Intermolecular, Inc.

Guardian Glass, LLC

Guardian Industries Corporation

Seagate Technology Incorporated

Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Minh Le

Guowen Ding

Daniel Schweigert

Guizhen Zhang

Brent Boyce

Zhi-Wen Sun

Jeremy Cheng

Cesar Clavero

Yongli Xu

Daniel Lee

Scott Jewhurst

Yu Wang

Muhammad Imran

Mohd Fadzli Anwar Hassan

Yiwei Lu

Tong Ju

Marcus Frank

Gaurav Saraf

Jeroen Van Duren

Nestor P Murphy

Minh Anh Nguyen

Sang M Lee

Richard Blacker

Jingyu Lao

Sandeep Nijhawan

Jianhua Hu

Teresa B Sapirman

Phil Lingle

David S Kuo

Kim Yang Lee

Henry Hung Yang

Nobuo Kurataka

Yautzong Hsu

HongYing Wang

Hamid Ghazvini

Dipankar Pramanik

Khaled Ahmed

Karl Anthony Littau

Thai Cheng Chua

Milind Ganesh Weling

Min-Cheol Kim

Haifan Liang

Youn-Gyoung Chang

Anh Duong

Seon-Mee Cho

Jose Ferreira

Vidyut Gopal

Nikhil D Kalyankar

Sandeep Jaggi

Abraham S Anapolsky

Liang Liang

Woosup Shin

David Chi

Jingang Su

Mark Lewis

Kwon-Sik Park

Stuart Brinkley

Jessica Eid

Minh Anh Anh Nguyen

Albert Lee

Majid Gharghi

Heng-Kai Hsu

Heng Kai Hsu

Mohd Hassan

Brent Boycle

Coated articles include two or more functional infrared (IR) reflecting layers optionally sandwiched between at least dielectric layers. The dielectric layers may be of or including silicon nitride or the like. At least one of the IR reflecting layers is of or including titanium nitride (e.g., TiN) and at least another of the IR reflecting layers is of or including indium-tin-oxide (ITO).

Heat treatable coated article having titanium nitride and ITO based IR reflecting layers

A coated article includes a silver (Ag) based infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) on a glass substrate that is provided adjacent to and contacting at least one metallic or substantially metallic zinc (Zn) inclusive barrier layer in order to improve chemical durability characteristics of the low-E coating. In certain example embodiments, the silver based layer may be sandwiched between first and second metallic or substantially metallic barrier layers of or including zinc. The IR reflecting layer(s) and zinc based barrier layer(s) are part of a low emissivity (low-E) coating.

Coated article with low-E coating having IR reflecting system with silver and zinc based barrier layer(s)

A method for making low emissivity panels, including control the composition of a barrier layer formed on a thin conductive silver layer. The barrier structure can include a ternary alloy of nickel, titanium, and niobium, which showed improvements in overall performance than those from binary barrier results. The percentage of nickel can be between 5 and 15 wt %. The percentage of titanium can be between 30 and 50 wt %. The percentage of niobium can be between 40 and 60 wt %.

Titanium nickel niobium alloy barrier for low-emissivity coatings

A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one high refractive index layer of or including titanium oxide and at least one additional metal. A doped titanium oxide layer(s) is designed and deposited in a manner so as to be amorphous or substantially amorphous (as opposed to crystalline) in the low-E coating, so as to better withstand optional heat treatment (HT) such as thermal tempering and reduce haze. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer in preferred embodiments, which may be provided for antireflection purposes and/or color adjustment purposes, in addition to having thermal stability.

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and doped titanium oxide dielectric layer(s) and method of making same

Coated articles include two or more functional infrared (IR) reflecting layers optionally sandwiched between at least dielectric layers. The dielectric layers may be of or including silicon nitride or the like. At least one of the IR reflecting layers is of or including titanium nitride (e.g., TIN) and at least another of the IR reflecting layers is of or including indium-tin-oxide (ITO).

A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one high refractive index dielectric multilayer film. The high index dielectric multilayer film may be of or include a first high index layer of or including ZrSiN and/or ZrSiAlN, and a second high index layer of or including titanium oxide (e.g., TiO). The first high index layer of or including ZrSiN and/or ZrSiAlN may be amorphous or substantially amorphous, and the second high index layer of or including titanium oxide may be substantially crystalline in certain example embodiments. The low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like.

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and high index nitrided dielectric film having multiple layers

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for forming low emissivity panels. In some embodiments, a partially fabricated panel may be provided that includes a substrate, a reflective layer formed over the substrate, and a barrier layer formed over the reflective layer such that the reflective layer is formed between the substrate and the barrier layer. The barrier layer may include a partially oxidized alloy of three or more metals. A first interface layer may be formed over the barrier layer. A top dielectric layer may be formed over the first interface layer. The top dielectric layer may be formed using reactive sputtering in an oxygen containing environment. The first interface layer may prevent further oxidation of the partially oxidized alloy of the three or more metals when forming the top dielectric layer. A second interface layer may be formed over the top dielectric layer.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for production coatings of low-emissivity glass

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and niobium-doped titanium oxide dielectric layer(s) and method of making same

A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and a plurality of high refractive index dielectric layers of or including a nitride of Zr and Al. In certain example embodiments, the high refractive index dielectric layers of or including a nitride of Zr and Al may be amorphous or substantially amorphous so as to allow the low-E coating to better withstand optional heat treatment (HT) such as thermal tempering. In certain example embodiments, the low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window unit, vehicle windows, of the like.

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and high index nitrided dielectric layers

A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one yttrium (Y) inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer. In certain example embodiments, the yttrium inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer(s) may be of or include one or more of YZrSiAlN, YZrSiN, YSiN, and/or YSiAlN. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer, with a high refractive index (n) and low k value, in preferred embodiments and may be provided for antireflection purposes and/or visible transmission purposes, and/or for improving thermal stability. In certain example embodiments, the low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like.

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(S) and yttrium inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer

A coated article includes a low emissivity (low-E) coating having at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and at least one hafnium (Hf) inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer. In certain example embodiments, the hafnium inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer(s) may be of or include one or more of HfSiAlN, HfZrSiAlN, HfSiN, HfAlN, and/or HfAlZrN. The high index layer may be a transparent dielectric high index layer, with a high refractive index (n) and/or low k value. In example embodiments, the low-E coating may be used in applications such as monolithic or insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like.

Coated article having low-E coating with IR reflecting layer(s) and hafnium inclusive high index nitrided dielectric layer

A coated article includes a low-emissivity (low-E) coating. The low-E coating includes at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver, gold, or the like, and a dielectric overcoat designed to increase solar heat gain coefficient (SHGC) of the coated article. A dielectric undercoat may also be designed to increase SHGC of the coated article in certain example embodiments. In certain example embodiments, the overcoat and/or undercoat are designed to increase SHGC while also providing for desirably high visible transmission (TY or T) and desirably low normal emittance (E).

Coated article with IR reflecting layer(s) and overcoat for improving solar gain and visible transmission

Coated article with low-E coating having reflecting system with silver and zinc based barrier layer(s)

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and apparatus for forming low emissivity panels that may include a substrate and a reflective layer formed over the substrate. The low emissivity panels may further include a top dielectric layer formed over the reflective layer such that the reflective layer is formed between the top dielectric layer and the substrate. The top dielectric layer may include a ternary metal oxide, such as zinc tin aluminum oxide. The top dielectric layer may also include aluminum. The concentration of aluminum may be between about 1 atomic % and 15 atomic % or between about 2 atomic % and 10 atomic %. An atomic ratio of zinc to tin in the top dielectric layer may be between about 0.67 and about 1.5 or between about 0.9 and about 1.1.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for production coatings of low-emissivity glass including a ternary alloy

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