HYDROPHILIC COATINGS, METHODS FOR DEPOSITING HYDROPHILIC COATINGS AND IMPROVED DEPOSITION TECHNOLOGY FOR THIN FILMS
First Claim
1. A substrate having a coating, the substrate being an engineered glass sheet, the glass sheet having a desired outer thickness defining a major surface of the glass sheet, the desired outer thickness providing a foundation for a hydrophilic coating, said desired outer thickness having a different composition than glass forming a core of the glass sheet.
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Abstract
The invention provides certain embodiments that involve sputtering techniques for applying a mixed oxide film comprising silica and titania. In these embodiments, the techniques involve sputtering at least two targets in a common chamber (e.g., in a shared gaseous atmosphere). A first of these targets includes silicon, while a second of the targets includes titanium. Further, the invention provides embodiments involving a substrate bearing a hydrophilic coating, which can be deposited by sputtering or any other suitable thin film deposition technique. The invention also provides techniques and apparatuses useful for depositing a wide variety of coating types. For example, the invention provides thin film deposition technologies in which sputtering apparatuses or other thin film deposition apparatuses are employed.
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- 1. A substrate having a coating, the substrate being an engineered glass sheet, the glass sheet having a desired outer thickness defining a major surface of the glass sheet, the desired outer thickness providing a foundation for a hydrophilic coating, said desired outer thickness having a different composition than glass forming a core of the glass sheet.
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