The silver sintering pastes mentioned above are examples of silver sintering preparations that can be used in the production of a layer-shaped silver sintering body of this type.

Suitable support substrates having a surface that is incapable of forming a sintered connection for use in the production of the layer-shaped silver sintering bodies include, for example, aluminum oxide ceramics, nickel foils, polyimide films, polytetrafluoroethylene films, and silicone films. It is obvious to a person skilled in the art to select planar support substrates having a non-porous and sufficiently smooth surface in this context—regardless of the selection of material.

The application of the silver sintering preparation, for example screen printing, stencil printing or spray application, as well as the procedure of sintering, are well-known to a person skilled in the art and there are no method-related particularities such that a detailed description is not required and reference shall be made in this context, for exemplary purposes, to the literature cited above. Likewise, the detachment from the support substrate having a surface that is incapable of forming a sintered connection bears no difficulty since the layer-shaped silver sintering body thus formed basically detaches by itself during the sintering process.