Abstract
Dielectric properties and tunability of Ba0.60Sr0.40TiO3 (BST) and BaZr0.25Ti0.75O3 (BZT) thick films and bulk ceramics have been investigated as a function of temperature (90 K - 320 K) in the kHz region. Thick films show compared to bulk ceramics low permittivity and a very broad ferroelectric phase transition which leads to low temperature dependence of tunability. Tunability of 30% can be achieved with an external field of 2 kV/mm. Measurements in the microwave region adumbrate that the dielectric losses of BZT are about three times higher than that of BST thick films.