IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,634,353
Granted Patent B2
US 11,634,353 · App. 16/590,573 · Granted Apr 25, 2023

Glass plate and window

Inventors: Eriko Maeda (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Takato Kajihara (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Kensuke Nagai (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Yutaka Kuroiwa (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Osamu Kagaya (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Ryuta Sonoda (Chiyoda-ku, JP); Hiroyuki Hijiya (Chiyoda-ku, JP)
Assignee: AGC Inc.
C03C3/083C03C3/085C03C3/087C03C3/091C03C3/093B60J1/00C03C3/105C03C3/108
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Patent No.
US 11,634,353
App. No.
16/590,573
Granted
Apr 25, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a glass plate for a window material and a window comprising the glass plate, which are less likely to be a barrier to radio transmitting/receiving in use of a radio-utilizing apparatus, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness, a window comprising the glass plate, and a radio communication apparatus comprising the glass plate.

Claims (64)

1. A glass plate having a radio transmittance of at least 20% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness,

wherein the glass plate contains, as represented by mol % based on oxides, the following components in the following contents:

55≤SiO 2 ≤75

1.3≤Al 2 O 3 ≤3.35

0≤B 2 O 3 ≤15

0≤MgO≤2.6

0≤CaO≤20

0≤SrO≤4

0≤BaO≤15

0≤Li 2 O≤0.01

0.1≤Na 2 O≤16

1≤K 2 O≤16

0≤ZrO 2 ≤2

0.001≤Fe 2 O 3 ≤5

0.001≤TiO 2 ≤1.5

1.1≤R 2 O≤20

0≤RO≤20

85≤SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 +MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+Fe 2 O 3 +TiO 2 ≤100

9.1≤7Al 2 O 3 +3MgO≤23.5

0.05≤Na 2 O/R 2 O≤0.8

1.1≤R 2 O+B 2 O 3 ≤22

0≤PbO<0.001

0≤ZnO≤8,

wherein R 2 O is a total content of alkali metal oxides, and RO is a total content of MgO, CaO, SrO and BaO, and

the glass plate has a NiO content of 0 mass ppm to 100 mass ppm.

2. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains, as represented by mol % based on oxides, the following components in the following contents:

60≤SiO 2 ≤74

1.5≤Al 2 O 3 ≤3.0

0≤B 2 O 3 ≤10

0.1≤MgO≤2.6

1≤CaO≤18

0≤SrO≤2.5

0.5≤BaO≤12

2≤Na 2 O≤15

1.5≤K 2 O≤13

0.5≤ZrO 2 ≤1.8

0.001≤TiO 2 ≤1

5≤R 2 O≤19

5≤RO≤18

98≤SiO 2 +Al 2 O 3 +MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO+Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O+Fe 2 O 3 +TiO 2 ≤100

10.8≤7Al 2 O 3 +3MgO≤23

0.1≤Na 2 O/R 2 O≤0.75

5≤R 2 O+B 2 O 3 ≤20

0≤ZnO≤6.

3. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which contains substantially no NiO.

4. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein the content of Na 2 O, as represented by mol % based on oxides, is:

0.1≤Na 2 O≤11.

5. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a radio transmittance of at least 25% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness.

6. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a radio transmittance of at most 84% at a frequency of 100 GHz as calculated as 18 mm thickness.

7. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which satisfies, when plane waves at a frequency of 10 GHz at an electric field strength of 1 V/m are made to enter the glass plate having a thickness of 1.2λ, from a wave source 2λ apart from an opening, a linear approximation of y>(0.0607×x), wherein y (V/m) is the electric field strength at a measurement point 10λ apart from the opening, and x is a value obtained by dividing the opening area S (mm 2 ) by λ 2 .

8. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which satisfies an exponential approximation of y′>exp(−0.081×x′), wherein y′ is the approximate transmittance at a frequency of 100 GHz, and x′ is the thickness (mm) of the glass plate.

9. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which satisfies an exponential approximation of the relation between the frequency x″ and the radio transmittance y″ at a frequency of from 6 to 20 GHz, as calculated as 18 mm thickness, approximated to a function y″=[constant 1]×e [constant 2]×x″, of y″> 0.8619e −0.015x″ .

10. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a specific gravity of from 2.40 to 3.00, a Young's modulus of from 60 GPa to 100 GPa and an average coefficient of linear expansion from 50° C. to 350° C. of from 35×10 −7 to 120×10 −7 .

11. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a Na 2 O elution amount in a water resistance test of from 0.001 mg to 0.6 mg.

12. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein T 2 is at most 1,750° C., T 4 is at most 1,350° C., and T 4 -T L is at least −150° C., wherein (T 2 is a temperature at which the glass viscosity becomes 10 2 (dPa·s), T 4 is a temperature at which the glass viscosity becomes 10 4 (dPa·s), and T L is the liquid phase temperature of the glass.

13. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a glass transition point Tg of from 400° C. to 750° C.

14. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a visible light transmittance T VA of from 30 to 92% as calculated as 3.85 mm plate thickness.

15. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has a solar direct transmittance Te of from 35 to 91% as calculated as 3.85 mm plate thickness.

16. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein A x radio transmittance is from 0.0225 m 2− % to 8,400 m 2− %, wherein A is the area (m 2 ) of the glass plate.

17. The glass plate according to claim 1 , wherein radio transmittance/t is from 0.7%/mm to 84%/mm, wherein t is the thickness (mm) of the glass plate.

18. The glass plate according to claim 1 , which has an area of at least 900 mm 2 .

19. A window comprising the glass plate as defined in claim 1 .

20. The window according to claim 19 , which is for an automobile or for a building.

21. A radio commtmication apparatus comprising the glass plate as defined in claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 2, 2019
From: MAEDA, ERIKO; KAJIHARA, TAKATO; NAGAI, KENSUKE; KUROIWA, YUTAKA; KAGAYA, OSAMU; SONODA, RYUTA; HIJIYA, HIROYUKI
To: AGC INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP JP2017-090141 · Apr 28, 2017 · national
JP JP2017-140687 · Jul 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2018017236 · Apr 27, 2018
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