Abstract: A method of forming an insulating film containing silicon oxy-nitride first forms a silicon oxide film on the surface of a silicon wafer by oxidizing the water. In this oxidation, the atmosphere in a process chamber accommodating the silicon wafer is set at a first temperature of from 700 to 950° C. and a first pressure of from 0.7 to a value of [atmospheric pressure −0.375] Torr for a first processing time of from 0.5 to 30 min, and a first processing gas for oxidation is supplied into the process chamber. This first processing gas contains 1 to 5 vol % of water vapor and 95 to 99 vol % of nitrogen gas. After the silicon oxide film is formed, annealing is performed to convert at least a portion of the silicon oxide film into silicon oxy-nitride. In this annealing, the atmosphere in the process chamber is set at a second heating temperature of from 800 to 950° C. and a second pressure of from 0.

Abstract: A method of controlling drying stresses through controlled shrinkage of a ceramic coating coated onto a substrate. The method first includes applying a non-cured ceramic coating onto the substrate and permitting the coating to dry until a mechanically stable outer surface layer of the coating is formed. Once this layer is formed, a drying control is applied in a quantity sufficient to penetrate into the surface layer, with the result of such application being the inhibition of formation of a dry outer skin as continued drying is permitted to occur. Once such drying is complete, the outer surface layer is subjected to an elevated temperature for curing and for evaporating therefrom the drying control agent to thereby produce a cured-ceramic coated substrate whose coating is void of large cracks and whose durability is beneficially opportune.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for applying a non-permeable, ceramic layer of a thickness of not more than about 100 &mgr;m to a ceramic or metallic body by applying a solution of one or more elastomers, which elastomers contain substantially not exclusively sulfur, carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, optionally drying, and pyrolyzing to form a porous layer and subsequently sintering at increased temperature to form a non-permeable ceramic layer.

Abstract: An article protected by a thermal barrier coating system includes a substrate having a substrate surface, and a thermal barrier coating system overlying the substrate. The thermal barrier coating system has a thermal barrier coating formed of a thermal barrier coating material arranged as a plurality of columnar grains extending generally perpendicular to the substrate surface and having grain surfaces. A sintering inhibitor is within the columnar grains, either uniformly distributed or concentrated at the grain surfaces. The sintering inhibitor is lanthanum oxide, chromium oxide, and/or yttrium chromate, mixtures thereof, or mixtures thereof with aluminum oxide.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a method for forming an interlayer coating film which is uniform even in a fine space of 0.13 &mgr;m or less between wiring layers by reducing an area of a rough portion and a dense portion, and reducing a roughness-density difference.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method of mixing/dispersing solid phases of a carbon powder 4 and silicon powder 5, impregnating a woven fiber 2 with the powders, and subsequently exposing the woven fiber to a high temperature sufficient for reaction calcining to react/calcine the woven fiber, so that only small amounts of C and Si particles remain, a matrix forming speed is high, and CMC having high airtightness can be manufactured in a short time.

Abstract: Chromium, silicon, aluminum, and optionally manganese are diffused onto the surface of a high temperature alloy product, to provide a coating having improved resistance to carburization and catalytic coke formation and smoother surfaces for high temperature hydrocarbon environments. Preferably, a first layer of chromium or chromium and silicon is deposited and diffusion heat-treated and covered by the second layer of aluminum or aluminum-silicon. The inner layer contains a minimum of 8 weight percent chromium above that contained in the substrate alloy. The outer layer contains a minimum of 20 weight percent aluminum at the coating surface. The coating system is then aged to yield the improved coating that has 60 to 90 weight percent chromium at the surface. Each layer or the combination of layers is diffusion heat treated to cause a diffusion depth ranging from 0.006 inch (0.1524 millimeter) to 0.030 inch (0.762 millimeter) with targeted 0.012 inch (0.3048 millimeter) to 0.015 inch (0.3810 millimeter).

Abstract: A method of placing a ceramic coating on an article of manufacture comprising a substrate formed of a nickel or cobalt-based superalloy, which includes the steps of placing a bonding layer on the substrate and placing an anchoring layer, which is chemically different from the bonding layer and comprises a nitride compound, on the bonding layer. The method further includes the step of placing the ceramic coating on the anchoring layer.

Abstract: An environmentally resistant coating comprising silicon, titanium, chromium, and a balance of niobium and molybdenum for turbine components formed from molybdenum silicide-based composites. The turbine component may further include a thermal barrier coating disposed upon an outer surface of the environmentally resistant coating comprising zirconia, stabilized zirconia, zircon, mullite, and combinations thereof. The molybdenum silicide-based composite turbine component coated with the environmentally resistant coating and thermal barrier coating is resistant to oxidation at temperatures in the range from about 2000° F. to about 2600° F. and to pesting at temperatures in the range from about 1000° F. to about 1800° F.

Abstract: A method for producing a spark plug, the spark plug comprising a center electrode, a metal shell and an alumina ceramic insulator disposed between the center electrode and the metal shell, wherein at least part of the surface of the insulator is covered with a glaze layer, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a plurality of kinds of element glaze powders wherein each kind of the element glaze powders has a different dilatometric softening point and a different linear expansion coefficient compared to other kinds of element glaze powders; coating a surface of the insulator with the plurality of kinds of element glaze powders so as to form a glaze powder layer; and baking the glaze powder layer to the surface of the insulator so as to form the glaze layer by heating the glaze powder layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for producing a conductive coating on glass and enamelled steel using a screen-printable aluminum paste. The paste to be used contains: 40 to 80 wt. %, in particular, 50 to 75 wt. % aluminum powder; 5 to 40 wt. %, in particular, 9 to 25 wt. % glass frit having an initial softening temperature of 400 to 700° C., in particular, 420 to 580° C.; 10 to 35 wt. % of a liquid or thermoplastic medium; and 0 to 10 wt. % sintering aid. The substrate coated with the paste is heated at 500 to 750° C., in particular, 590 to 690° C. The coating on the substrate is characterized by having a low specific resistance of less than 100 &mgr;ohm·cm, in particular in the range of 10 to 70 &mgr;ohm·cm, and good adhesion.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for preparing the surface of a ceramic component that enables direct brazing using a non-active braze alloy. The present invention also relates to a method for directly brazing a ceramic component to a ceramic or metal member using this method of surface preparation, and to articles produced by using this brazing method. The ceramic can be high purity alumina. The method comprises applying a first coating of a silicon-bearing oxide material (e.g. silicon dioxide or mullite (3Al2O3.2SiO2) to the ceramic. Next, a thin coating of active metal (e.g. Ti or V) is applied. Finally, a thicker coating of a non-active metal (e.g. Au or Cu) is applied. The coatings can be applied by physical vapor deposition (PVD). Alternatively, the active and non-active metals can be co-deposited (e.g. by sputtering a target made of mullite).

Abstract: The present invention provides a coating composition comprising: A coating composition comprising: TEOS; a surfactant; at least one organosilane; HCl; water; and ethanol. The present invention also provides films made from such a coating composition and a method for making such films.

Abstract: An enhanced ceramic layer is produced for use in laminated ceramic devices. A layer of unfired ceramic material is provided and a coating of dielectric material (preferably alumina) is applied on at least one surface. The dielectric material forms a reaction barrier between excess glass forced to the surface during firing and metallization positioned on the coating. The coating can be applied by screen printing, spraying a slurry of dielectric material, or spraying a slurry of dielectric material and an adhesive allowing low pressure lamination.

Abstract: The present invention provides a slurry for use in decorating a ceramic substrate. The slurry according to the invention includes solid particles of at least one color-contributing metal salt dispersed in a saturated solution of at least one color-contributing metal salt, and has a viscosity of from about 10 to about 20,000 centipoise. Preferably, the solid particles have a diameter of less than about 40 microns. The present invention also provides a method of decorating a surface of a ceramic substrate. The method according to the invention includes applying a slurry that includes solid particles of at least one color-contributing metal salt dispersed in a saturated solution of at least one color-contributing metal salt having a viscosity of from about 10 to about 20,000 centipoise to a ceramic substrate, applying a solvent to the ceramic substrate in amount sufficient to at least partially dissolve the solid particles, and firing the ceramic substrate.

Abstract: Enameled steel and process for enameling a zinc or zinc-alloy precoated steel surface includes providing steel having a surface to be precoated and enameled; applying a zinc or zinc-alloy coating having a thickness ranging from 1 to 30 &mgr;m to the surface of the steel to provide the zinc or zinc-alloy precoated steel surface; subjecting the zinc or zinc-alloy precoated steel surface to a heat pretreatment at a temperature of at least 500° C.; and enameling the zinc or zinc-alloy precoated steel surface with a vitreous enamel composition which has a content of adherence-providing oxides selected from the group consisting of Co, Ni, Cu, Sb and Mn of less than 0.1% by weight for a white enamel layer and less than 2.5% by weight for a colored enamel layer by firing the vitreous enamel composition to provide a vitreous enamel layer thereon.

Abstract: The present invention provides a silicon carbide-based, porous, lightweight, heat-resistant material which can retain the shape of a porous structural body formed of, for example, corrugated cardboard and provides a manufacturing method therefor. The silicon carbide-based, porous, lightweight material is produced by a process including the steps of infiltrating a slurry composed of a resin and powdered silicon into a porous structural body having a framework formed of paper such as corrugated cardboard, wood, a woven cloth, a non-woven cloth, a plastic, or the like; carbonizing the infiltrated porous structural body at 900 to 1,350° C. in an evacuated or an inert atmosphere; and performing reaction-bonding for the obtained structural body at 1,350° C. or more in an evacuated or an inert atmosphere. By the reaction-bonding, silicon carbide having superior molten silicon wettability and open pores caused by the reaction during which the reaction volume decreases are simultaneously formed.

Abstract: A method of controlling drying stresses through controlled shrinkage of a ceramic coating coated onto a substrate. The method first includes applying a non-cured ceramic coating onto the substrate and permitting the coating to dry until a mechanically stable outer surface layer of the coating is formed. Once this layer is formed, a drying control is applied in a quantity sufficient to penetrate into the surface layer, with the result of such application being the inhibition of formation of a dry outer skin as continued drying is permitted to occur. Once such drying is complete, the outer surface layer is subjected to an elevated temperature for curing and for evaporating therefrom the drying control agent to thereby produce a cured-ceramic coated substrate whose coating is void of large cracks and whose durability is beneficially opportune.

Abstract: This invention relates to the nature of thick film compositions that are specifically designed for the fabrication of circuit elements on diamond substrates, especially resistive elements. The nature of diamond sheet material requires special consideration because of its relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion and its sensitivity to oxygen at elevated processing temperatures. The general compositional requirements of thick film paste formulations are provided as a basis for accommodating the particular physical properties of diamond, and thereby establishing a method by which high performance microelectronic components can be fabricated economically. Thick film pastes containing certain borosilicate glasses, metal components, and optionally semiconducting materials are demonstrated to possess favorable behavior in terms of mechanical and electrical properties after sintering. Resistive elements on diamond can be fabricated by adding conductive components to a borosilicate glass.

Abstract: Metal surfaces are protected against corrosion by a coating of molecular sieve, notably a zeolite or a phosphate-containing molecular sieve, rendered substantially non-porous by the retention (or addition) of a pore-filling member inside the voids of the molecular sieve crystal structure. Pore-filling agents convenient for use include species typically used as structure-directing agents in the synthesis of zeolites and other molecular sieves. A further aspect of the invention is a method of protecting a metal surface from corrosion by crystallizing a molecular sieve in situ on the metal surface.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method which consists in: providing a protective treatment against corrosion to the initial sheet metal using an aqueous emulsion containing colloids based on acrylic and/or methacrylic polymer; a step which consists in applying a coat of liquid enamelling composition comprising an enamel frit capable of being vitrified; a baking step adapted to vitrify said frit. The invention is characterised in that said method does not comprise a step for degreasing said surface subsequent to the protective treatment. The invention provides the advantages of improved adherence of the enamel and a simpler process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the enameling of aluminum or aluminum alloy surfaces, in particular containing a relatively high amount of Mg, Cu, or both, which is characterized by the use of a vitreous enamel containing CuO.

Abstract: A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant dry mix for use in fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building industry articles. A chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant composition for fusing glass to metal motor vehicle and building industry articles. A method of glass fusing metal motor vehicle and building industry articles using a chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant dry mix. A method of glass fusing metal motor vehicle and building industry articles with a chemical, thermal, and electrical corrosion resistant composition. A method of fusing single or multiple layers of glass to metal motor vehicle and building industry articles.

Abstract: A coating system having a low thermal conductivity, and a method by which the low thermal conductivity of the coating system is maintained through the development of cracks within a thermal-insulating layer of the coating system. The thermal-insulating layer is a mixture of two or more materials with different coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE). The materials of the thermal-insulating layer are selected and combined so that a low thermal conductivity is maintained for the coating system as the result of cracks developing and propagating from interfaces between the materials when the coating system is subjected to heating and cooling cycles.

Abstract: There is provided a non-chromium treated material in which peeling resistance between a metal plate and a rubber layer via a primer layer and a bond layer, which is decreased by fretting and antifreeze liquid, can be improved, the rubber layer is less liable to peel from the metal plate, and the material has little effect on the environment and human body. In a metal gasket raw material plate 1 of a laminated form in which a rubber layer 5 is provided on a stainless steel plate 2 via a bonding layer 4, a primer layer 3 of a silica-alumina condensate is formed on the surface of the stainless steel plate 2.

Abstract: The process described herein provides a simple and cost effective method for making crack free, high density thin ceramic film. The steps involve depositing a layer of a ceramic material on a porous or dense substrate. The deposited layer is compacted and then the resultant laminate is sintered to achieve a higher density than would have been possible without the pre-firing compaction step.

Abstract: A method for covering a part made of silicon carbide material, wherein a coating compound is applied to at least one surface of said part and the assembly formed by the part and the coating compound is heated to a temperature sufficient to cause the surface of the coating compound to melt in order to coat said piece with a deposit of silicon carbide material and, wherein the coating compound is a non-reactive composition comprised of, in atomic percentages, from 40 to 97% silicon and 60 to 3% of another element selected from among chrome, rhenium, titanium, vanadium, ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, palladium, cobalt, platinum, cerium and zirconium and, wherein prior to heating, a SiC and/or C reinforcement is added.

Abstract: A venturi mist generator creates a mist comprising droplets having a mean diameter less than one micron from liquid precursors containing multi-metal polyalkoxide compounds. The mist is mixed and then passed into a gasifier where the mist droplets are gasified at a temperature of between 100° C. and 250° C., which is lower than the temperature at which the precursor compounds decompose. The gasified precursor compounds are transported by carrier gas through insulated tubing at ambient temperature to prevent both condensation and premature decomposition. The gasified precursors are mixed with oxidant gas, and the gaseous reactant mixture is injected through a showerhead inlet into a deposition reactor in which a substrate is heated at a temperature of from 300° C. to 600 ° C. The gasified precursors decompose at the substrate and form a thin film of solid material on the substrate. The thin film is treated at elevated temperatures of from 500° C. to 900° C.

Abstract: Manufacturing process of an electrically insulating and mechanically structuring sheath on an electric conductor.

Abstract: A process for producing crystalline III-V compound films, preferably thin films of gallium nitride and other III-V nitrides, on various single crystal substrates. The process enables the preparation of III-V compound films by the simple, direct deposition of an amorphous layer of a III-V compound precursor on a single crystal substrate (as a template). A chemical reaction followed by a single heat treatment leads to the crystallization and formation of films by pyrolysis. According to specific examples of the invention, the chemical precursors gallium dimethyl amide (Ga2[N(CH3)2]6), gallium nitrate (Ga(NO3)3, and gallium isopropoxide [Ga(OC3H7)3 are used to produce gallium nitride thin films.

Abstract: A process for producing a honeycomb structure, comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having cell walls in a honeycomb form and comprising SiO2, Al2O3 and MgO as the main chemical components, applying to said substrate a mixture of a component for lowering the cordierite crystal phase crystallization temperature of said substrate with a liquid medium, and firing said substrate with said mixture applied to form a honeycomb structure comprising a crystalline cordierite phase, said crystalline cordierite phase comprising 42-56% by mass of SiO2 30-42% by mass of Al2O3 and 12-18% by mass of MgO as the main chemical components.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a CMC (Ceramic Matrix Composite) article, comprising: performing a CVI (Chemical Vapor Infiltration) treatment for forming a SiC matrix layer on the surface of a woven fabric; performing a machining process, after the CVI treatment, for machining the woven fabric; and performing a PIP (Polymer Impregnation and Pyrolysis) treatment, after the machining process, for impregnating an organic silicon polymer as a base material into voids in the matrix layer and pyrolyzing the organic silicon polymer. By this method, the throughput of CMC articles can be preferably increased. The throughput may be further increased by performing a slurry impregnation treatment before or after the PIP treatment, in which slurried SiC is impregnated into the voids in the matrix layer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a process for imparting colours to colourless gemstone/minerals and enhancing properties of gemstone/minerals by coating a thin/thick film of a particular material or multiple films of different materials on polished gemstones/minerals to impart colour in colourless stones and to enhance the colour in paler stones, and to such gemstones/mineral obtained by the process.

Abstract: A method for forming an insulating film, wherein a precursor film of a coating type insulating film having Si—H bonding is coated, the precursor film is calcined in an atmosphere containing at least one of an inert gas and oxygen gas for converting it into a ceramic film as the insulating film, and then the ceramic film is cooled under reduced pressure lower than that for the calcination.

Abstract: A multicomponent film on a substrate can be annealed at higher temperatures in oxygen by using a specifically designed annealing vessel. The vessel is formed of a multicomponent material which has at least all of the components of the first multicomponent material of the film or, in the case where there are nonvolatile components, then the vessel is formed of a second multicomponent material which has at least the same composition of relatively volatile components as the first multicomponent film. As the multicomponent film is annealed for a sufficient time within the vessel the multicomponent film remains in contact with a vapor of the first multicomponent material and the vessel material. This process called bomb annealing prevents loss of volatile components from the film and roughening of the film surface and leads to films with lower dielectric loss. Preferred thin film materials are ferroelectric materials although any material could be used.

Abstract: A composition for forming a high-quality tantalum film which is advantageously used as an capacitor insulating film and a process for forming the high-quality tantalum film. The composition for forming a tantalum oxide film, which comprises at least one tantalum compound selected from the group consisting of a reaction product of a compound capable of reacting with a tantalum alkoxide and a tantalum alkoxide and a hydrolyzate of the reaction product, and a solvent, and the process for forming the tantalum oxide film by applying this composition to a substrate and heating it.

Abstract: Processes for preparing aqueous suspensions of a nanoscale ceramic electrolyte material such as yttrium-stabilized zirconia. The invention also includes a process for preparing an aqueous coating slurry of a nanoscale ceramic electrolyte material. The invention further includes a process for depositing an aqueous spray coating slurry including a ceramic electrolyte material on pre-sintered, partially sintered, and unsintered ceramic substrates and products made by this process.

Abstract: An object of the invention is to provide a coated article having a protective member which is improved in light transparency, heat resistance, and weather resistance, and easy to manufacture, as typified by a solar battery module which experience no deterioration of performance during long-term outdoor installation; and to provide a coated article capable of protecting a functional film or device from water vapor and gases for dramatically improve the life of the functional film or device. These objects are achieved by a coated article having as a protective member a silica coating which is obtained by applying a polysilazane-containing coating solution on at least one surface of a resinous substrate having light transparency and heat resistance under atmospheric pressure, followed by steam oxidation and heat treatment.

Abstract: A hydrophilic coating can be optionally corrosion resistant and/or microbial resistant for a substrate such as a heat exchanger. The coating is provided by a zeolite layer that can be formed from a synthesis solution comprising a structure directing agent, a base, a silicon source, an aluminum source, and a solvent. In one preferred embodiment, the synthesis solution comprises tetrapropylammonium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide, aluminum oxide, tetraethylorthosilicate, and water. The layer is characterized by a zeolite MFI structure and by a composition having the formula of Mn/m[AlnSi(96−n)O192], or [AlnSi(96−n)O192]·4[(CH3CH2CH2)4N—OH] wherein M is a metal ion of valence m+ (e.g., Na+) and 27>n>=0. After formation of the coating, the organic structure directing agent can be left intact inside the zeolite coating to make the coating corrosion resistant.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing recyclable black enamels that contain at least zinc, in which process glass forming materials comprising at least bismuth, silicon, boron and manganese are melted, at temperatures greater than about 900° C., and then a glass frit comprising at least zinc is added to the mixture obtained after this direct melting. The invention also relates to zinc-based recyclable black enamel compositions.

Abstract: A transparent substrate having a glare reducing diffuser surface coating in which the coating has a thickness of less than about 3 microns. The diffuser surface coated substrate is bendable, overcoatable with functional coatings such as transparent conductor coatings, abrasion resistant, and generally serviceable for its intended use.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a touch screen panel, the method including applying a resistive coating to one surface of an insulative substrate, applying an insulative protective coating to the resistive coating, depositing a conductive edge electrode pattern including a plurality of edge electrodes on the protective coating, and firing the panel until the edge electrodes etch through the protective coating and make electrical contact with the resistive coating.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for imparting hydrophilicity to a substrate whereby high hydrophilic properties and water-holding properties can be maintained for a long period of time. According to the present invention, an SiO2 film is formed directly or through an undercoat layer on a substrate under a reduced pressure of 100 Pa or less and immediately after the SiO2 film is formed, the SiO2 film is treated with water. Before forming the SiO2 film, it is also desirable that an undercoat layer consisting of a TiO2 film, Al2O3 film, Nb2O5 film, a laminated film prepared by laminating the TiO2 film on the Al2O3 film, a laminated film prepared by laminating the TiO2 film on the Nb2O5 film, or a low emissivity film be formed on a substrate and the SiO2 film be then formed on the undercoat film to serve as an SiO2 composite film.

Abstract: A functional coating on a substrate, including an inorganic matrix phase composed as far as possible of a phosphate and a functional material embedded in it. In addition, a method of producing this functional coating whereby first at least one functional material is dispersed in a matrix solution including a liquid component and a phosphate, and the gelatinous dispersion thus produced is applied to the substrate in the form of a coating. Then this coating is converted by a heat treatment to the functional coating including the inorganic matrix phase and the functional material integrated into it. The functional coating described here is suitable e.g., for protection against wear or corrosion or for thermal insulation, e.g., in automotive engineering or in heating technology.

Abstract: The present invention uses an ultraviolet sensitive semiconductor ceramics to fabricate an ultraviolet sensor. For example, adding Sb5+ to tin dioxide containing Sn4+ to form SnO2:Sb. When exposing SnO2:Sb to ultraviolet rays, the electron Sb5+ exists in Energy Gap or Forbidden Band being excited, and jumps to Conductive Band, causing the conductivity of SnO2:Sb to be increased. More electrons are moved to Conductive Band following increasing of ultraviolet intensity, thereby causing the electric resistance value of SnO2:Sb to be reduced. A film of photosensitive semiconductor ceramics is connected and arranged with driving power, amplifier and control circuit, alarm system, etc., forming a miniature sensor.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of enameling substrates comprised of glass or vitroceramic material, according to which method the enamel composition contains graphite as a component, with the aim of improving the mechanical properties of the enameled substrate and/or conferring anti-adhesive properties on the composition. The invention also relates to the composition, and the enameled substrates obtained.

Abstract: An amorphous silicon deposition method includes the step of forming a buffer layer on a transparent substrate; depositing amorphous silicon on the buffer layer by a thickness ranging from 600 to 2,000 angstroms; repeatedly irradiating the amorphous silicon layer to completely melt using a laser beam that has a complete melting energy density; and moving the laser beam by a transaction distance for the next laser beam irradiation.

Abstract: Improved photovoltaic cells utilizing for a semiconductor layer, titanium dioxide powders, consisting of porous particles, ranging in size from 0.1 to 10 microns (10-6 meters), and possess relatively high bulk density combined with high surface area.

Abstract: A method of depositing an optical quality silica film on a substrate is described wherein the film is formed on the substrate by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) in the presence of reactive gases while controlling the total pressure of the gases. The as-deposited film is then subjected to a low temperature treatment between 400° to 1200° C. to minimize the presence of contaminant compounds in the film.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a touch screen panel, the method including applying a resistive coating to one surface of an insulative substrate, applying an insulative protective coating to the resistive coating, depositing a conductive edge electrode pattern including a plurality of edge electrodes on the protective coating, and firing the panel until the edge electrodes etch through the protective coating and make electrical contact with the resistive coating.