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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8142622 | Coated article with low-E coating including IR reflecting layer(s) and corresponding method A coated article is provided with a low-emissivity (low-E) layer stack for use in a window unit or the like. The layer stack, or coating, may permit the coated article to achieve one or more of a low solar factor (SF) value, a high selectivity (Tvis/SF) v... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8092660 | Methods and equipment for depositing hydrophilic coatings, and deposition technologies for thin films The invention provides certain embodiments that involve sputtering techniques for applying a mixed oxide film comprising silica and titania. In these embodiments, the techniques involve sputtering at least two targets in a common chamber (e.g., in a shared gaseous a... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8070919 | Method for preparing one dimensional spin photonic crystal device and one dimensional spin photonic crystal device prepared by the same Provided is a method for preparing a one-dimensional spin photonic crystal device and a one-dimensional spin photonic crystal device prepared by the same. The method comprises forming magnetic and nonmagnetic regions by the interference of laser beams generated from... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8023189 | Retardation compensation element and manufacturing method of the same Two types of layers are simultaneously formed on a substrate and another substrate under the same layer forming condition, the heights of which are equal to a half height of an intended retardation compensation layer. Physical properties of the respective two types ... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8012317 | Front electrode including transparent conductive coating on patterned glass substrate for use in photovoltaic device and method of making same This invention relates to a photovoltaic device including an electrode such as a front electrode/contact. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of the photovoltaic device includes a multi-layered transparent conductive coating which is sputter-deposite... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998320 | Coated article with high visible transmission and low emissivity A coated article that can be used in applications such as insulating glass (IG) units, so that resulting IG units can achieve high visible transmission of at least 70% (e.g., when using clear glass substrates from 1.0 to 3.5 mm thick), combined with at least one of:... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7988836 | Method of making window unit including diamond-like carbon (DLC) coating A method of making a coated article (e.g., window unit), and corresponding coated article are provided. A layer of or including diamond-like carbon (DLC) is formed on a glass substrate. Then, a protective layer is formed on the substrate over the DLC inclusive layer... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7938936 | Organic electro-luminescence device A method of fabricating an organic electro-luminescence device comprising the steps of providing a substrate, an organic chamber, and a sputtering chamber, forming a hole injection layer on the substrate, forming a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer in... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7897020 | Method for alkali doping of thin film photovoltaic materials A method of manufacturing a solar cell includes providing a substrate, depositing a first electrode comprising an alkali-containing transition metal layer over the substrate, depositing at least one p-type semiconductor absorber layer over the first electrode, where... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7879202 | Scratch resistant coated glass article including carbide layer(s) resistant to fluoride-based etchant(s) A scratch resistant coated article is provided which is also resistant to attacks by at least some fluoride-based etchant(s) for at least a period of time. In certain example embodiments, an anti-etch layer(s) is provided on a glass substrate in order to protect the... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7871502 | Method for manufacturing chalcopyrite thin-film solar cell A method for fabricating a chalcopyrite-type thin film solar cell includes a first step of forming onto a Mo electrode layer 2 a precursor including an In metal layer and a Cu—Ga alloy layer by sputtering, a second step of attaching an alkali-metal solution... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7833387 | Mask blank manufacturing method and sputtering target for manufacturing the same A sputtering target for manufacturing a mask blank having a backing plate 5 where a portion for bonding a target member 4 is protruded like the convex with respect to a base portion 5′, and the target member 4 being formed to have a lar... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7820018 | Process and apparatus for applying optical coatings A process and apparatus for applying an optical coating to a substrate, wherein a transition layer 12, which is used to match mechanical properties of a substrate 10 to mechanical properties of a layer system 16 to be applied upon the transition... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7820017 | Dielectric-layer-coated substrate and installation for production thereof The invention relates to a substrate (1), especially a glass substrate, coated with at least one dielectric thin-film layer deposited by sputtering, especially magnetically enhanced sputtering and preferably reactive sputtering in the presence of oxygen and/o... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7780821 | Multi-chamber processing with simultaneous workpiece transport and gas delivery A method for treating/processing substrates/workpieces in a multi-chamber treatment/processing apparatus, comprising: providing a multi-chamber treatment/processing apparatus comprising at least a pair of operatively interconnected... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7604717 | Electrochemical device The invention relates to an essentially metallic target of a cathodic sputtering device, in particular a magnetic-field-assisted device, the said target mainly comprising nickel alloyed with at least one other minor element in order to reduce or eliminate its ferrom... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7556721 | Thiosilicate phosphor compositions and deposition methods using barium-silicon vacuum deposition sources for deposition of thiosilicate phosphor films The present invention relates to novel thiosilicate phosphor compositions. The invention is further a physical vapor deposition method for the deposition of rare earth activated thiosilicate phosphor compositions comprising providing at least one or more source mate... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7550067 | Coated article with ion treated underlayer and corresponding method A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. Ion beam treatment is performed on a layer(s) of the coating. For example, a silicon nitride layer of a low-E coating may be ion beam treated. It h... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7438948 | Method for coating a substrate with an undercoating and a functional coating A method for forming a coated substrate is disclosed. The method comprises depositing an undercoating layer and depositing a functional coating comprising a material which can be present in more than one crystal structure over the undercoating layer, wherein there i... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7431808 | Sputter target based on titanium dioxide An electrically conductive titanium dioxide sputter target with an electrical resistivity of less than 5 Ω-cm, which contains as an additive at least one doping agent or a mixture of doping agents in an amount of less than 5 mole %. The doping agent or agents are s... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7368146 | Magneto-optical recording medium, manufacturing method thereof and magneto-optical data recording and playback device A magneto-optical recording medium has a recording layer and a reflective layer on a substrate. The recording layer has a layered structure in which at least one spinel ferrite (or rutile-type oxide or hematite) layer and at least one garnet ferrite layer are piled ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365918 | Fast x-ray lenses and fabrication method therefor A fabrication process for zone plate lenses is based on controlled thin layer deposition for fabricating structures as small as 2 nanometers (nm) in width, and potentially smaller. The substrate for deposition will take the form of a precision hole, fabricated in a ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364644 | Silver selenide film stoichiometry and morphology control in sputter deposition A method of sputter depositing silver selenide and controlling the stoichiometry and nodular defect formations of a sputter deposited silver-selenide film. The method includes depositing silver-selenide using a sputter deposition process at a pressure of about 0.3 m... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364942 | Process for wafer level treatment to reduce stiction and passivate micromachined surfaces and compounds used therefor This invention discloses a process for forming durable anti-stiction surfaces on micromachined structures while they are still in wafer form (i.e., before they are separated into discrete devices for assembly into packages). This process involves the vapor depositio... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361406 | Ultra-high current density thin-film Si diode A combination of a thin-film μc-Si and a-Si:H containing diode structure characterized by an ultra-high current density that exceeds 1000 A/cm2, comprising: a substrate; a bottom metal layer disposed on the substrate; an n-layer of μc-Si deposited the b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7323088 | Glazing panels A method of manufacturing a glazing panel comprises the steps of: a) taking a glazing panel having on one of its surfaces (i) a substantially transparent coating layer having a transformable portion, and (ii) an enamel material associated with the transformable port... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321196 | Organic light emitting diode with transparent electrode structure having dielectric layer An organic light emitting diode is provided. The organic light emitting diode includes a substrate, an electrode structure formed on said substrate, an organic layer formed on said electrode structure and a transparent electrode structure having at least one transpa... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7311961 | Method of making coated articles and coated articles made thereby An article includes a first substrate, a functional coating deposited over at least a portion of the substrate, and a protective coating deposited over the functional coating. The functional coating and the protective coating define a coating stack. A polymeric mate... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303658 | Glass coated with heat reflecting colored film and process for its production A glass coated with a heat reflecting colored film, which is excellent in the uniformity of the film thickness and composition, which is free from a unfavorable whitish coloration in ceramic color printing and which is excellent in a silver print coloration, is pres... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300557 | Device for targeted application of deposition material to a substrate The invention relates to a device for the targeted application of deposition material onto a substrate, especially for focusing the sputter flux onto a narrow angular range in a PVD-system. The invention is characterized in that the deposition material is directed t... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7294404 | Graded photocatalytic coatings The invention provides graded photocatalytic coatings. In one aspect, the invention provides a substrate carrying a photocatalytic coating that includes a first graded film region and a second graded film region. The first graded film region has a substantially cont... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291251 | Method of making coated article with IR reflecting layer(s) using krypton gas A method of making a coated article is provided, where the coated article may be used in a window or the like and may have at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer in a low-E coating. The IR reflecting layer may be of silver or the like. In certain example embodi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7288224 | Method of producing a sputtering target A sputtering target contains a target material including as constituent elements Ag, In, Te and Sb with the respective atomic percents (atom. %) of α, β, γ and δ thereof being in the relationship of 0.5≦α | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282123 | Composite sputter target and phosphor deposition method The invention is a novel sputter target and deposition method for multi-element thin film phosphors for thick film dielectric electroluminescent displays in which the deposited phosphors provide a high luminance and colors required for TV applications. The method co... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7282121 | Manufacturing method and apparatus of phase shift mask blank There is disclosed a manufacturing method of a phase shift mask blank in which dispersions of phase angle and transmittance among blanks can be reduced as much as possible and yield is satisfactory. In the manufacturing method of the phase shift mask blank, a proces... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7273534 | Optical device substrate film-formation apparatus, optical disk substrate film-formation method, substrate holder manufacture method, substrate holder, optical disk and a phase-change recording type of optical disk In an optical disk substrate film-formation apparatus which prepared an optical disk by forming a thin film on a substrate, the optical disk substrate is held by a holder section. A contact support surface is provided to the holder section which closely contacts at ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267748 | Method of making coated article having IR reflecting layer with predetermined target-substrate distance A coated article is provided, where a coating is supported by a substrate. The coating may include at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including Ag, Au or the like. The IR reflecting layer(s) may be sandwiched between first and second dielectric layers... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7261797 | Passive bipolar arc control system and method A method and system for controlling arcs in a DC sputtering system with a passive circuit is presented. The arc control system includes a sputtering chamber that houses an anode and a sputtering target formed from a target material and serving as a cathode. A DC pow... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261680 | Stress and/or temperature-indicating composition for roll covers An industrial roll includes: a substantially cylindrical core and a cover overlying the adhesive layer. The cover typically comprises a polymeric top stock layer which comprises a mixture of a polymeric material and at least one of a piezochromic material and a ther... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7245580 | Optical recording medium having protective and/or adhesive layers, and method of manufacture An optical recording medium including a substrate having guide groove thereon; a first protective layer located overlying the substrate; a recording layer located overlying the first protective layer; a second protective layer located overlying the recording layer; ... | 07/17/2007 |
