Pyrolytic layer of aluminium oxynitride and glazing comprising same

• US 6,838,179 B1
• Filed: 06/19/2000
• Issued: 01/04/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/20/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Glaverbel SA (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Glaverbel
• Inventors: Legrand, Philippe
• Primary Examiner(s): Jones, Deborah
• Assistant Examiner(s): BLACKWELL, GWENDOLYN
• Application Number:
  US10/031,237
• Time in Patent Office: 1,660 Days
• Field of Search: 428/426, 428/432, 428/688, 428/689, 428/698, 428/701, 428/704, 501/40, 501/41, 501/96.1, 501/96.2, 501/98.4, 501/153, 106/286.8, 106/287.17, 106/287.3, 427/255.11, 427/255.394
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3435 comprising a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride

Abstract

The invention concerns glass panels comprising thin layers in particular for providing them with solar protective or low-emissive properties, and also comprising other thin layers for correcting rainbow effects induced by the former. The invention is characterized in that said glass panels comprise a glass substrate coated with an aluminum oxynitride layer, deposited by gas phase pyrolysis, and whereof the characteristics of thickness and refractive index are selected so as to attenuate colors reflected by the layer providing the glass panel with low-emissive and/or solar protective properties, layer which is deposited on the aluminum oxynitride layer.

Claims

1. Glazing comprising a glass substrate coated with a layer of aluminum oxynitride deposited by gas-phase pyrolysis,

wherein the constituent elements of the aluminum oxynitride layer are respectively in the following atomic proportions:

Al from 40 to 50%

N from 20 to 50%

O from 10 to 60%;

the thickness and refractive index characteristics thereof being selected so as to attenuate the reflected colors produced by an oxide layer providing the glazing with low-emission and/or solar protection properties, said layer being deposited onto the aluminum oxynitride layer.

2. Glazing according to claim 1, and including at least one of the following features (A) through (C):

(A) wherein the reflective index of the aluminum oxynitride layer is in the range of between 1.6 and 1.8;

(B) wherein the thickness of the aluminum oxynitride layer is in the range of between 500 and 900 å

ngströ

ms; and

(C) wherein the oxide layer providing the low-emission and/or solar protection properties is a layer based on doped tin oxide.

3. Glazing according to claim 2 and including at least two of the features (A) through C.

4. Glazing according to claim 2 and including all of the features (A) through (C).

5. Glazing according to claim 4 wherein:

the constituent elements of the aluminum oxynitride layer are respectively in the following atomic proportions;

Alfrom 45 to 50%Nfrom 22 to 30%Ofrom 20 to 27%;

the refractive index of the aluminum oxynitride layer is in the range of between 1.65 and 1.75; and

the aluminum oxynitride layer has a thickness in the range of between 650 and 850 å

ngströ

ms.

6. Glazing according to claim 1 wherein the oxide layer providing the low-emission and/or solar protection properties is a layer based on at least one of the following D through F:

D doped tin oxide;

E is a tin oxide layer containing antimony oxide, the atomic ratio Sb/Sn being in the range of between 0.02 and 0.15;

F fluorine-doped tin oxide.

7. Process for the production of glazing according to claim 1, wherein the aluminum oxynitride layer is formed by pyrolysis using gaseous precursors comprising aluminum trichloride or trimethyl aluminum.

8. Process for the production of glazing according to claim 7, wherein the gaseous precursors also comprise ammonia.

9. Process for the production of glazing according to claim 7, wherein the aluminum precursor is aluminum trichloride, the precursors also contain water vapour.