Patent ID: 7238296

Claim:
A resistive composition comprising: a first metal mixed powder made of copper powder, manganese powder, and germanium powder and/or a second metal mixed powder made of copper, manganese, and germanium that includes alloy powder made of at least two or more of the metals copper, manganese, and germanium; at least one of a glass powder and a copper-oxide powder; and vehicle containing resin and solvent, wherein said resistive composition includes a mixture of 85.6 to 95.8 parts copper by weight, 4.0 to 13.0 parts manganese by weight, and 0.2 to 1.4 parts germanium by weight when the entire amount of said first metal mixed powder and/or said second metal mixed powder is 100 parts by weight; greater than 0 to 10 parts of at least one of said glass powder and said copper-oxide powder by weight; and 10 to 15 parts vehicle by weight relative to 100 parts of said first metal mixed powder and/or said second metal mixed powder by weight.