Microwave electromagnetic characteristics of FeCoBSiO2 nano-granular magnetic films

FeCoBSiO2 nano-granular films were fabricated by alternately deposited mu ltilayers using radio frequency magnetron sputtering. Microstructures and morpho logy were analyzed by x-ray diffraction, scanning probe microscope and transmis sionelectron microscope.Magnetic parameters were measured by vibrating sample magnetometer.The electrical resistivity was measured by a direct current four probe method,and the complex permeability was measured by microwave resonance cavity.The mechanism of the effect of microstructures and content of SiO2 on electromagnetic characteristics was also discussed. Results show that these films have good performance at high frequencies.μ′can be larger than 70 at 2GHz.Thus,the films may be applied to the micromagnetic devices or microwave absorbers in the GHz range.