Reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors and reflector provided with the same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho
InventorsKatsutoshi Takagi, Toshiki Sato, Junichi Nakai, Yuuki Tauchi
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Abstract
A reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors, which has excellent surface flatness and shows high reflectivity even under a heating environment and a reflector. The reflective Ag alloy film for reflectors has an average surface roughness of 2.0 nm or less and contains a rare earth element (such as Nd) in a content in the range of 0.1 to 3.0 at %, or further at least one selected from Au, Pd, Cu and Pt in a content in the range of 0.5 to 5.0 at %. The reflector comprises the above reflective Ag alloy film formed on a substrate.
Claims21
An automotive lamp comprising a reflective film, the reflective film comprising:
- an Ag-based alloy;
- and
- a substrate;
- wherein:
- the alloy comprises Pd, Pt or both Pd and Pt in a range of from 0.5 to 5.0 at %, and a rare earth element in a range of from 0.1 to 3.1 at %;
- a film comprising one or more nitrides selected from the group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, and boron nitride is formed on the substrate as a primer layer;
- and
- the reflective film has an average surface roughness Ra of 2.0 nm or less.
The automotive lamp according to 1, wherein the film comprises one or more oxides selected from the group consisting of zinc oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, indium oxide, indium tin oxide, yttrium oxide, zirconium oxide, zirconium oxide, and aluminum oxide.
The automotive lamp according to claim l, wherein the reflective film is obtained by heating the substrate at a temperature of from 50 to 200° C. at the time of film formation.
An automotive lamp comprising a reflective film, the reflective film comprising:
- an Ag-based alloy;
- and
- a substrate;
- wherein:
- the alloy comprises Pd, Pt or both Pd and Pt in a range of from 0.5 to 5.0 at %, and a rare earth element in a range of from 0.1 to 3.1 at %;
- a film comprising one or more oxynitrides is formed on the substrate as a primer layer;
- and
- the reflective film has an average surface roughness Ra of 2.0 nm or less.
An automotive lamp comprising a reflective film, the reflective film comprising:
- an Ag-based alloy;
- and
- a substrate;
- wherein:
- the alloy comprises Pd, Pt or both Pd and Pt in a range of from 0.5 to 5.0 at %, and a rare earth element in a range of from 0.1 to 3.1 at %;
- a film comprising silicon aluminum oxynitride is formed on the substrate as a primer layer;
- and
- the reflective film has an average surface roughness Ra of 2.0 nm or less.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.