Laminated electrically tintable windows
First Claim
1. An electrically tintable window comprising:
- a piece of window glass;
a glass substrate, wherein said glass substrate is smaller than said piece of window glass;
an electrochromic thin film device formed on said glass substrate; and
a lamination layer between said electrochromic thin film device and said piece of window glass, said lamination layer attaching said electrochromic thin film device to said piece of window glass, said lamination layer covering the entire area between said electrochromic thin film device and said piece of window glass.
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing electrically tintable window glass with a variety of sizes and functionalities is described. The method comprises: (a) providing a large format glass substrate; (b) fabricating a plurality of electrically tintable thin film devices on the large format glass substrate; (c) cutting the large format glass substrate into a plurality of electrically tintable pieces, each electrically tintable piece including one of the plurality of electrically tintable thin film devices; (d) providing a plurality of window glass pieces; (e) matching each one of the plurality of electrically tintable pieces with a corresponding one of the plurality of window glass pieces; and (f) laminating each of the matched electrically tintable pieces and window glass pieces. The lamination may result in the electrically tintable device either being sandwiched between the glass substrate and the window glass piece or on the surface of the laminated pieces. The electrically tintable device is an electrochromic device.
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24 Claims
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1. An electrically tintable window comprising:
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a piece of window glass; a glass substrate, wherein said glass substrate is smaller than said piece of window glass; an electrochromic thin film device formed on said glass substrate; and a lamination layer between said electrochromic thin film device and said piece of window glass, said lamination layer attaching said electrochromic thin film device to said piece of window glass, said lamination layer covering the entire area between said electrochromic thin film device and said piece of window glass. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An electrically tintable window comprising:
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a piece of window glass; an electrically tintable sub-assembly; and a lamination layer between said electrically tintable sub-assembly and said piece of window glass, said lamination layer attaching said electrically tintable sub-assembly to said piece of window glass, said lamination layer covering the entire area between said electrically tintable sub-assembly and said piece of window glass; wherein said electrically tintable sub-assembly includes an electrically tintable thin film device on a glass substrate, and wherein said glass substrate is smaller than said piece of window glass. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An electrically tintable window comprising:
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a piece of window glass; a glass substrate, wherein said glass substrate is smaller than said piece of window glass; an electrochromic thin film device formed on said glass substrate; and a lamination layer between said glass substrate and said piece of window glass, said lamination layer attaching said glass substrate to said piece of window glass, said lamination layer covering the entire area between said glass substrate and said piece of window glass. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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