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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Enki Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Brenor L. Brophy, San Jose, CA (US);
Peter R. Gonsalves, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sina Maghsoodi, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas E. Colson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yu S. Yang, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Ze'ev R. Abrams, Mountain View, CA (US);
Enki Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a coating apparatus including flow coating and roll-coating that may be used for uniform sol-gel coating of substrates such as glass, solar panels, windows or part of an electronic display. Also disclosed are methods for substrate preparation, flow coating and roll coating. Lastly, systems and methods for curing sol-gel coatings deposited onto the surface of glass substrates using high temperature air-knives, infrared emitters and direct heat applicators are disclosed.