Patent 7189669 was granted and assigned to Sanyo on March, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A dielectric ceramic material which is obtained by firing a raw material comprising an alumina powder and a glass powder containing at least SiO2 and MgO, the dielectric ceramic material being characterized in that a ratio (MgAl2O4 (311)/Al2O3 (116)) in X-ray diffraction peak intensity of an MgAl2O4 (311) to an Al2O3 (116) is at least 0.5.