Heat strengthened coated glass article

• US 7,138,181 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2002
• Issued: 11/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Pilkington North America Incorporated (Pilkington PLC)
• Original Assignee: Pilkington North America Incorporated (Pilkington PLC)
• Inventors: Soubeyrand, Michel J., Phillips, Steve E., McCurdy, Richard J., Perry, David W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Piziali, Andrew T.
• Application Number:
  US10/167,160
• Publication Number:
  US 20020182453A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,625 Days
• Field of Search: 428/432, 428/448, 428/697, 428/699, 428/701, 428/702
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3417 all coatings being oxide coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3694 one layer having a composition gradient through its thickness
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/91 Coatings containing at least one layer having a composition gradient through its thickness

Abstract

A coated glass article which may be heat strengthened with reduced variability in sheet resistance is disclosed. A multi-layer coating is formed on a glass substrate including a barrier applied on the glass substrate, base layer of a substantially undoped metal oxide applied over the barrier layer, and an electrically conductive layer of a doped metal oxide applied directly on the base layer. The same source metal is used for the base layer and the electrically conductive layer.

Claims

1. A coated glass article comprising:

a) a glass substrate;

b) a barrier layer deposited on said glass substrate;

c) a base coating of a substantially undoped metal oxide applied to said barrier layer and having a thickness from 200 Å

to 3,000 Å

; and

d) an electrically conductive coating of a doped metal oxide applied directly to said substantially undoped metal oxide coating and having a thickness of 300 Å

to 2500 Å

, wherein the source metal from which the oxides of the substantially undoped and doped coatings are derived is the same;

said coated glass article being heat strengthened to have a surface compressive stress greater than 3,500 pounds per square inch.

2. The coated glass article of claim 1, said glass article having a sheet resistance of at least 232 ohms/square.

3. The coated glass article of claim 1, said coated glass article being tempered to have a surface compressive stress greater than 8,000 pounds per square inch.

4. The coated glass article of claim 1, wherein said barrier layer is silica.

5. The coated glass article of claim 1, wherein the source metal from which the oxide of the substantially undoped and doped coatings, is derived is chosen from the group consisting of tin, indium, zinc, cadmium, tungsten, titanium and vanadium.

6. The coated glass article of claim 1, wherein said barrier layer comprises a color suppression interlayer between said glass substrate and said base coating.

7. The coated glass article of claim 1, wherein said substantially undoped metal oxide is tin oxide and said doped metal oxide is fluorine doped tin oxide.

8. A coated glass article comprising:

a) a glass substrate;

b) a color suppression interlayer deposited on said glass substrate;

c) a base coating of a substantially undoped metal oxide applied over said color suppression interlayer and having a thickness from 200 Å

to 3,000 Å

; and

d) an electrically conductive coating of a doped metal oxide, applied directly to said substantially undoped metal oxide layer, wherein, the source metal from which the oxides of the substantially undoped and doped coatings are derived is the same;

said coated glass article being heat strengthened to have a surface compressive stress greater than 3,500 pounds per square inch, and having a sheet resistance of at least 232 ohms/square.