Transparent conductive film for flat panel displays
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1. A method for forming a composite film comprising:
- (a) providing a flexible plastic substrate; and
(b) depositing a multi-layered conductive metallic film continuously on the flexible plastic substrate by a thin-film deposition technique, the multi-layered conductive metallic film comprising two layers of indium cerium oxide (InCeO), each InCeO layer having a thickness from about 30 nm to about 45 nm, and a layer of an alloy of silver, palladium, and copper (Ag/Pd/Cu) having a thickness from about 12 nm to about 16 nm and deposited by sputtering a target including 98.0 atomic % silver, 0.5 atomic % palladium, and 1.5 atomic % copper, with the two layers of InCeO surrounding the layer of Ag/Pd/Cu and the composite film having a transmittance of at least about 90% at 550 nm.
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Abstract
Substrates having films are used to produce flat panel displays and similar devices. Various embodiments of transparent conductive films and methods for the same for flat panel displays and similar devices are disclosed herein.
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1. A method for forming a composite film comprising:
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(a) providing a flexible plastic substrate; and (b) depositing a multi-layered conductive metallic film continuously on the flexible plastic substrate by a thin-film deposition technique, the multi-layered conductive metallic film comprising two layers of indium cerium oxide (InCeO), each InCeO layer having a thickness from about 30 nm to about 45 nm, and a layer of an alloy of silver, palladium, and copper (Ag/Pd/Cu) having a thickness from about 12 nm to about 16 nm and deposited by sputtering a target including 98.0 atomic % silver, 0.5 atomic % palladium, and 1.5 atomic % copper, with the two layers of InCeO surrounding the layer of Ag/Pd/Cu and the composite film having a transmittance of at least about 90% at 550 nm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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