IP Library Granted Patent US 10,392,300
Granted Patent B2
US 10,392,300 · App. 15/440,065 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

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

Inventors: Brent Boyce (Novi, MI); Yiwei Lu (Ann Arbor, MI); Guowen Ding (San Jose, CA); Cesar Clavero (San Jose, CA); Daniel Schweigert (San Jose, CA); Minh Le (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC
C03C17/3435C03C17/002C23C14/0641C23C14/0652C23C14/086C23C14/34E06B9/24G02B5/208G02B5/282C03C2217/948C03C2218/154E06B2009/2417
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Patent No.
US 10,392,300
App. No.
15/440,065
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

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).

Claims (38)

1. A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

a first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate;

a first infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising ITO on the glass substrate, wherein the first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is located between at least the glass substrate and the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO;

a second dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate over at least the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO;

a second layer IR reflecting layer comprising a nitride of titanium on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers comprising silicon nitride, so that the second dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is located between and directly contacting the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO and the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium;

a third dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate over at least the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium;

wherein the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO is from 250-450 A thick, and the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium is from 130-300 A thick;

wherein the coating contains no IR reflecting layer based on silver, and contains only two IR reflecting layers;

wherein the coating has a normal emittance (E n ) value of no greater than 0.30; and

wherein the coated article measured monolithically has: a visible transmission from about 15-80%, a film side visible reflectance no greater than 10%, a glass side visible reflectance no greater than about 30%, a glass side reflective a* value of from −10.0 to +1.6, and a light-to-solar gain ratio (LSG) of at least 1.10.

2. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium comprises TiN x , where x is from 0.8 to 1.2.

3. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium comprises TiN x , where x is from 0.9 to 1.1.

4. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the second IR reflecting layer contains from 0-8% oxygen (atomic %).

5. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the second IR reflecting layer contains from 0-5% oxygen (atomic %).

6. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride directly contacts the glass substrate and the first IR reflecting layer.

7. The coated article of claim 6 , wherein the first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride further comprises oxygen.

8. The coated article of claim 1 , where the second IR reflecting layer consists essentially of the nitride of titanium.

9. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coating further comprises an overcoat comprising an oxide of zirconium.

10. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a visible transmission from about 20-70%, and a light-to-solar gain ratio (LSG) of at least 1.15.

11. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a light-to-solar gain ratio (LSG) of at least 1.22.

12. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a film side visible reflectance no greater than 8%.

13. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a film side visible reflectance no greater than 5%.

14. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the glass substrate is a clear glass substrate.

15. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article has a glass side reflective a* value of from −8 to +1.0, and a film side reflective a* value of from −9 to +9.

16. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third dielectric layers comprising silicon nitride is doped with aluminum.

17. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article is a monolithic window.

18. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article measured monolithically has an SHGC value of no greater than 0.52.

19. The coated article of claim 1 , wherein the coated article measured monolithically has an SHGC value of no greater than 0.45.

20. A coated article including a coating supported by a glass substrate, the coating comprising:

a first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate;

a first infrared (IR) reflecting layer comprising ITO on the glass substrate, wherein the first dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is located between at least the glass substrate and the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO;

a second dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate over at least the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO;

a second layer IR reflecting layer comprising a nitride of titanium on the glass substrate over at least the first and second dielectric layers comprising silicon nitride, so that the second dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride is located between at least the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO and the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium;

a third dielectric layer comprising silicon nitride on the glass substrate over at least the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium;

wherein the first IR reflecting layer comprising ITO is from 250-450 A thick, and the second IR reflecting layer comprising the nitride of titanium is from 130-300 A thick;

wherein the coating contains no IR reflecting layer based on silver, and contains only two IR reflecting layers;

wherein the coating has a normal emittance (E n ) value of no greater than 0.30; and

wherein the coated article measured monolithically has a visible transmission from about 15-80% and a light-to-solar gain ratio (LSG) of at least 1.15.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: BOYCE, BRENT; LU, YIWEI
To: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
Reel/Frame 046749/0520 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: DING, GUOWEN; CLAVERO, CESAR; SCHWEIGERT, DANIEL; LE, MINH
To: INTERMOLECULAR INC.
Reel/Frame 046749/0550 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2017
From: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
To: GUARDIAN GLASS, LLC.
Reel/Frame 044053/0318 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 20, 2017
From: INTERMOLECULAR, INC.
To: GUARDIAN INDUSTRIES CORP.
Reel/Frame 043920/0806 →
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