Process for producing a transparent layer with low resistivity
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1. A process for coating a transparent substrate with a highly conductive, transparent layer having an indium based doped with tin and oxidized and having a resistivity less than 3.5×
- 10-4 ohms.cm, comprising the following steps;
depositing a layer of indium tin oxide on glass at substoichiometric conditions by cathode sputtering from a target of an indium alloy comprising at least 2% tin by weight,controlling said cathode sputtering to produce a layer having an intrinsic absorption coefficient that is equal to or greater than 7,500 cm-1 at a wavelength of 550 nm, andheat treating said layer after deposition on said glass using a reducing phase.
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A method for depositing on glass, by reactive cathode sputtering, a layer of indium tin oxide with low resistivity and high transparency, where a layer with at least a minimum intrinsic absorption coefficient is deposited and then a heat treatment, including of one reducing phase, is performed.
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1. A process for coating a transparent substrate with a highly conductive, transparent layer having an indium based doped with tin and oxidized and having a resistivity less than 3.5×
- 10-4 ohms.cm, comprising the following steps;
depositing a layer of indium tin oxide on glass at substoichiometric conditions by cathode sputtering from a target of an indium alloy comprising at least 2% tin by weight, controlling said cathode sputtering to produce a layer having an intrinsic absorption coefficient that is equal to or greater than 7,500 cm-1 at a wavelength of 550 nm, and heat treating said layer after deposition on said glass using a reducing phase. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A process for coating a transparent substrate with a highly conductive, transparent layer having an indium base doped with tin and oxidized and having a resistivity less than 3.5×
- 10-4 ohms.cm, comprising the steps of;
calibrating a cathode sputtering process to determine a relationship between an absorption coefficient of a layer of indium doped with tin and oxidized that is formed by said cathode sputtering process and an intensity of a spectral line in a plasma formed at a cathode during said sputtering; depositing a layer of indium tin oxide on said transparent substrate at substoichiometric conditions by cathode sputtering from a target of an indium alloy comprising at least 2% tin by weight, during said sputtering, measuring the intensity of said spectral line in the plasma formed at the cathode during said sputtering; controlling the cathode sputtering process so that the measured intensity corresponds to an intrinsic absorption coefficient that is equal to or greater than 7,500 cm-1 at a wavelength of 550 nm as determined during said calibration step; and heat treating said layer after deposition on said glass using a reducing phase. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A process for coating a transparent substrate with a highly conductive, transparent layer having an indium base doped with tin and oxidized and having a resistivity less than 3.5×
- 10-4 ohms.cm, comprising the steps of;
calibrating the process by forming a plurality of samples by; depositing a layer of indium tin oxide on a plurality of glass samples at substoichiometric conditions by cathode sputtering from a target of an indium alloy; measuring the intensities of a spectral line in a plasma formed at the cathode during said sputtering; measuring the intrinsic absorption coefficient of each glass sample; and establishing a relationship between the measured intensities and the measured intrinsic absorption coefficients; depositing a layer of indium tin oxide on a transparent substrate at substoichiometric conditions by cathode sputtering from a target of an indium alloy comprising at least 2% tin by weight, where the layer obtained has an intrinsic absorption coefficient that is equal to or greater than 7,500 cm-1 at a wavelength of 550 nm; during said sputtering, measuring the intensity of said spectral line in the plasma formed at the cathode during said sputtering; controlling said sputtering so that the measured intensity corresponds to the desired intrinsic absorption coefficient as specified in the relationship determined during said calibration step; and heat treating said layer after deposition on said glass using a reducing phase. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
- 10-4 ohms.cm, comprising the steps of;
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