IP Library Granted Patent US 9,090,501
Granted Patent B2
US 9,090,501 · App. 14/313,315 · Granted Jul 28, 2015

Method for reducing warpage of glass substrate caused by chemical strengthening process, and method for producing chemically strengthened glass substrate

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Patent No.
US 9,090,501
App. No.
14/313,315
Granted
Jul 28, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method includes: forming at least one layer of a film formed of an inorganic material, that contains H atoms in a concentration of 1.0×10 15 to 1.0×10 19 atom/mm 3 , on at least a top surface of a glass substrate having a bottom surface to contact a molten metal during forming and the top surface facing the bottom surface, thereby reducing a warpage of the glass substrate caused by a chemical strengthening process performed after forming the at least one layer on the top surface of the glass substrate. The glass substrate is formed by a float process.

Claims (13)

1. A method comprising:

forming at least one layer of a film formed of an inorganic material, that contains H atoms in a concentration of 1.0×10 15 to 1.0×10 19 atom/mm 3 , on at least a top surface of a glass substrate having a bottom surface to contact a molten metal during forming and the top surface facing the bottom surface, thereby reducing a warpage of the glass substrate caused by a chemical strengthening process performed after forming the at least one layer on the top surface of the glass substrate,

wherein the glass substrate is formed by a float process.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material is an alkali-free oxide.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the alkali-free oxide includes at least one of an oxide and a composite oxide, the oxide and composite oxide include at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, tin, aluminum, zinc, chromium, copper, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, silver, niobium, molybdenum, antimony, and indium.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the film formed of the inorganic material is a film formed by an atmospheric pressure CVD method.

5. A method for producing a chemically strengthened glass substrate, the method comprising:

forming at least one layer of a film formed of an inorganic material, that contains H atoms in a concentration of 1.0×10 15 to 1.0×10 19 atom/mm 3 , on at least a top surface of a glass substrate having a bottom surface to contact a molten metal during forming and the top surface facing the bottom surface; and

subjecting the glass substrate in which the film has been formed to a chemical strengthening process,

wherein the glass substrate is formed by a float process.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the inorganic material is an alkali-free oxide.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the alkali-free oxide includes at least one of an oxide and a composite oxide, the oxide and composite oxide include at least one element selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium, tin, aluminum, zinc, chromium, copper, manganese, iron, cobalt, nickel, zirconium, silver, niobium, molybdenum, antimony, and indium.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the film formed of the inorganic material is a film formed by an atmospheric pressure CVD method.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 7, 2018
From: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
To: AGC INC.
Reel/Frame 046730/0786 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2014
From: OKAHATA, NAOKI; NAKAGAWA, KOJI
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 033366/0935 →