. These ceramics have high dielectric constants in the range of 48-42, high quality factors (Q×f) up to 38 000 GHz, and low temperature coefficient of resonant frequencies (τf) in the range of (-40-+6)×10-6℃-1. With increasing content of La and Ti, the dielectric constants slightly decrease butτf gradually increases.
The synthesis, structure and properties of a new A5B4O15-type cation-deficient perovskite Ba3La2Ti2Ta2O15 were discribed. The compound was prepared by the conventional solid-state reaction route. The phase and structure of the ceramics were characterized by X-ray diffraction （XRD）, scanning electron microscopy （SEM）. The results reveal that the compound is successfully synthesized. The compound crystallizes in the trigonal system with unit cell parameter a=5.6730（2） A, c=11.6511（2） A, V=324.93（1） A^3 and Z=1. The microwave dielectric properties of the ceramic are studied using a network analyzer, and it shows a high dielectric constant of 45.1, a high quality factors with Q×fof21 029 GHz, and a positive τf of 5.3 ppm℃^-1.
