TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The electrically conductive metal comprises silver. The mole ratio of lead to tellurium of the lead-tellurium-oxide is 5/95-95/5. The electrically conductive metal is 90-95 wt.% of the solids. The lead-tellurium-oxide is at least partially crystalline. The lead tellurium-lithium-oxide further comprises oxides of one or more elements consisting of silicon, tin, titanium, silver, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, germanium, gallium, indium, nickel, zinc, calcium, magnesium, strontium, barium, selenium, molybdenum, tungsten, yttrium, arsenic, lanthanum, neodymium, cobalt, praseodymium, aluminum, gadolinium, samarium, dysprosium, europium, holmium, ytterbium, lutecium, bismuth, tantalum, vanadium, iron, hafnium, chromium, cadmium, antimony, bismuth, fluorine, zirconium, manganese, phosphorus, copper, cerium and niobium. The lead-tellurium-lithium-oxide comprises: 30-60 wt.% of lead(II) oxide, 40-65 wt.% of tellurium dioxide and 0.1-5 wt.% of lithium oxide. The thick-film paste further comprises: one or more additives consisting of germanium dioxide, gallium(III) oxide, indium(III) oxide, nickel oxide, cobalt oxide, zinc oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, strontium oxide, manganese oxide, barium oxide, selenium dioxide, Molybdenum trioxide, tungsten oxide, yttrium oxide, arsenic oxide, lanthanum oxide, neodymium oxide, bismuth oxide, tantalum pentoxide, vanadium(V) oxide, iron(II) oxide, hafnium oxide, chromium(III) oxide, cadmium oxide, antimony trioxide, lead(II) fluoride, zirconium oxide, manganese (III) oxide, copper oxide, lanthanum oxide, praseodymium(III) oxide, aluminum oxide, neodymium oxide, gadolinium oxide, samarium oxide, dysprosium oxide, europium oxide, holmium oxide, ytterbium oxide, lutetium oxide, cerium(IV) oxide, bismuth trifluoride, tin(II) oxide, silicon dioxide, silver oxide, niobium pentoxide, titanium dioxide; and metal halides consisting of sodium chloride, potassium bromide, sodium iodide and lithium iodide.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Components: The organic medium comprises a polymer. The organic medium further comprises one or more additives consisting of solvents, stabilizers, surfactants and thickeners. Preferred Method: The thick-film paste composition is applied pattern-wise onto the insulating film. The firing is carried out in air or an oxygen-containing atmosphere. EXAMPLE - Typical composition comprised (in wt.%) of: lead(II) oxide (48.04); lithium oxide (0.42); tellurium dioxide (51.54); and tellurium dioxide/lead(II) oxide (60:40).