Abstract: The invention relates to a process for manufacturing a vacuum insulated glazing wherein the glazing is assembled in a single stage by supplying glass panes, metallic spacers and corner and frame metallic seal elements which are brazed onto adhesion layers previously deposited onto the edge region areas of the glass panes.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65?SiO2?78% 8?Na2O?15% 1?K2O<6% 1?Al2O3<6% 2?CaO<10% 0?MgO?6%; as well as a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.

Abstract: A heatable glazing comprising a pane of glazing material with a first portion delimited by a first and a second bus bars wherein a voltage VI is applied and a second portion of the pane in need of rapid heating delimited by the second bus bar and a third bus bar wherein a voltage V2 is applied. The voltage VI is converted into a voltage V2 within the second portion by an electrical converter DC/DC.

Abstract: Glazing panel having an electrically conductive connector. A glazing panel comprising (i) a pane of glass, (ii) an antenna, (iii) an electrically conductive connector joined to the antenna by a lead-free solder material, and (iv) a coaxial cable joined to the electrically conductive connector.

Abstract: Chemically temperable glass sheet The invention relates to a glass sheet having a boron-, strontium- and lithium-free glass composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: 65?SiO2?78% 8?Na2O?15% 1?K2O<6% 1?Al2O3<3% 2?CaO<10% 0?MgO?6%; as well as a total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) in a content ranging from 0.002 to 0.02% by weight and a K2O/(K2O+Na2O) ratio which is ranging from 0.1 and 0.7. The invention corresponds to an easy chemically-temperable soda-lime-silica type glass composition, which is more suited for use in electronic devices applications.

Abstract: A coloured glass sheet having a high transmission of infrared (IR) radiation, the composition comprising, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass: SiO2 55-85%? Al2O3 0-30% B2O3 0-20% Na2O 0-25% CaO 0-20% MgO 0-15% K2O 0-20% total iron (expressed in Fe2O3 form) 0.02-1%? Co 0.0001-0.5%???? Cr2O3 0.002-0.5%;??? said sheet having: TIR4>TLD4. The glass sheet can advantageously have a blue or green shade and be used in a device requiring very good transmission of IR radiation.

Abstract: A glass plate includes a first surface provided with a first film; and a second surface provided with a second film and opposite to the first surface. Each of the first film and the second film includes mainly tin oxide and has a sheet resistance value of 20 ?/? or less. When film thicknesses of the first and second films are ?1 nm and ?2 nm respectively, and when, in the glass plate, a haze value measured from the first surface side for a configuration provided with the first film only is H1 (%), and a haze value measured from the second surface side for a configuration provided with the second film only is H2 (%), a value of ?1 divided by H1 is 500 or more but 1200 or less, and a value of ?2 divided by H2 is 300 or more but 750 or less.

Abstract: The invention concerns an automotive glazing comprising (i) at least one glass sheet having an absorption coefficient comprised between 5 m?1 and 15 m?1 in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm and having an external face and an internal face, and (ii) an infrared filter. According to the present invention, an infrared-based remote sensing device in the wavelength range from 750 to 1650 nm, and preferably in the wavelength range from 750 to 1000 nm, is placed on the internal face of the glass sheet in a zone free of the infrared filter layer.

Abstract: A motor vehicle glazing, including: (i) two sheets of glass, external and internal, each respectively including an external face and an internal face, joined by one or more thermoplastic separator sheets, (ii) at least one electrically powered functional assembly being inserted between the glazing sheets, (iii) a capacitive sensor controlling the power supply of the functional assembly, the sensor also being arranged on a transparent support coated with an equally transparent conductive layer—(consisting of a first area which corresponds to the capacitive electrode and a second area corresponding to the shielding electrode surrounding the first area, the first and second areas being separated by a distance A), and (iv) a capacitive switch placed at a distance B from the capacitive electrode, where the distances A and B are equal.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a two bidimensional part multiband antenna arranged to be printed on a glazing panel, the two parts to be connected, respectively, to a central pin and a shield of a data transmission coaxial cable. The two parts have a generally rectangular shape and are relatively to each other longitudinally shifted, the two respective sides of the two parts adjacent to each other comprise respectively a large transversal recess and a corresponding transversal projection facing each other. The part comprising the projection comprises, adjacent thereto, a thin longitudinal arm facing a short transversal finger of the part comprising the recess and adjacent thereto.

Abstract: A glass sheet having a composition comprising the following in weight percentage, expressed with respect to the total weight of glass: Total iron (expressed as Fe2O3) 20-750 ppm; Selenium (expressed as Se) 0.1-<3 ppm; Cobalt (expressed as Co) 0.05-5 ppm; and a ratio Er2O3/Fe2O3 0.1-1.5. Such a glass sheet has a high luminous transmittance and shows edges which are colorless/achromatic and very luminous/bright, while maximizing the luminous transmittance. The glass sheet is particularly suitable due to its aesthetics as building glass or interior glass.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coated substrate comprising: a substrate; a soft coating provided on at least a part of at least one face of the substrate; a protective sol-gel coating provided on at least a part of said face above the soft coating, to a process for making such coated substrate and to glazing units comprising such coated substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hollow cathode plasma source and to methods for surface treating or coating using such a plasma source, comprising first and second electrodes (1, 2), each electrode comprising an elongated cavity (4), wherein dimensions for at least one of the following parameters is selected so as to ensure high electron density and/or low amount of sputtering of plasma source cavity surfaces, those parameters being cavity cross section shape, cavity cross section area cavity distance (11), and outlet nozzle width (12).

Abstract: To provide a cover glass for a solar cell module which can sufficiently maintain the power generation efficiency of a solar cell module, even when a design is imparted to the entire surface of the cover glass so as to make solar cells be invisible from the outside, and a solar cell module. To provide a cover glass 14 to be bonded on light-receiving surfaces 16A and 16B of solar cells 16 via an encapsulant material 18, which has a visible transmittance of from 0% to 60% and an average infrared transmittance of from 20% to 100%, which is a value calculated by simply averaging transmittances at 5 nm intervals in an infrared region at a wavelength of from 780 nm to 1,500 nm.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel plasma sources useful in the thin film coating arts and methods of using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides novel linear and two dimensional plasma sources that produce linear and two dimensional plasmas, respectively, that are useful for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The present invention also provides methods of making thin film coatings and methods of increasing the coating efficiencies of such methods.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel plasma sources useful in the thin film coating arts and methods of using the same. More specifically, the present invention provides novel linear and two dimensional plasma sources that produce linear and two dimensional plasmas, respectively, that are useful for plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The present invention also provides methods of making thin film coatings and methods of increasing the coating efficiencies of such methods.

Abstract: The invention relates to a glass sheet having high transmission of infrared (IR) radiation. More specifically, the invention relates to a glass sheet having a composition which comprises, in a content expressed as percentages by total weight of glass: SiO2 55-85% AI2O3 0-30% B2O3 0-20% Na2O 0-25% CaO 0-20% MgO 0-15% K2O 0-20% BaO 0-20% total iron (expressed in the form of Fe2O3) 0.002-1%, Cr2O3 0.001-0.5% Co 0.0001-0.5% Se 0.0003-0.5%. By virtue of its high transmission of IR radiation, said glass sheet can advantageously be used in a device using a technology requiring very good transmission of IR radiation, whether through the main faces or starting from their edge (for example, a screen or panel or pad) The invention thus also relates to the use of such a glass sheet in a device using infrared radiation propagating essentially inside said sheet.

Abstract: A method of extracting and accelerating ions is provided. The method includes providing a ion source. The ion source includes a chamber. The ion source further includes a first hollow cathode having a first hollow cathode cavity and a first plasma exit orifice and a second hollow cathode having a second hollow cathode cavity and a second plasma exit orifice, the first and second hollow cathodes being disposed adjacently in the chamber. The ion source further includes a first ion accelerator between and in communication with the first plasma exit orifice and the chamber. The first ion accelerator forms a first ion acceleration cavity. The ion source further includes a second ion accelerator between and in communication with the second plasma orifice and the chamber. The second ion accelerator forms a second ion acceleration cavity. The method further includes generating a plasma using the first hollow cathode and the second hollow cathode.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode pair for generating a linear plasma wherein the electrodes (21, 22) are segmented. More particularly, the present invention relates to a plasma source, for instance a hollow-cathode plasma source, comprising one or more plasma-generating electrode pairs wherein the electrodes are segmented. The present invention further relates to methods for controlling the uniformity of a linear plasma and also to methods for surface treating or coating substrates in a uniform way with linear plasma sources.

Abstract: A heat treatable solar control glazing showing low-emissivity properties, and possibly also anti-solar properties, and methods to manufacture such a glazing. The glazing comprises a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers comprising n functional layer(s) reflecting infrared radiation and n+1 dielectric layers, with n?1, each functional layer being surrounded by dielectric layers. At least one dielectric layer above a functional layer comprises a layer consisting essentially of silicon oxide deposited by PECVD, and the stack comprises a barrier layer based on zinc oxide above and in direct contact with any functional layer which has a silicon oxide layer in the dielectric layer directly above it.