Dai-Ichi Kogyo Seiyaku Co., Ltd.

Dowa Mining Co., Ltd.

Shuji Saeki

Masami Sakuraba

Masatoshi Suehiro

Masashi Echigo

Susumu Okada

A copper paste composition for low temperature firing on a ceramic substrate is comprised of inorganic components and organic vehicle components. The inorganic components mainly consist of cooper powder, cuprous oxide powder, cupric oxide powder and glass powder. The mixing ratio off the inorganic components of this composition is 100 parts by weight of copper powder, about 10 to 15 parts by weight of cuprous oxide powder, about 12 to 17 parts by weight of cupric oxide powder, and about 7 to 12 parts by weight of glass powder. The mixing ratio of the inorganic components with the organic vehicle components is about 95 to 70 parts by weight of the organic vehicle components. Also the the average particle size of the copper powder is in a range of about 0.5 to 3 .mu.m and the oxygen content of the copper powder is about 0.05 to 0.15 weight percent.

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