Film coated glazing having a protective layer of mixed titanium oxide

• US 8,445,112 B2
• Filed: 03/20/2009
• Issued: 05/21/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AGC Glass Europe SA (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AGC Glass Europe SA (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Di Stefano, Gaetan
• Primary Examiner(s): SAMPLE, DAVID R
• Application Number:
  US12/933,542
• Publication Number:
  US 20110020638A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,523 Days
• Field of Search: 428/428, 428/426, 428/432, 428/688, 428/689, 428/697, 428/699, 428/701, 428/702
• US Class Current: 428/432
• 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 17/3644 the metal being silver
• 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 2218/154 by sputtering
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 2218/32 After-treatment
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/265 1 mil or less

Abstract

The present invention relates to essentially transparent glazings comprising a system of films deposited under vacuum by magnetron, and having antisun and/or low-emission properties, comprising as protective surface layer a layer based on titanium oxide and on at least one other metal oxide of high hardness from the group comprising: ZrO₂, SiO₂, Cr₂O₃. The glazings according to the invention are of “matchable” type.

Claims

1. An essentially transparent glazing comprising a system of films deposited under vacuum by magnetron and having antisun properties, low-emission properties, or both properties, the system of films comprising:

a silver-comprising infrared-reflecting layer;

a metal oxide barrier layer contacting and covering the infrared-reflecting layer, a dielectric layer on which the infrared-reflecting layer is deposited, or both; and

a top coat comprising a mixed oxide, the mixed oxide comprising titanium oxide and at least one other metal oxide of high hardness selected from the group consisting of;

ZrO₂, SiO₂, and Cr₂O₃,

wherein

colorimetric characteristics of light transmission (Tv), of layer-side reflection (Re), and of glass-side reflection (Ri), are such that, in the CIELAB coordinates for 10°

, variations observed in the glazing, before and after heat treatment at 550°

C. for 5 minutes, satisfy a relationship;

Δ

E=[(Δ

L*)²+(Δ

a*)²+(Δ

b*)²]^1/2≦

4,

for each transmission and reflection.

2. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the variations observed for the layer-side reflection (Re) satisfy a relationship:

Δ

E=[(Δ

L*)²+(Δ

a*)²+(Δ

b*)²]^1/2≦

1.

3. The glazing according to claim 2, wherein the colorimetric characteristics of glass-side reflection (Ri) and transmission satisfy a condition:

Δ

E=[(Δ

L*)²+(Δ

a*)²+(Δ

b*)²]^1/2≦

1.

4. The glazing according to claim 2, wherein the titanium oxide represents at least 40% by weight of the top coat.

5. The glazing according to claim 3, wherein the titanium oxide represents at least 40% by weight of the top coat.

6. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the titanium oxide represents at least 40% by weight of the top coat.

7. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the top coat further comprises up to 5% by weight of at least one additional metal oxide, based on a weight of all oxides of the top coat.

8. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the top coat comprises 15% to 50% by weight of zirconium oxide.

9. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the top coat has a thickness not less than 3 nm.

10. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the top coat has a thickness not greater than 35 nm.

11. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the at least one other metal oxide of the top coat, besides the titanium oxide, is at least 5% by weight of the top coat.

12. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the infrared-reflecting silver comprising layer is contacted by and covered with a metal oxide barrier layer deposited from ceramic targets and under a slightly oxidative atmosphere.

13. The glazing according to claim 12, wherein the barrier layer comprises titanium oxide.

14. The glazing according to claim 12, wherein the barrier layer comprises a mixed oxide comprising titanium oxide and at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of zirconium oxide, niobium oxide, aluminum oxide, and tantalum oxide.

15. The glazing according to claim 1, comprising:

a dielectric layer between the glass substrate and a first silver-comprising layer,

a dielectric layer over a last silver-comprising layer that is furthest from the substrate, and

if the glazing comprises more than one silver-comprising layer, a dielectric layer between each silver-comprising layer.

16. The glazing according to claim 15, comprising one, two, or three silver-comprising layers, each with a thickness of 7 to 20 nm.

17. The glazing according to claim 15, wherein the silver-comprising layer is deposited on a layer comprising zinc oxide optionally doped with tin, aluminum or gallium.

18. The glazing according to claim 1, wherein the top coat comprises titanium oxide and ZrO₂.

19. The glazing of claim 1, wherein the infrared-reflecting layer is deposited on a layer comprising zinc oxide.

20. The glazing of claim 19, wherein the zinc oxide is doped with tin.

21. The glazing of claim 1, comprising a dielectric layer capable of promoting a good regularity of growth on which the infrared-reflecting layer is deposited.