Light-transmissible plate shielding electromagnetic waves

• US 4,732,454 A
• Filed: 04/17/1986
• Issued: 03/22/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Toray Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Toray Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Okamoto, Kazuo, Nagai, Satoshi, Tsuchida, Masaki, Saito, Takeshi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US06/853,035
• Time in Patent Office: 705 Days
• Field of Search: 350/164, 350/165, 350/163, 350/166, 250/492.21
• US Class Current: 359/585
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/10 Optical coatings produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements G02B1/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/116 including electrically conducting layers
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/14 Protective coatings, e.g. hard coatings
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2229/8918 by using interference effects
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 2229/8922 Apparatus attached to vessel and not integral therewith
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 29/868 Screens covering the input or output face of the vessel, e.g. transparent anti-static coatings, X-ray absorbing layers
• CPC Class Codes: H01J 29/896 Anti-reflection means, e.g. eliminating glare due to ambient light

Abstract

A light-transmissible plate having the function of shielding electromagnetic waves includes a transparent plastic base plate, a hard coating layer on the base plate, an electroconductive layer on the hard coating layer and a layer having low refractive index on the electroconductive layer. The plate can shield electromagnetic waves, and can have high damage resistance even if the plastic constituting the base plate has low surface hardness. Moreover, it is possible to give the plate the ability to prevent reflection. A light-transmissible plate according to a second embodiment of the present invention includes an anti-reflection film composed of a plurality of layers on a surface opposite to the surface on which the electroconductive layer is provided. Because the film has excellent characteristics in accordance with strength of adhesion, durability, abrasion resistance, wear resistance, shock resistance, chemical resistance, flexibility, heat resistance, light resistance, weather resistance and static charge resistance, the plate has excellent functions of shielding electromagnetic waves, eliminating static electricity and preventing reflection. As a result, the plate is an excellent optical product as a whole.

Claims

1. A light-transmissible plate for shielding electromagnetic waves comprising:

a transparent plastic base plate;

a hard coating layer provided on a surface of said base plate, said hard coating layer having scratch resistance;

an electroconductive layer provided on the surface of said hard coating layer, said electroconductive layer being formed in an atmosphere of oxygen and at a temperature of less than 150°

C.; and

a layer provided on the surface of said electroconductive layer, said layer having a lower refractive index than the refractive index of said electroconductive layer.

2. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said electroconductive layer is a layer containing indium oxide and tin oxide.

3. The light-transmissible plate of claim 2, wherein said layer containing indium oxide and tin oxide is formed by sputtering.

4. The light-transmissible plate of claim 2, wherein said layer containing indium oxide and tin oxide is formed by evaporation coating, said evaporation coating being performed using plasma due to high-frequency electric discharge, in an atmosphere of oxygen and at a temperature of less than 150°

C., with the assistance of an ion gun.

5. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein a film thickness of said electroconductive layer is within the range of 100-3000 Å

.

6. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said transparent plastic base plate is a colored plate.

7. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said layer having said low refractive index is a layer constructed of inorganic silica.

8. The light-transmissible plate of claim 7, wherein said layer constructed of inorganic silica is formed by a vacuum evaporation coating.

9. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein a ground wire is connected to said electroconductive layer.

10. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein an outer frame is provided around said light-transmissible plate, said outer frame extending along the edge of said light-transmissible plate and coming into contact with said electroconductive layer.

11. The light-transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said light-transmissible plate is an optical filter for a cathode-ray tube.

18. The light transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said hard coating layer contains a member selected from the group consisting of polyorganosiloxane, silica, alumina, and acrylic.

19. The light transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said hard coating layer has a thickness of about 1-10μ

.

20. The light transmissible plate to claim 1, wherein said No. 4 layer has a thickness of 0.25λ

o.

21. The light transmissible plate of claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic waves are generated from a cathode ray tube.

12. A light-transmissible plate for shielding electromagnetic waves comprising:

a transparent plastic base plate;

a hard coating layer provided on a surface of said base plate, said hard coating layer having scratch resistance;

an electroconductive layer provided on the surface of said hard coating layer, said electroconductive layer being formed in an atmosphere of oxygen and at a temperature of less than 150°

C.;

a layer provided on the surface of said electroconductive layer, said layer having a lower refractive index than the refractive index of said electroconductive layer; and

an anti-reflection film provided on another surface of said plastic base plate, said anti-reflection film being composed of a plurality of layers.

13. The light-transmissible plate of claim 12, wherein said anti-reflection film comprises:

a hard coating layer provided on said another surface of said base plate, said hard coating layer having scratch resistance;

a No. 1 layer provided on a surface of said hard coating layer and containing zirconium oxide;

a No. 2 layer provided on a surface of said No. 1 layer and containing silicon dioxide;

a No. 3 layer provided on a surface of said No. 2 layer and containing titanium oxide; and

A No. 4 layer provided on a surface of said No. 3 layer and containing silicon dioxide,

and said No. 1 layer and said No. 2 layer being constructed as an equivalent film.

14. The light-transmissible plate of claim 13, wherein the optical film thicknesses of said No. 1-No. 4 layers are the following thicknesses under a condition wherein a design wave length λ

₀ is within 450-550 nm;

No. 1 layer;

0.05-0.15 λ

₀,

No. 2 layer;

0.05-0.15 λ

₀,

No. 3 layer;

0.36-0.49 λ

₀, and

No. 4 layer;

0.15-0.35 λ

₀.

15. The light-transmissible plate of claim 13, wherein said No. 1-No. 4 layers are films formed by evaporation coating.

16. The light-transmissible plate of claim 13, wherein said No. 1-No. 4 layers are films formed by sputtering.

17. The light-transmissible plate of claim 12, wherein said light-transmissible plate is an optical filter for a cathode-ray tube.

22. The light transmissible plate of claim 12, wherein said electromagnetic waves are generated from a cathode ray tube.