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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 1989
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1987
Makoto Hori, Ogaki, JP;
Itsuhei Ogata, Kariya, JP;
Hitoshi Niwa, Okazaki, JP;
Naoto Miwa, Tsushima, JP;
Nippondenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Abstract
A positive ceramic semiconductor device having positive temperature coefficient of resistance comprises a pair of electrodes provided on a ceramic semiconductor substrate. One of the paired electrodes which is to serve as the positive pole is basically constituted by at least an electrically conductive layer of silver-palladium series containing silver and palladium at a predetermined ratio. For preventing a localized current concentration from occurring in the current conducting state, improvement is made as the structure of the positive pole electrode ormed of the electrically conductive material of silver-palladium series and/or the structure of the negative pole electrode. Silver-migration phenomenon on the positive ceramic semiconductor substrate as well as degradation of the mechanical strength thereof is positively prevented.