IP Library Granted Patent US 10,654,746
Granted Patent B2
US 10,654,746 · App. 15/986,990 · Granted May 19, 2020

Glass plate with antireflection film

Inventors: Hirotomo Kawahara (Tokyo, JP); Kenichi Suzuki (Tokyo, JP); Nobutaka Aomine (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C17/3417B32B7/023G02B1/115B32B17/10036B32B17/1055B32B17/10201C03C2217/734C03C2218/155C03C2218/365
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Patent No.
US 10,654,746
App. No.
15/986,990
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a glass sheet with an antireflection film: containing a glass sheet, a first transparent high refractive index layer located on the glass sheet, a first transparent low refractive index layer located on the first transparent high refractive index layer, a second transparent high refractive index layer located on the first transparent low refractive index layer, and a second transparent low refractive index layer located on the second transparent high refractive index layer; having a haze after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 0.4% or less; and having a visible light reflectance measured from the side of the second transparent low refractive index layer based on JIS R 3106 being 1.0% or less.

Claims (47)

1. An antireflective glass sheet comprising:

a glass sheet;

a first transparent high refractive index layer positioned on the glass sheet, the first transparent high refractive index layer being composed of a titanium oxide doped with a zirconium oxide, and having a first refractive index;

a first transparent low refractive index layer positioned on the first transparent high refractive index layer, the first transparent low refractive index layer being composed of a silicon oxide or a silicon oxide doped with a zirconium oxide, and having a second refractive index;

a second transparent high refractive index layer positioned on the first transparent low refractive index layer, the second transparent high refractive index layer being composed of a titanium oxide or a titanium oxide doped with a zirconium oxide, and having a third refractive index; and

a second transparent low refractive index layer positioned on the second transparent high refractive index layer, the second transparent low refractive index layer being composed of a silicon oxide or a silicon oxide doped with a zirconium oxide, and having a fourth refractive index,

the second refractive index being lower than the first refractive index and the third refractive index,

the fourth refractive index being lower than the first refractive index and the third refractive index,

the antireflective glass sheet having a haze after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 0.4% or less, and having a visible light reflectance measured from a side of the second transparent low refractive index layer based on JIS R 3106 being 1.0% or less, and

the second transparent low refractive index layer having an average hydrogen concentration C av , of less than 10 atom %,

wherein the average hydrogen concentration C av obtained by forming a carbon film having a thickness of 5 nm on the second transparent low refractive index layer, measuring hydrogen concentrations at a depth range of 15 nm to 20 nm from a surface of the second transparent low refractive index layer at a portion where the carbon film is formed by a high resolution ERDA method, and averaging the obtained hydrogen concentrations to obtain the average hydrogen concentration C av .

2. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transparent high refractive index layer is composed of a titanium oxide doped with a zirconium oxide in a concentration of 27 to 50 mol %, and

the first and second transparent low refractive index layers are mainly composed of a silicon oxide.

3. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the first transparent high refractive index layer is composed of the titanium oxide doped with the zirconium oxide in a concentration of 30 to 40 mol %.

4. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein a material of the second transparent high refractive index layer is a same as a material of the first transparent high refractive index layer.

5. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 2 ,

wherein the second transparent high refractive index layer is composed of a titanium oxide doped with a zirconium oxide, in a dopant concentration larger than the first transparent high refractive index layer.

6. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 , having a color change ΔE between before and after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 5 or less.

7. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 6 , having the color change ΔE between before and after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 2 or less.

8. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second transparent low refractive index layer is composed of a silicon oxide doped with a zirconium oxide in an amount of 5 to 50 mol %.

9. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first transparent low refractive index layer is composed of the silicon oxide which is free of a zirconium oxide doped.

10. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 8 ,

wherein the first transparent low refractive index layer is composed of a silicon oxide doped with a zirconium oxide in an amount of 5 to 50 mol %.

11. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transparent high refractive index layer, the first transparent low refractive index layer, the second transparent high refractive index layer, and the second transparent low refractive index layer provided on both surfaces of the glass sheet,

the antireflective glass sheet having a haze after heating at 600° C. to 700° C. for 15 minutes being 0.4% or less, and having a visible light reflectance measured from a side of the second transparent low refractive index layer based on JIS R 3106 being 2.0% or less.

12. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first refractive index is 2.25 or more at a wavelength of 630 nm.

13. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transparent high refractive index layer has a thickness of from 5 nm to 40 nm.

14. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second refractive index is from 1.4 to 1.8 at a wavelength of 630 nm.

15. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first transparent low refractive index layer has a thickness of from 5 nm to 50 nm.

16. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the third refractive index is 2.25 or more at a wavelength of 630 nm.

17. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second transparent high refractive index layer has a thickness of from 30 nm to 130 nm.

18. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the fourth refractive index is from 1.4 to 1.8 at a wavelength of 630 nm.

19. The antireflective glass sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second transparent low refractive index layer has a thickness of from 65 nm to 120 nm.

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 May 23, 2018
From: KAWAHARA, HIROTOMO; SUZUKI, KENICHI; AOMINE, NOBUTAKA
To: ASAHI GLASS COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046217/0585 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-236620 · Dec 3, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2016085428 · Nov 29, 2016
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