Having Metal Layer Patents (Class 359/360)
  • Patent number: 12099308
    Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure relate to methods and apparatus for correcting lithography systems. In one implementation, a method of operating a lithography system includes directing first light beams toward a reflective surface of a first substrate using an optical module. The method includes directing the first light beams collected through at least an objective lens toward a camera, and taking a plurality of first images of the first light beams. The method includes directing second light beams at an oblique angle toward a patterned surface of a second substrate using an illumination source disposed below the objective lens. The method includes directing the second light beams collected through at least an objective lens toward a camera, and taking a plurality of second images of the second light beams. The method includes determining a tip correction, a tilt correction, and an optimal vertical position for the optical module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: Applied Materials, Inc.
    Inventors: Qin Zhong, Hwan Joo Jeong
  • Patent number: 12019208
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate having a pattern of surface features on a surface thereof, and a layer including a material having an Epsilon-Near-Zero (ENZ) condition for a wavelength range. The layer extends on the surface of the substrate and along the pattern of surface features. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: THIRD FLOOR MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Sachet, Christopher Shelton
  • Patent number: 11953680
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a see-through display device, including: a collimated light source assembly, configured to form collimated light and control a light emitting direction; a first light extraction layer, configured to extract, in a collimated manner, the light ray transmitted inside the light guide plate through a light extraction outlet; an extinction layer and a second light extraction layer, wherein the extinction layer includes a light guide region and a light absorption region which are arranged alternately, and the second light extraction layer includes multiple light extraction inlets; a reflecting layer, arranged on a side, close to the light guide plate, of the second light extraction layer and configured to reflect the collimated light extracted from the light extraction outlet to the light guide plate; and a liquid crystal dimming layer. This disclosure further relates to a manufacturing method of the see-through display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liwen Dong, Feng Zhang, Wenqu Liu, Zhijun Lv, Zhao Cui, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Xiaoxin Song
  • Patent number: 11933997
    Abstract: A heat-ray-transmission-controllable, light-transmissive base material is provided that includes a light-transmissive insolation-cutting unit configured to control transmission of light in at least a part of wavelength regions among wavelength regions of visible light and near-infrared light; and a transparent conductive oxide layer disposed over the light-transmissive insolation-cutting unit, containing a transparent conductive oxide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosuke Nakanishi, Eri Ueda, Hironobu Machinaga, Yutaka Ohmori
  • Patent number: 11867434
    Abstract: A radiative cooling film and a product thereof are provided. The radiative cooling film includes a carrier layer, a reflective layer and an emissive layer stacked together. A light shines on the radiative cooling film from the emissive layer. The emissive layer includes a polymer containing a C—F bond. The carrier layer includes a polymer containing at least one of a C—C bond and a C—O bond. After disposing at 120 degrees centigrade for 30 minutes, a transverse direction heat-shrinkage rate of the carrier layer is less than or equal to 2%, and a machine direction heat-shrinkage rate of the carrier layer is less than or equal to 3%. A thickness of the radiative cooling film is in a range of 50 m to 170 ?m, and a thickness of the emissive layer accounts for 20% to 90% of the thickness of the radiative cooling film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: NINGBO RADI-COOL ADVANCED ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., NINGBO RUILING ADVANCED ENERGY MATERIALS INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaoyu Xu, Ronggui Yang, Song Zhong, Minghui Wang, Zhengjie Yin, Huihui Yang, Zhaolu Xia
  • Patent number: 11802079
    Abstract: A material includes one or more transparent substrates including two main faces, wherein one of the faces of one of the substrates is coated with a functional coating which can have an effect on solar radiation and/or infrared radiation, and a face not coated with the functional coating of one of the substrates includes an absorbent color-adjustment coating including an absorbent layer which absorbs solar radiation in the visible part of the spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Tommaso Ongarello, Antoine Diguet, Vincent Chery, Corentin Monmeyran
  • Patent number: 11768041
    Abstract: Polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures are provided which include a selectively emissive layer of a polymer or a polymer matrix composite material. Exemplary selective radiative cooling structures are in the form of a sheet, film or coating. Also provided are methods for removing heat from a body by selective thermal radiation using polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures, and a cold collection system comprising a plurality of the polymer-based selective radiative cooling structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignees: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, University of Wyoming
    Inventors: Ronggui Yang, Xiaobo Yin, Gang Tan, Dongliang Zhao, Yaoguang Ma, Yao Zhai
  • Patent number: 11597256
    Abstract: A heating system for a vehicle is provided. In order to permit provision of efficient heating of a vehicle window pane of an electric vehicle, the system has two at least mainly transparent panes, wherein an outer pane is arranged on the outside of the vehicle and an inner pane is arranged on the inside of the outer pane to form an intermediate space, and at least one controllable infrared source is configured to irradiate infrared radiation into the intermediate space so that the infrared radiation at least partially irradiates the outer pane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Armin Litz
  • Patent number: 11520087
    Abstract: Reflective optical element with extended service life for VUV wavelengths includes a substrate (41) and a metal layer (49) thereon. At least one metal fluoride layer (43) on the metal layer faces away from the substrate and at least one oxide layer (45) on the metal fluoride layer faces away from the substrate. The thicknesses of the layers on the metal layer facing away from the substrate are selected so that the electrical field of a standing wave, formed when a relevant wavelength is reflected, has a minimum in the region of the oxide layer. In addition, the relevant wavelength is selected so that, from a minimum VUV wavelength range to the relevant wavelengths, the integral over the extinction coefficients of the material of the at least one oxide layer is between 15% and 47% of the corresponding integral from the minimum wavelengths to a maximum wavelength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: CARL ZEISS SMT GMBH
    Inventors: Konstantin Forcht, Alexandra Pazidis, Christoph Zaczek
  • Patent number: 11335997
    Abstract: A coated window pane for rail vehicles, wherein the coating is made in a structured and electrically conductive form and includes filtering characteristics for radio signals, where the coating is structured as a conductive periodic grating, in which at least two annular coatings are respectively embedded in the intermediate spaces, the at least two annular coatings are respectively filled by a coated area, and the grating, the annular coatings and the coated areas are separated by insulating regions such that the coated, structured window panes have filtering characteristics such that signals or frequency ranges of signals from and to radio communication systems are arranged outside the vehicle pass through and signals or frequency ranges of signals from and to radio communication devices arranged inside the vehicle are blocked or are greatly attenuated, and such that high requirements with respect to heat shielding and sun shielding properties are also met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SIEMENS MOBILITY AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Lukas Walter Mayer, Andreas Demmer, Mehrdad Madjdi, Andreas Hofmann, Martin Schiefer
  • Patent number: 11332406
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate on the surface of which is deposited a stack of layers which itself includes a plurality of functional layers making it possible to influence the solar and/or infrared radiation capable of striking said surface. The material has high thermal performance qualities and also an attractive shiny surface appearance of neutral color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Tommaso Ongarello
  • Patent number: 11306023
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate on the surface of which is deposited a stack of layers which itself includes a plurality of functional layers making it possible to influence the solar and/or infrared radiation capable of striking said surface. The material has high thermal performance qualities and also an attractive shiny surface appearance of neutral color.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventor: Tommaso Ongarello
  • Patent number: 11248763
    Abstract: A external light control device for equatorially located building utilizes tilting external light shelves that are capable of tilting backward (toward the building) from a vertical orientation to reflect low am (or late pm) sun away from occupants, but are deployed at a tilt away from the building exterior to capture more sun closer to noon time. The structure preferably integrate IR rejecting coating for incident light which is re-directed by TIR surface disposed normal to the thin film layers in a multi-layer IR reflective coating. The panel may be monolithic or comprise tilting louvers, which can be metallic, dielectric, or TIR reflectors. The louvers preferably also tilt in response to the determined sun position with the panel to optimize light utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: SERRALUX INC.
    Inventor: Mark E Gardiner
  • Patent number: 11174196
    Abstract: A material includes a transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers I including a lower coating including at least one absorbent layer, a single silver-based functional metal layer and an upper coating including at least one dielectric layer. The absorbent layer is separated from the substrate and from the functional layer by one or more dielectric layers. The material, once fitted in a double glazing, makes it possible to obtain a high selectivity, in particular of greater than 1.45, an interior and exterior light reflection of less than 25% and bluish hues in exterior reflection and in interior reflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Silvia Mariani, Cécile Delbecq, Vincent Chery
  • Patent number: 11143800
    Abstract: A highly reflective mirror for use in the wavelength range of 0.300 ?m to 15 ?m includes a substrate, a first interface layer, a reflective layer, a second interface layer, a plurality of tuning layers including a combination of a low index material and a high index material wherein the high index material is HfO2, and a protective layer. The highly reflective mirror has a reflectivity of at least 90% over the wavelength range of 335 nm to 1000 nm at an angle of incidence (AOI) of 45°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason Scott Ballou, Gary Allen Hart, Leonard Gerard Wamboldt
  • Patent number: 11124658
    Abstract: Provided is an infrared-reflective coating composition that includes: a scale-like infrared-reflective pigment; and a resin component, wherein the pigment includes a layered body that has dielectric layers and a metal thin film layer layered in an alternate fashion with the dielectric layer on the outermost layer; the dielectric layer is formed from one or more materials such as titanium dioxide; the metal thin film layer is formed from a silver compound; a film thickness of the metal thin film layer is 5 to 15 nm; a film thickness of the dielectric layer is ((N?)/(4r))±20 nm (N=1, 2 or 3) wherein wavelength ? of incident light is 250 to 980 nm, and r is a refractive index of the dielectric layer; and a proportion of the infrared-reflective pigment having a particle diameter of 1 ?m or smaller is 10% by volume or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: NIPPON PAINT HOLDINGS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Takeshi Fujita, Isamu Onishi, Yoichi Adachi, Go Suzuki, Kazuyuki Kamaya
  • Patent number: 11028012
    Abstract: The invention provides transparent conductive coatings based on indium tin oxide. In some embodiments, the coating includes two indium tin oxide films and two nickel alloy films. Also provided are laminated glass assemblies that include such coatings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CARDINAL CG COMPANY
    Inventors: Kari B. Myli, Gary L. Pfaff
  • Patent number: 11028011
    Abstract: The invention provides low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective of infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: CARDINAL CG COMPANY
    Inventor: Klaus Hartig
  • Patent number: 10948628
    Abstract: Disclosed are transparent articles having a substrate adapted for carrying a transparent and electrically conductive thin film thereon. The thin film includes an optical matching-stress releasing layer directly deposited on the substrate; a first antireflection layer directly deposited on the optical matching layer; a metal layer adapted for infra-red reflection and electrical conductivity directly deposited on the first antireflection layer; a second antireflection layer deposited directly on the metal layer adapted for high visibility and infra-red transmission, and an optionally visible and infra-red region transparent outermost protective layer deposited on the second antireflection layer. In certain aspects, no buffer layer is positioned between the metal layer adapted for infra-red reflection and electrical conductivity and the second antireflection layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: ECLIPSE ENERGY SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Hulya Demiryont
  • Patent number: 10942302
    Abstract: A solar reflective mirror includes a parting film between solar reflecting sublayers to improve optics and stability of the solar mirror. The coating stack of the solar reflector mirror is encapsulated to increase the useable life of the solar mirror, and to eliminate the need for a permanent protection overcoat. Omission of the PPO film which is electrically non-conductive makes the coating stack electrically conductive eliminating the need for a two layer encapsulant when the encapsulant is e-coated. Another feature of the invention is applying the base coat of the encapsulant over the marginal edges of the PPO film leaving a center section without coverage and adding the top coating of the encapsulant over the base coat and the uncoated area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Paul A. Medwick, John D. Basil, Benjamin Kabagambe, James W. McCamy, Harry Buhay
  • Patent number: 10928579
    Abstract: A sheet including a reflector having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a third surface; a first selective light modulator layer external to of the first surface of the reflector; and a second selective light modulator layer external to the second surface of the reflector; wherein the third surface of the reflector is open is disclosed. A method of making a sheet is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: VIAVI SOLUTIONS INC.
    Inventors: Johannes Seydel, Mark Tevis, Kangning Liang, Jaroslaw Zieba, Paul Thomas Kohlmann, Jeffrey James Kuna
  • Patent number: 10780972
    Abstract: A coated transparency including an electrically conductive multilayer stack is disclosed. The electrically conductive multilayer stack includes a first metal oxide layer including aluminum doped zinc (AZO), a metal layer including gold, and a second metal oxide layer including AZO. The electrically conductive multilayer stack has a low sheet resistance to provide radar attenuation and anti-static or static-dissipative properties, and has greater flexibility and resistance to corrosion than conventional multilayer stacks used to coat aircraft canopies and other substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
    Inventors: Krishna K. Uprety, Alexander Bimanand, Khushroo H. Lakdawala
  • Patent number: 10761247
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a highly reflective multiband mirror that is reflective in the VIS-NIR-SWIR-MWIR-LWIR bands, the mirror being a complete thin film stack that consists of a plurality of layers on a selected substrate. In order from substrate to the final layer, the mirror consists of (a) substrate, (b) barrier layer, (c) first interface layer, (d) a reflective layer, (e) a second interface layer, (f) tuning layer(s) and (g) a protective layer. In some embodiments the tuning layer and the protective layer are combined into a single layer using a single coating material. The multiband mirror is more durable than existing mirrors on light weight metal substrates, for example 6061-Al, designed for similar applications. In each of the five layer types methods and materials are used to process each layer so as to achieve the desired layer characteristics, which aid to enhancing the durability performance of the stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Jason S Ballou, Frederick J Gagliardi, Gary Allen Hart, Timothy R Soucy, Robin Merchant Walton, Leonard Gerard Wamboldt, Jue Wang
  • Patent number: 10730368
    Abstract: A system such as a vehicle may have windows. A window may have a structural window layer such as a structural window layer formed from laminated glass layers. A thin chemically strengthened glass layer may be coupled to an inwardly facing surface of the structural window layer. A guest-host liquid crystal light modulator layer or other electrically adjustable optical component layer may be interposed between the chemically strengthened glass layer and the structural window layer. An infrared light-blocking coating may be formed on an inwardly facing surface of one of the pair of laminated glass layers. The inwardly facing surface of the thin chemically strengthened glass layer may be provided with a coating that includes a low emissivity layer to block heat and that serves as an antireflection coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter F. Masschelein, Martin Melcher, Derek C. Scott, David E. Kingman
  • Patent number: 10736244
    Abstract: Devices having multiple layers of paint for enhanced thermal performance. Individual paint-layers have specific properties within specific wavelength-ranges. An exemplary device includes an emissive outer layer that has a high emissivity in a first wavelength-range to increase thermal radiation and a high transmittance in a second wavelength-range to reduce solar gain. Underneath the emissive outer layer is a color matching layer that has a high transmittance in the second wavelength-range and absorbs at least some visible light. Underneath the color matching layer is a reflective sublayer that has a high reflectivity in the second wavelength-range. EM radiation within the second wavelength-range passes through the emissive outer layer and color matching layer before being reflected by the reflective sublayer back into the atmosphere. Thus, solar gain is reduced due to the solar energy within the second wavelength range being reflected off of the device—rather than absorbed as thermal energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Tzu-Yuan Lin, Douglas L. Heirich, Brian J. Toleno, Gavin D. Stanley, Sridhar Canumalla, Sravan Kuman Reddy Gondipalli
  • Patent number: 10723102
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, the present disclosure relates to low emissivity films and articles comprising them. Other embodiments are directed to methods of reducing emissivity in an article comprising the use of low emissivity films. In some embodiments, the low emissivity films comprise a metal layer and one or more zirconium nitride layers adjacent the metal layer. This type of assembly may serve various purposes, including being used as a sun control film. These constructions may be used, for example, on glazing units for reducing transmission of infrared radiation across the film in both directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Raghunath Padiyath, Stephen P. Maki, Robert R. Owings, Gregory F. King
  • Patent number: 10676986
    Abstract: Coated articles include two or more functional infrared (IR) reflecting layers sandwiched between at least dielectric layers. The dielectric layers may be of or including silicon nitride or the like. At least one of the IR reflecting layers is of or including titanium nitride (e.g., TiN) and at least another of the IR reflecting layers is of or including NiCr (e.g., NiCr, NiCrNx, NiCrMo, and/or NiCrMoNx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Tucker, Philip J. Lingle, Yiwei Lu
  • Patent number: 10618252
    Abstract: A laminated glazing having a first ply connected to a second ply by a polymeric interlayer; and a solar control coating located on at least one of the major surfaces thereof, the solar control coating including: a first phase adjustment layer; a first metallic layer located over the first phase adjustment layer; a first primer layer located over the first metallic layer; a second phase adjustment layer located over the first primer layer; a second metallic layer located over the second phase adjustment layer; a second primer layer located over the second metallic layer; a third phase adjustment layer located over the second primer layer; a third metallic layer located over the third phase adjustment layer; a third primer layer located over the third metallic layer; a fourth phase adjustment layer located over the third primer layer; and a protective layer located over the fourth phase adjustment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Vitro Flat Glass LLC
    Inventors: Andrew V. Wagner, Michael J. Buchanan
  • Patent number: 10590031
    Abstract: An ellipsometry system detects and/or identifies significant corrosion on glass, such as on soda-lime-silica based float glass. In certain example embodiments, there is provided a method and/or system using ellipsometry to detect and/or identify significant corrosion on soda-lime-silica based glass, so that such significantly corroded glass can be identified and not coated with a low-E coating and/or not used in applications where optical appearance is important. The ellipsometry system may be part of, or used in connection with, a sputtering apparatus/system for sputter-depositing low-E coatings on glass, so that whether to pass a piece of glass to the sputtering apparatus/system is based on whether significant corrosion is detected on the glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
    Inventors: Ali Mohammadkhah, Shuang Ji, Jay Riggins, Kevin R. Fulton
  • Patent number: 10551740
    Abstract: Provided is an antireflective-film attached transparent substrate, which contains a transparent substrate having two principal surfaces and an antireflective film formed on one of the principal surfaces of the transparent substrate, in which the antireflective-film attached transparent substrate has a luminous transmittance being in a range of 20% to 85% and a b* value of a transmission color being 5 or smaller under a D65 light source, and the antireflective film has a luminous reflectance being 1% or lower and a sheet resistance being 104?/? or higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: AGC Inc.
    Inventor: Kensuke Fujii
  • Patent number: 10533774
    Abstract: A solar heat collection tube with improved optical transmittance and durability to the external environment includes an inner tube through the interior of which a heat medium can flow, an outer tube that covers an outer periphery of the inner tube such that an annular heat insulating space is formed between the outer tube and the inner tube, and thermal expansion difference absorbing means or absorbing a thermal expansion difference between the inner tube and the outer tube. The outer tube is a glass tube, a first anti-reflection film is formed on an inner surface of the glass tube, a second anti-reflection film is formed on an outer surface of the glass tube, the second anti-reflection film is more durable to the external environment than the first anti-reflection film, and the first anti-reflection film has a higher optical transmittance than the second anti-reflection film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOYOTA JIDOSHOKKI
    Inventor: Takayuki Homma
  • Patent number: 10513592
    Abstract: Anti-fog compositions comprising a primary film having opposing major planar surfaces and a central coplanar region, and processes for making such anti-fog compositions. The central coplanar region is disposed between the opposing major planar surfaces. The primary film comprises cellulose acetate, plasticizer, and an anti-blocking agent. The anti-blocking agent has an average particle size ranging from 0.02 microns to 6 microns. The cellulose acetate has a degree of substitution that increases from the opposing major planar surfaces toward the central coplanar region or that is substantially constant throughout the thickness of the composition. The composition is formed by saponifying a precursor film to improve hydrophilicity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: CELANESE ACETATE LLC
    Inventors: Kevin Parker, Jo Marshall
  • Patent number: 10479723
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of this invention relates to a coated article including a low-emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) for use in a window, where the low-E coating is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in order to improve the coating's and thus the coated article's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver which is located on and directly contacting a contact/seed layer of or including metal oxide such as zinc oxide and/or zinc stannate. Exposing the low-E coating to UV radiation, e.g., emitted from a UV lamp(s) and/or UV laser(s), allows for selective heating of the contact/seed layer which in turn transfers the heat energy to the adjacent IR reflecting layer. This heating of the silver inclusive layer improves the silver layer's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC.
    Inventors: Alexey Krasnov, Muhammad Imran, Willem Den Boer, Kevin O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10287207
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pane with thermal radiation reflecting coating, comprising a substrate (1) and at least one thermal radiation reflecting coating (2) on at least one of the surfaces of the substrate (1), wherein the coating (2), proceeding from the substrate (1), comprises at least one lower dielectric layer (3), one functional layer (4) that contains at least one transparent, electrically conductive oxide, and one upper dielectric layer (5), and wherein at least one darkening layer (10) is arranged below the lower dielectric layer (3), between the lower dielectric layer (3) and the functional layer (4), between the functional layer (4) and the upper dielectric layer (5), and/or above the upper dielectric layer (5), and wherein the darkening layer (10) contains at least one metal, one metal nitride, and/or one metal carbide with a melting point greater than 1900° C. and a specific electrical resistivity less than 500 ?ohm*cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Martin Melcher, Jan Hagen, Julia Vincent
  • Patent number: 10266937
    Abstract: A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one hafnium (Hf) inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer. In certain example embodiments, the hafnium inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer(s) may be of or include one or more of HfSiAlN, HfZrSiAlN, HfSiN, HfAlN, and/or HfAlZrN. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer, with a high refractive index (n) and/or low k value. In example embodiments, the low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Guowen Ding, Daniel Schweigert, Albert Lee, Daniel Lee, Scott Jewhurst, Guizhen Zhang, Gaurav Saraf, Minh Le, Marcus Frank
  • Patent number: 10241238
    Abstract: A corrosion-resistant optical device is disclosed. The device includes a substrate, a silver layer upon the substrate, and an insulating layer that provides abrasion resistance. The device is immersed in a thiol-rich solution. The thiols form a corrosion-inhibiting monolayer upon any exposed silver surface. This increases the environmental resistance of the optical device, keeping water from interacting with the silver layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: MATERION CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jason I. Ridley
  • Patent number: 10216015
    Abstract: An optical attenuator (104) includes a substrate (116), an attenuation layer (120), and a pair of electrodes (124). The substrate (116) is transparent with respect to a range of light wavelengths. The attenuation layer (120) is formed on the substrate (116) and includes a strongly-correlated material. An optical transmissivity of the strongly-correlated material is strongly correlated with a resistance of the strongly-correlated material, and the optical transmissivity as applied to the light wavelengths is variable. The pair of electrodes (124) is at least one of formed on and embedded within the attenuation layer (120). The pair of electrodes (124) is configured to provide an indication of the resistance of the attenuation layer (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Board of Trustees of Michigan State University
    Inventors: Nelson Sepulveda-Alancastro, Noraica Davila-Melendez, Emmanuelle J. Merced-Grafals
  • Patent number: 10214956
    Abstract: Coated articles include two or more functional infrared (IR) reflecting layers sandwiched between at least dielectric layers. The dielectric layers may be of or including silicon nitride or the like. At least one of the IR reflecting layers is of or including titanium nitride (e.g., TiN) and at least another of the IR reflecting layers is of or including NiCr (e.g., NiCr, NiCrNx, NiCrMo, and/or NiCrMoNx).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Patricia Tucker, Philip J. Lingle, Yiwei Lu
  • Patent number: 10207951
    Abstract: Certain embodiments of this invention relates to a coated article including a low-emissivity (low-E) coating supported by a substrate (e.g., glass substrate) for use in a window, where the low-E coating is exposed to ultraviolet (UV) radiation in order to improve the coating's and thus the coated article's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver which is located on and directly contacting a contact/seed layer of or including metal oxide such as zinc oxide and/or zinc stannate. Exposing the low-E coating to UV radiation, e.g., emitted from a UV lamp(s) and/or UV laser(s), allows for selective heating of the contact/seed layer which in turn transfers the heat energy to the adjacent IR reflecting layer. This heating of the silver inclusive layer improves the silver layer's electrical, optical and/or thermal blocking properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: Guardian Glass, LLC
    Inventors: Alexey Krasnov, Muhammad Imran, Willem Den Boer, Kevin O'Connor
  • Patent number: 10168571
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive including an infrared reflecting layer and a pressure sensitive adhesive layer in this over on one surface of a polarizer. The pressure sensitive adhesive layer is an outermost surface layer of the polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive. The polarizing plate with a pressure sensitive adhesive may further include a quarter wave plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: NITTO DENKO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minoru Kanatani, Tomotake Nashiki, Nozomi Fujino
  • Patent number: 10167224
    Abstract: A process for producing a coated glass, the process comprising, a) providing a glass substrate, b) depositing a chemical vapour (CVD) deposited coating on at least one surface of the glass substrate to produce a CVD coated glass, and c) sputter depositing a further coating on the surface of the CVD coated glass, wherein the further coating comprises at least three reflective metal layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Pilkington Group Limited
    Inventors: John Andrew Ridealgh, John Buckett
  • Patent number: 10144841
    Abstract: A substrate includes two main faces defining two main surfaces separated by edges, the substrate bearing a functional coating deposited on at least one portion of one main surface and a temporary protective layer deposited on at least one portion of the functional coating. The temporary protective layer, cured by drying, by UV irradiation or by an electron beam, has a thickness of at least 1 micrometer and is not soluble in water. This temporary protective layer is obtained from a liquid composition including (meth)acrylate compounds selected from monomers, oligomers, prepolymers or polymers including at least one (meth)acrylate function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Nicolas Nadaud, Stéphanie Morlens, Vincent Rachet
  • Patent number: 10126660
    Abstract: A multilayer film reflector is a multilayer film reflector that includes a first uniform period multilayer film, an adjustment layer, and a second uniform period multilayer film in this order from a substrate side. A combination of the following (a) to (c) is set to each region or each position within a reflection surface. (a) Reflection characteristics of the single first uniform period multilayer film, (b) reflection characteristics of the single second uniform period multilayer film, and (c) a film thickness of the adjustment layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Noriaki Kandaka, Katsuhiko Murakami
  • Patent number: 10061191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an embodiment of a reflective mask that includes a substrate; a reflective multilayer disposed on the substrate; an anti-oxidation barrier layer disposed on the reflective multilayer and the anti-oxidation barrier layer is in amorphous structure with an average interatomic distance less than an oxygen diameter; and an absorber layer disposed on the anti-oxidation barrier layer and patterned according to an integrated circuit layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Hao Yu, Chi-Lun Lu, Chih-Tsung Shih, Ching-Wei Shen, Jeng-Horng Chen
  • Patent number: 10042094
    Abstract: Described herein are solar reflectors which provide a low cost reflector construction that has a unique set of attributes: high solar reflectance, abrasion resistance, UV stability, mechanical integrity, and flexibility. The abrasion resistance is enabled through incorporation of an abrasion-resistant coating into a polymer film metal mirror construction. Methods of using the solar reflectors in solar concentrating applications are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: SkyFuel, Inc., Alliance For Sustainable Energy, LLC
    Inventors: Randy Gee, Mike Digrazia, Gary Jorgensen
  • Patent number: 10029651
    Abstract: A heating element including: (I) a substrate equipped with a thin-film multilayer, the thin-film multilayer including a heating film that has an electrical sheet resistance lying between 20 and 200 ohms per square, and two nonmetallic dielectric films located on either side of the heating film; and (II) two conductive collectors designed to receive a voltage, where the heating film is unpatterned, made of metal, and electrically connected to the two conductive collectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Stephane Laurent, Bruno Mauvernay, David Luxembourg
  • Patent number: 10007039
    Abstract: Multilayer optical interference filter for filtering light constructed by alternating materials having different refractive indexes, with layer thicknesses calculated in order to achieve a transmittance in accordance with the inverse of the Melatonin Suppression Action Spectrum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: 8797625 CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Martin Aubé
  • Patent number: 9977165
    Abstract: The present invention provides an optical laminate which is suppressed in film thickness unevenness of an optically anisotropic layer and is free from point defects, a method of producing the same, and a polarizing plate and an organic EL display device using the optical laminate. The method of producing an optical laminate having an optically anisotropic layer A and an optically anisotropic layer B, includes where the layer A and the layer B are provided in direct contact with each other. The method further includes where both a composition a for forming the layer A and a composition b for forming the layer B contain a fluorine compound, and when the layer A is formed using composition a and layer B is formed using composition b, layer A and layer B are formed in this order under the condition that composition a and composition b satisfy predetermined surface tension relationships.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
    Inventors: Shinpei Yoshida, Masaaki Suzuki, Kazuhiro Amemiya, Taketo Otani
  • Patent number: 9855726
    Abstract: A transparent pane having at least one transparent substrate and at least one an electrically conductive coating on at least one surface of the transparent substrate. The electrically conductive coating has at least two functional layers arranged one on top of another. Each functional layer contains: a layer of optically highly refractive material; a smoothing layer above the layer of optically highly refractive material; a lower adapting (matching) layer above the smoothing layer; an electrically conductive layer above the lower adapting layer; and an upper adapting (matching) layer above the electrically conductive layer. The lower adapting layer and/or the upper adapting layer contain a homogeneously distributed getter material. At least one lower adapting layer and/or upper adapting layer containing the getter material is in direct contact with the electrically conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Klaus Fischer, Sebastian Janzyk, Ariane Weissler
  • Patent number: 9857099
    Abstract: A solar energy absorptive coating for absorbing sunlight energy includes a multilayer stack, including a first absorbing layer with first absorbing layer material for absorbing an absorption radiation of a certain spectrum of the sunlight, a transmission dielectric layer with a transmission dielectric layer material for a transmission of the absorption radiation, and a second absorbing layer with a second absorbing layer material for absorbing the absorption radiation, wherein at least one of the absorbing layer materials has an absorbing layer material refractive index for the absorption radiation, between 1.5 and 4.0, and an absorbing layer material extinction coefficient for the absorption radiation, between 0.8 and 3.0, and the transmission dielectric layer material has a dielectric layer material refractive index for the absorption radiation, between 1.0 and 3.0, and a dielectric layer material extinction coefficient for the absorption radiation, between 0.0 and 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS CONCENTRATED SOLAR POWER LTD.
    Inventors: Menashe Barkai, Alexander Gette