Heat treatable coated article with high ratio of transmission over sheet resistance

• US 7,771,830 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2005
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Guardian Glass LLC (KOCH Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Guardian Industries Corporation (KOCH Industries Incorporated)
• Inventors: Seder, Thomas A, Lingle, Philip J., Stachowiak, Grzegorz, Laird, Ronald E., Neuman, George
• Primary Examiner(s): XU, LING X
• Application Number:
  US11/281,598
• Publication Number:
  US 20060078746A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,726 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 428/432
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/10174 Coatings of a metallic or dielectric material on a constituent layer of glass or polymer
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/36 at least one coating being a metal
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3618 Coatings of type glass/inorganic compound/other inorganic layers, at least one layer being metallic
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3626 one layer at least containing a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3639 Multilayers containing at least two functional metal layers
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3644 the metal being silver
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3652 the coating stack containing at least one sacrificial layer to protect the metal from oxidation
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/366 Low-emissivity or solar control coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3681 the multilayer coating being used in glazing, e.g. windows or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2217/78 Coatings specially designed to be durable, e.g. scratch-resistant
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2218/154 by sputtering

Abstract

A coated article is provided so as to have a fairly high visible transmission (TY or T_vis) to sheet resistance (R_s) ratio (i.e., a ratio T_vis/R_s). The higher this ratio, the better the coated article'"'"'s combined functionality of providing for both good solar performance (e.g., ability to reflect and/or absorb IR radiation) and high visible transmission. In certain example embodiments, coated articles herein may be heat treatable. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, architectural or residential monolithic window units, vehicle window units, and/or the like.

Claims

1. A heat treated coated article comprising:

a multi-layer coating supported by a glass substrate, wherein the coating comprises at least the following layers from the glass substrate outwardly;

a first layer comprising zinc oxide;

a first layer comprising silver located over and contacting the first layer comprising zinc oxide;

a first layer comprising tin oxide and/or silicon nitride;

a second layer comprising zinc oxide;

a second layer comprising silver; and

a layer comprising tin oxide and/or silicon nitride;

wherein the coated article has a ratio T_vis/R_s of at least 32 after heat treatment (where T_vis is visible transmission (%) and R_s is sheet resistance of the coating in units of ohms/square) and a Δ

E* value (glass side reflective and/or transmissive) of less than or equal to about 5 due to the heat treatment, and wherein the glass substrate and coating thereon after the heat treatment have a visible transmission, measured monolithically, of at least 75%.

2. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a ratio T_vis/R_s of at least 34 after heat treatment.

3. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a ratio T_vis/R_s of at least 36 after heat treatment.

4. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a sheet resistance (R_s) of less than or equal to 2.5 after heat treatment.

5. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a Δ

E* value (glass side reflective and/or transmissive) of less than or equal to about 4 due to the heat treatment.

6. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a Δ

E* value (glass side reflective and/or transmissive) of less than or equal to about 3 due to the heat treatment.

7. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article has a Δ

E* value (glass side reflective and/or transmissive) of less than or equal to about 2.5 due to the heat treatment.

8. An IG window unit including the coated article of claim 1, wherein the IG window unit further comprising another glass substrate.

9. The IG window unit of claim 8, wherein the IG window unit has an SHGC value of no greater than about 0.45.

10. The IG window unit of claim 8, wherein the IG window unit has an SHGC value of no greater than about 0.40.

11. The coated article of claim 1, further comprising a layer comprising titanium oxide having a thickness of from 20 to 60 Å

located between the glass substrate and the first layer comprising zinc oxide, and wherein the coated article has a Total Solar (TS) value of no greater than about 40%.

12. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the coated article is characterized by the following transmissive color at a normal viewing angle, after heat treatment:

a* −

4.5 to +1.0

b* −

1.0 to +4.0.

13. The coated article of claim 1, further comprising a layer comprising an oxide of Ni and/or Cr located between the first layer comprising silver and the first layer comprising tin oxide and/or silicon nitride.

14. The coated article of claim 1, wherein the first layer comprising zinc oxide is of zinc oxide which may be doped with aluminum.