A method of forming a composite material for use as an isolator or circulator in a radiofrequency device comprises providing a low temperature fireable outer material, the low fireable outer material having a garnet or scheelite structure, inserting a high dielectric constant inner material having a dielectric constant above 30 within an aperture in the low temperature fireable outer material, and co-firing the lower temperature fireable outer material and the high dielectric constant inner material together at temperature between 650-900? C. to shrink the low temperature fireable outer material around an outer surface of the high dielectric constant inner material to form an integrated magnetic/dielectric assembly without the use of adhesive or glue.

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide for polymer conjugates, methods of making the polymer conjugates, methods of using polymer conjugates, and the like, where the polymer conjugates include magnetic particles (e.g. iron oxide particles). Embodiments of the present disclosure can be advantageous for one or more of the following reasons: strong and rapid magnetic response, multiple types of agents can be attached to the polymer conjugate, the size of the polymer conjugate can be controlled, and the polymer conjugates can be produced in a cost-effective manner.

The present invention provides a ferrite sintered magnet comprising (1) main phase grains containing a ferrite having a hexagonal structure, (2) two-grain boundaries formed between two of the main phase grains, and (3) multi-grain boundaries surrounded by three or more of the main phase grains. The above ferrite sintered magnet comprises Ca, R, Sr, Fe and Co, with R being at least one element selected from the group consisting of rare earth elements and Bi, and comprising at least La. The number Nm of the above main phase grains and the number Ng of the above multi-grain boundaries in the cross section including the direction of the easy magnetization axis of the above ferrite sintered magnet satisfy the formula (1A):

50%Nm/(Nm+Ng)65%(1A).

Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a ferrite magnetic substance, including: a first mixing operation of providing a first mixture composed of 47 to 49 wt % of Fe, 16 to 18 wt % of Mn, 5.2 to 7.2 wt % of Zn, and a remainder of oxygen and other inevitable impurities, a second mixing operation of providing a second mixture composed of the first mixture and an additive including, based on 100 parts by weight of the first mixture, 28 to 51 ppm of Si, 140 to 210 ppm of Nb and 155 to 185 ppm of Zr, and a finish operation of producing a ferrite magnetic substance by sintering the second mixture.

A ferrite sintered magnet represented by A.sub.1?xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12?yCo.sub.y).sub.zO.sub.19 in terms of atomic number ratio. A is at least one selected from a group made of Sr, Ba and Pb. R is La only or La and at least one selected from a group made of Bi and rare earth elements. 0.14?x?0.22, 11.60?(12?y)?z?11.99, and 0.13?y?z?0.17 are satisfied. 0.500?Mc?0.710 is satisfied in which Mc is CaO content in mass % converted from a content of Ca included in the ferrite sintered magnet. 0.410?Ms?0.485 is satisfied in which Ms is SiO.sub.2 content in mass % converted from a content of Si included in the ferrite sintered magnet.

An inductor with coil conductor formed by conductive material includes an insulative plastic block including a block base, a positioning unit with U-shaped plates mounted in the block base and conductors respectively formed of an electroplated conductive adhesive on the U-shaped plates using laser direct structuring (LDS) and isolated from one another, magnetic conductive components each including a magnetic core mounted in the base and defining therein slots for the passing of the U-shaped plates, and a connection carrier including a substrate and a wire array located on the substrate and electrically bonded with leads of the conductors to create with the magnetic cores a magnetic coil loop capable of providing a magnetic induction effect. Thus, the inductor of the invention has the advantages of simple structure, high production efficiency and cost effectiveness.

This ferrite magnet has a ferrite phase having a magnetoplumbite structure, and an orthoferrite phase, and is characterized in that the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me is represented by expression (1) A.sub.1-xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12-yMe.sub.y).sub.z, (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn) and in that the content (m) of the orthoferrite phase is 0<m<28.0 in mol %. The invention makes it possible to achieve a ferrite magnet with increased Br.

A ferrite sintered body contains a main component and a sub component. The main component contains from 4 mol % to 13 mol % of Fe in terms of Fe.sub.2O.sub.3, from 47 mol % to 58 mol % of Zn in terms of ZnO, from 1 mol % to 4 mol % of Cu in terms of CuO, from 2 mol % to 8 mol % of Ni in terms of NiO, and from 28 mol % to 36 mol % of Si in terms of SiO.sub.2. The sub component contains, per 100 parts by weight of the main component, from 0.8 parts by weight to 3 parts by weight of Bi in terms of Bi.sub.2O.sub.3 and from 0.005 parts by weight to 0.1 parts by weight of Zr in terms of ZrO.sub.2.

A transformer is provided. The transformer includes a core; a primary winding including a first wire and a second wire electrically connected in series, where the first wire and the second wire are bifilar-wound around the core; and a secondary winding including a third wire wound around the core.

This ferrite magnet has a magnetoplumbite structure and is characterized in that, when representing the composition ratios of the total of each metal element A, R, Fe and Me with expression (1) A.sub.1-xR.sub.x(Fe.sub.12-yMe.sub.y).sub.z, the Fe.sup.2+ content (m) in the ferrite magnet is greater than 0.1 mass % and less than 5.4 mass % (in expression (1), A is at least one element selected from Sr, Ba, Ca and Pb; R is at least one element selected from the rare-earth elements (including Y) and Bi, and includes at least La, and Me is Co, or Co and Zn). The invention makes it possible to achieve a ferrite magnet with increased Br.