Abstract: An electrically conductive titanium dioxide sputter target with an electrical resistivity of less than 5 &OHgr;-cm, which contains as an additive at least one doping agent or a mixture of doping assents in an amount of less than 5 mole %. The doping agent or agents are selected from the group including indium oxide, zinc oxide, bismuth oxide, aluminun oxide, gallium oxide, antimony oxide, and zirconium oxide. This treatment renders the titanium dioxide sputter target suitable for use in a direct-current sputtering process without any negative effects on the properties of the coating.