A resistive composition is provided to form thick film resistors on a substrate. The resistive composition includes platinum particles and ceramic particles. The ceramic particles include alumina particles. An organic vehicle can be included to form an ink or paste for thick film process. After application to the substrate, the resistive composition is fired to form the thick film resistors, which is fully adhered to the substrate.

This invention provides a resin composition for preparing an allylphenol-maleimide copolymer used for a protective film for an electronic component including: (A) an allyl group-containing phenol compound having a rigid structure; (B) an N-aromatic maleimide group-containing compound having a rigid structure; and (C) an N-aliphatic maleimide group-containing compound having a flexible structure.

A modulated inductance module includes an inductor including one or more electrical conductors disposed around a ferromagnetic ceramic element formed on a semiconductor die, wherein the inductor further has two or more metal oxides having fluctuations in metal-oxide compositional uniformity less than or equal to 1.50 mol % throughout said ceramic element, the ceramic element has crystalline grain structure having a diameter that is less than or equal to 1.5× a mean grain diameter, and the semiconductor die contains active semiconductor switches or rectifying components that are in electrical communication with the one or more electrical conductors of the inductor.

A thermistor sintered body and a temperature sensor element that can adjust a resistance value in a wider range while suppressing an influence on a B constant. A thermistor sintered body of the present invention includes: a Y.sub.2O.sub.3 phase as a main phase; and a Y(Cr/Mn)O.sub.3 phase as a subphase, wherein a chemical composition of Cr, Mn, Ca, Pr and Y excluding oxygen includes one or two of Cr: 20 mol % or less and Mn: 20 mol % or less, Ca: 1 to 15 mol %, and Pr: 0.5 to 30 mol %, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Y. In the present invention, preferably, the subphase is a Y(Cr,Mn)O.sub.3 phase or a YCrO.sub.3 phase, and Pr is dissolved in the Y(Cr,Mn)O.sub.3 phase or the YCrO.sub.3 phase.

To provide a thick film resistor paste for a resistor having a smaller resistance change rate and excellent surge resistance, a thick film resistor using the thick film resistor paste, and an electronic component provided with the thick film resistor. A thick film resistor paste comprises an organic vehicle and a conductive substance-containing glass powder comprising ruthenium oxide and lead ruthenate, the conductive substance-containing glass powder comprises 10 to 70 mass% of conductive substances, a glass composition of the conductive substance-containing glass powder comprises 3 to 30 mass% of silicon oxide, 30 to 90 mass% of lead oxide, 5 to 50 mass% of boron oxide relative to 100 mass% of glass components, and, a combined amount of silicon oxide, lead oxide and boron oxide by mass% is 50 mass% or more relative to 100 mass% of the glass components.

The resistive material for sensing current contains: metal particles selected from a group consisting of nichrome, copper-manganese, and copper-nickel; insulating particles selected from a group consisting of alumina, aluminum nitride, silicon nitride, and zirconia; and titanium oxide.

In an embodiment an electrical component includes an electrical resistor having a PTC ceramic with a reference temperature exceeding 150° C., wherein, at the reference temperature, a reference resistance is twice an amount of a minimum resistance of the PTC ceramic.

A thermistor sintered body and a temperature sensor element that can adjust a resistance value in a wider range while suppressing an influence on a B constant. A thermistor sintered body of the present invention includes: a Y.sub.2O.sub.3 phase as a main phase; and a Y(Cr/Mn)O.sub.3 phase as a subphase, wherein a chemical composition of Cr, Mn, Ca, Pr and Y excluding oxygen includes one or two of Cr: 20 mol % or less and Mn: 20 mol % or less, Ca: 1 to 15 mol %, and Pr: 0.5 to 30 mol %, with the balance being unavoidable impurities and Y. In the present invention, preferably, the subphase is a Y(Cr,Mn)O.sub.3 phase or a YCrO.sub.3 phase, and Pr is dissolved in the Y(Cr,Mn)O.sub.3 phase or the YCrO.sub.3 phase.

A method of making a hot surface igniter is described. A silicon carbide composition that includes both fines fraction and a coarse fraction is sintered in a nitrogen and argon reducing atmosphere in a manner that controls the incorporation of nitrogen with in the lattice of recrystallized silicon carbide. The controlled incorporation of nitrogen in the lattice provides enhanced control over heating and electrical properties, while simultaneously achieving a lower surface area fully recrystallized structure for oxidation resistance and long service life.

After a sulfidation detection conductor (2) is formed on a front surface of a large-sized substrate (10A), a pair of first protective films (3) made of an insoluble material is formed, respectively, on predetermined positions of the sulfidation detection conductor (2), and a second protective film (7) made of a soluble material is formed so as to cover the sulfidation detection conductor (2) positioned between the pair of first protective films (3), and thereafter, end face electrodes (5) are formed, respectively, on divided faces of each strip-shaped substrate (10B) obtained by primarily dividing the large-sized substrate (10A). Then, after external electrodes (6) are formed by performing electrolytic plating with respect to each chip substrate (10C) obtained by secondarily dividing each strip-shaped substrate (10B), a sulfidation detection portion (2a) is exposed to the outside by removing the second protective film (7), whereby a sulfidation detection sensor (10) can be obtained.