IP Library Granted Patent US 9,580,352
Granted Patent B2
US 9,580,352 · App. 14/685,953 · Granted Feb 28, 2017

Glass substrate for flat panel display and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Akihiro Koyama (Takarazuka, JP); Satoshi Ami (Yokkaichi, JP); Manabu Ichikawa (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: AvanStrate Inc.
C03C3/091C03B25/00
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Patent No.
US 9,580,352
App. No.
14/685,953
Granted
Feb 28, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate for p-Si TFT flat panel displays made of a glass having a high low-temperature-viscosity characteristic temperature and manufactured while avoiding erosion/wear of a melting tank during melting through direct electrical heating. The glass substrate comprises 52-78 mass % of SiO 2 , 3-25 mass % of Al 2 O 3 , 3-15 mass % of B 2 O 3 , 3-20 mass % of RO, wherein RO is total amount of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO, 0.01-0.8 mass % of R 2 O, wherein R 2 O is total amount of Li 2 O, Na 2 O, and K 2 O, and 0-0.3 mass % of Sb 2 O 3 , and substantially does not comprise As 2 O 3 , wherein the mass ratio CaO/RO is equal to or greater than 0.65, the mass ratio (SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 )/B 2 O 3 is in a range of 7-30, and the mass ratio (SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 )/RO is equal to or greater than 5. A related method involves melting glass raw materials blended to provide the glass composition; a forming step of forming the molten glass into a flat-plate glass; and an annealing step of annealing the flat-plate glass.

Claims (33)

1. A glass substrate for a display,

the glass substrate being comprised of a glass comprising

52-78 mass % of SiO 2 ,

3-25 mass % of Al 2 O 3 ,

3-15 mass % of B 2 O 3 ,

3-20 mass % of RO, wherein RO is total amount of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO,

0.01-0.8 mass % of R 2 O, wherein R 2 O is total amount of Li 2 O, Na 2 O, and K 2 O, and

0-0.3 mass % of Sb 2 O 3 , and

substantially not comprising As 2 O 3 ,

the glass having a mass ratio (SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 )/B 2 O 3 of 9.8-30, and

a mass ratio CaO/B 2 O 3 equal to or greater than 0.9,

wherein the heat shrinkage rate after performing a heat treatment in which the temperature is raised and lowered at a rate of 10° C./min and is kept at 550° C. for 2 hours is equal to or less than 75 ppm, the heat shrinkage rate being expressed by the following equation:

Heat shrinkage rate (ppm)={Amount of shrinkage of glass before and after heat treatment/Length of glass before heat treatment}×10 6 , and

wherein the glass exhibits a strain point equal to or greater than 695° C.

2. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the glass substrate is a glass substrate for oxide semiconductor thin-film-transistor TFT display.

3. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the glass substrate is a glass substrate for a liquid crystal display.

4. The glass substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the glass exhibits a Tg equal to or higher than 750° C.

5. A glass substrate for a display comprising SiO 2 , Al 2 O 3 , B 2 O 3 , RO and R 2 O,

the glass having a mass ratio (SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 )/B 2 O 3 of 9.8-30, and a mass ratio CaO/B 2 O 3 equal to or greater than 0.9,

the glass substrate being comprised of a glass comprising

52-78 mass % of SiO 2 ,

3-25 mass % of Al 2 O 3 ,

3-20 mass % of RO, wherein RO is total amount of MgO, CaO, SrO, and BaO,

0.01-0.8 mass % of R 2 O, wherein R 2 O is total amount of Li 2 O, Na 2 O, and K 2 O, and

0-0.3 mass % of Sb 2 O 3 , and

the content of B 2 O 3 is in a range in which the glass exhibits a devitrification temperature equal to or lower than 1250° C. and equal to or lower than 11.3 mass %

substantially not comprising As 2 O 3 ,

wherein the heat shrinkage rate after performing a heat treatment in which the temperature is raised and lowered at a rate of 10° C./min and is kept at 550° C. for 2 hours is equal to or less than 75 ppm, the heat shrinkage rate being expressed by the following equation:

Heat shrinkage rate (ppm)={Amount of shrinkage of glass before and after heat treatment/Length of glass before heat treatment}×10 6 , and

wherein the glass exhibits a strain point equal to or greater than 695° C.

6. The glass substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the glass substrate is a glass substrate for oxide semiconductor thin-film-transistor TFT display.

7. The glass substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the glass substrate is a glass substrate for a liquid crystal display.

8. The glass substrate according to claim 5 , wherein the glass exhibits a Tg equal to or higher than 750° C.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2011-147768 · Jul 1, 2011 · national
JP 2012-059233 · Mar 15, 2012 · national
Continuity (3)
Division 13537906 · Jun 29, 2012
Provisional Application 61512164 · Jul 27, 2011
Related Publication 20150218040A1 · Aug 6, 2015