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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2010
Applicants:
Christopher R. Cording, Kingsport, TN (US);
Eric Tixhon, Crisnée, BE;
Alain Schutz, Jambes, BE;
Inventors:
Assignees:
AGC FLAT GLASS NORTH AMERICA, INC., Alpharetta, GA (US);
AGC GLASS EUROPE, S.A, Gosselies, BE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 17/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C03C 17/3441 (2013.01); C03C 17/34 (2013.01); C03C 17/3417 (2013.01); C03C 17/3452 (2013.01); C03C 2218/322 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides low-E thin film optical stacks with improved optical and infrared reflecting properties and methods of making the same. More specifically, the present invention provides for a metal oxide thin film coating that exhibits lower emissivity values than its predecessor due to the inclusion of an oxidizer in the metal oxide deposition process, such as a strong acid such as nitric acid. The present invention also provides for a method that increases the coating efficiencies of the thin films described herein.