Transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers
AssigneeSaint-Gobain Glass France
InventorThomas Barres
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Abstract
A transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers includes, from the substrate, a bottom dielectric coating including a wetting layer, which is, for example, a ZnO-based layer, a silver-based functional metal layer and a top dielectric coating, each dielectric coating including several dielectric layers, wherein the bottom dielectric coating includes a series of at least three dielectric layers having increasing refractive indices, the index difference between the three layers being at least 0.15; the top dielectric coating including a series of at least two layers having decreasing refractive indices. The Ug coefficient is kept at low values (from 0.22 to 0.31 Btu/hft2F) whereas the solar factor SHGC is maximized (from 0.720 to 0.757).
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A transparent substrate coated with a stack of thin layers having a single silver-based functional metal layer, said stack of thin layers comprising, starting from the substrate, a bottom dielectric coating, said silver-based functional metal layer and a top dielectric coating, each dielectric coating comprising several dielectric layers, wherein:
- the bottom dielectric coating is in contact with the substrate and comprises, starting from the substrate:
- a series of at least three dielectric layers having increasing refractive indices, a smoothing layer and a wetting layer, wherein a refractive index difference between each pair of successive layers of the series of at least three dielectric layers having increasing refractive indices is at least 0.15,
- the top dielectric coating comprises, in a direction moving away from the substrate:
- a zinc-oxide-based layer and a series of at least two layers having decreasing refractive indices, a refractive index difference between each pair of successive layer of the series of at least two layers having decreasing refractive indices being at least 0.15, said series of at least two layers having decreasing refractive indices being in direct contact with the zinc-oxide-based layer.
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