Layer system with a controllable heat emission

• US 5,638,205 A
• Filed: 03/20/1995
• Issued: 06/10/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Dornier GmbH (Government of France)
• Original Assignee: Dornier GmbH (Government of France)
• Inventors: Meisel, Thomas, Rothmund, Walter, Braig, Albert, Schwarzott, Walter, Braun, Ruediger, Scherber, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): Dzierzynski, Paul M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANG, AUDREY Y
• Application Number:
  US08/406,150
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 359/265, 359/271, 359/275, 359/350, 359/359, 359/360
• US Class Current: 359/350
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/22 Parts of, or equipment specially adapted for fitting in or to, cosmonautic vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/50 for temperature control
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 1/503 Radiator panels
• CPC Class Codes: G05D 23/192 using a modification of the thermal impedance between a source and the load

Abstract

A layer system with a controllable heat emission, includes an IR-transparent carrier substrate, a layer with a controllable IR-transmission, an ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode, a solid electrolyte, an ion storage layer, a back electrode. The ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode is structured in such a manner that it is provided with non-cohesive openings which are distributed homogeneously over the electrode surface and whose maximal flat dimension is smaller than 10 μm.

Claims

1. A layer system having a controllable heat emission, the layer system comprising:

an infrared (IR)-transparent carrier substrate;

a controllable IR-transmission layer arranged on said carrier substrate;

an ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer arranged on said controllable IR-transmission layer;

a solid electrolyte layer arranged on said reflecting electrode layer;

an ion storage layer arranged on said solid electrolyte layer;

a back electrode layer arranged on said ion storage layer; and

wherein said ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer has non-cohesive openings distributed homogeneously over a surface of said IR-reflecting electrode layer, wherein a maximal flat dimension of said non-cohesive openings is less than 10 μ

m.

2. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein mutual distances between said openings are constant.

3. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein said ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer comprises a conductive material which is reflecting for infrared light of a wavelength longer than 2.5 μ

m.

4. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein said ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer is selected from the group consisting of Au, Ag, Pt, Pd, Al Cu, Fe, Pb, Ni, Cr, or mixtures thereof, and doped Si, Ge as well as indium oxide, tin oxide, zinc oxide, or mixtures thereof.

5. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein a surface area of said openings of the ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer amounts to at least 5% of the surface area of said reflecting electrode layer.

6. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein said openings are arranged on said ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer such that said reflecting electrode layer is electronically conductive over the whole electrode surface.

7. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein said openings of the ion-permeable IR-reflecting electrode layer are filled with an ion-conductive material.

8. A layer system according to claim 1, wherein a layer thickness of said ion-permeable, IR-reflecting electrode layer is larger than 0.1 μ

m and smaller than 1 μ

m.

9. A layer system according to claim 1, further comprising:

an IR-transparent electrode layer arranged between said IR-transparent carrier substrate and said controllable IR-transmission layer.

10. A layer system according to claim 9, wherein said IR-transparent electrode layer has openings.

11. A layer system according to claim 10, wherein a minimal plane dimension of said openings in said IR-transparent layer is in the range of between 20 and 100 μ

m.