Abstract: A paste composition for preparation of electrically resistive layers is described comprising a curable polymer binder in which electrically conductive pigments are dispersed, wherein the composition contains as the electrically conductive pigments a glass-like carbon with a highly unoriented tri-dimensionally cross-linked coil structure.

Abstract: The present invention describes an improved reverse lamination process for reparing printed circuits with resistors, conductor strips and/or contacts integrated in the circuit. A separating layer is applied on a metallic intermediate carrier. The intermediate carrier thus coated is then printed with a conductive paste in a desired. mirror-inverted layout to provide the resistors, conductor strips and/or contacts. This is followed by the lamination which is carried out under temperature effect and under pressure, the thus laminated package comprising the intermediate carrier, an intermediate layer and the final substrate. The intermediate carrier is subsequently removed, and the separating layer is etched off. The separating layer acts as a parting agent to permit easy mechanical separation and reuse of the metallic intermediate carrier.

Abstract: An x-y position detector is shown which comprises a pen and contact plate with a resistive layer formed thereon. Point electrodes are provided on the four sides of the resistive layer. The materials of the resistive layer and the pen are selected such that the pen is in reliable galvanic contact with the resistive layer. The resistive layer is hard and smooth, and permits easy motion of the pen.The resistive layer consists of carrier particles with a hardness of between 5 and 9 on the Mohs hardness scale, pyrolytically coated with carbon and embedded in a binder whereby the resistive layer is hard and enables easy motion of the pen. The surface on which the pen moves is formed by molding the resistive material on a smooth intermediate substrate.