Non-iridescent transparent product

• US 5,298,312 A
• Filed: 04/03/1992
• Issued: 03/29/1994
• Est. Priority Date: 04/04/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Asahi Glass Company, Limited (AGC, Inc.)
• Inventors: Akao, Yasuhiko, Oyama, Takuji
• Primary Examiner(s): TURNER, ARCHENE A
• Application Number:
  US07/863,582
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• Field of Search: 428/213, 428/216, 428/432, 428/433, 428/469, 428/472, 428/697, 428/698, 428/701, 428/702, 428/913, 428/699, 359/585, 359/586
• US Class Current: 428/216
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3417 all coatings being oxide coatings
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3435 comprising a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3441 comprising carbon, a carbide or oxycarbide
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/36 at least one coating being a metal
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3613 Coatings of type glass/inorganic compound/metal/inorganic compound/metal/other
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3626 one layer at least containing a nitride, oxynitride, boronitride or carbonitride
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3649 made of metals other than silver
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3657 the multilayer coating having optical properties
• CPC Class Codes: C03C 17/3671 specially adapted for use as electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 1/10 Optical coatings produced by application to, or surface treatment of, optical elements G02B1/08 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/913 Material designed to be responsive to temperature, light, moisture
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2495 Thickness [relative or absolute]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24975 No layer or component greater than 5 mils thick

Abstract

A non-iridescent transparent product comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent film having a refractive index of at least 1.6 and a thickness of at least 0.15 μm formed on the substrate, and an underlying layer formed at the boundary between the substrate and the film, wherein the underlying layer is an absorbing layer with an extinction coefficient k being not 0.

Claims

1. A non-iridescent transparent product comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent film having a refractive index of at least 1.6 and a thickness of at least 0.15 μ

m formed on the substrate, and an underlying layer, having a thickness of 10 to 500 Å

, formed at the boundary between the substrate and the film, wherein the underlying layer is an absorbing layer with an extinction coefficient k being at lest 0.01; and

wherein when the product is observed from the side of the transparent substrate opposite to the side the transparent film is applied on, the minimum value of the ripple ratio of the spectral reflectance curve in the visible light region is within ±

30%.

2. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 1, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the absolute value of the effective Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the combined boundary of transparent substrate/underlying layer/transparent film is smaller than the absolute value of the Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the boundary of transparent substrate/transparent film in a case where no such underlying layer is formed.

3. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 1, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of the complex refractive index n-ik of the underlying layer, are within the region (inclusive of the boundary line) defined by curve A . . . straight line H . . . straight line I . . . curve F . . . straight line G in FIG. 1.

4. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 1, wherein the underlying layer contains at least one film layer consisting of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, chromium, zirconium, titanium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, titanium carbide, chromium carbide, zirconium carbide, and composites thereof.

5. A non-iridescent transparent product comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent film having a refractive index of at least 1.6 and a thickness of at least 0.15 μ

m formed on the substrate, and an overlying layer, having a thickness of 20 to 500 Å

, formed on the transparent film, wherein the overlying layer is an absorbing layer with an extinction coefficient k being at least 0.01; and

wherein when the product is observed from the transparent substrate side, the minimum value of the ripple ratio of the spectral reflectance curve in the visible light region is within ±

30%.

6. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 5, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the absolute value of the effective Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the combined boundary of transparent film/overlying layer/air is smaller than the absolute value of the Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the boundary of transparent film/air in a case where no such overlying layer is formed.

7. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 5, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the refractive index n and the extinction coefficient k of the complex refractive index n-ik of the overlying layer, are within the region (inclusive of the boundary line) defined by curve J . . . straight line S . . . straight line T . . . curve Q . . . straight line R in FIG. 3.

8. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 5, wherein the overlying layer contains at least one film layer consisting mainly of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium, chromium, zirconium, titanium nitride, chromium nitride, zirconium nitride, titanium carbide, chromium carbide, zirconium carbide and composites thereof.

9. A non-iridescent transparent product comprising a first transparent substrate, a transparent film having a refractive index of at least 1.6 and a thickness of at least 0.15 μ

m formed on the substrate, and an overlying layer, having a thickness of 10 to 500 Å

, formed on the transparent film, and a second transparent substrate laminated on the overlying layer, wherein when the product is observed from the first transparent substrate side, the minimum value of the ripple ratio of the spectral reflectance curve in the visible light region is within ±

30%.

10. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 9, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the absolute value of the effective Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the combined boundary of transparent film overlying layer/second transparent substrate is smaller than the absolute value of the Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the boundary of transparent film/second transparent substrate in a case where no such overlying layer is formed.

11. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 9, wherein the first transparent substrate is a glass substrate, the second transparent substrate is a plastic interlayer, and another glass substrate is laminated on the plastic interlayer on the opposite side of the transparent film, to form a laminated glass structure.

12. A non-iridescent transparent product comprising a transparent substrate, a transparent film having a refractive index of at least 1.6 and a thickness of at least 0.15 μ

m formed on the substrate, an underlying layer having a thickness of from 20 to 200 Å

formed at the boundary between the substrate and the film, and an overlying layer having a thickness of from 80 to 300 Å

formed on the transparent film, wherein both of the underlying and overlying layers with an extinction coefficient k being at least 0.01; and

wherein when the product is observed from the underlying layer side or from the overlying layer side, the minimum value in the visible light region of the ripple ratio of the spectral reflectance curve is within ±

30%.

13. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 12, wherein at a wavelength in the visible light region, the absolute value of the effective Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the combined boundary of transparent substrate/underlying layer/transparent film is smaller than the absolute value of the Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the boundary of transparent substrate/transparent film in a case where no such underlying layer is formed, and at a wavelength in the visible light region, the absolute value of the effective Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the combined boundary of transparent film/overlying layer/air is smaller than the absolute value of the Frensnel reflection coefficient on the transparent film side at the boundary of transparent film/air in a case where no such overlying layer is formed.

14. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 12, wherein both the underlying and overlying layers are films of titanium nitride.

15. The non-iridescent transparent product according to claim 12, wherein the transparent film is a film composed mainly of indium tin oxide (ITO).