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(11) EP 0 190 888 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
20.11.1986 Bulletin 1986/47

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.08.1986 Bulletin 1986/33

(21) Application number: 86300654

(22) Date of filing: 30.01.1986
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 30.01.1985 GB 8502316

(71) Applicant: RAYCHEM LIMITED
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(72) Inventors:
  • O'Brien, James Martin
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  • Penneck, Richard John
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  • Smith, Nicholas John G.
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(54) Electrical component


(57) An electrical component comprises a metallic conductor and an inorganic conductive layer thereon. The conductive layer has preferably been formed by a vacuum deposition method, and is bonded to the electrical conductor by an intermediate layer.
The inorganic conductive layer may, for example, be a non-linear material, a ferromagnetic, or ferro-magnetic material, or a material exhibiting PTC or NTC behaviour.






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