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Amorphous oxide film and article having such film thereon
Assignee: AGC Inc
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Filing: 1994-12-19
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Granted: 1996-05-07
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Expires: 2014-12-19
Abstract
Abstract An amorphous oxide film composed essentially of an oxide containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of Zr, Ti, Hf, Sn, Ta and In and at least one member selected from the group consisting of B and Si.
Inventors
- 👤 Eiichi Ando
- 👤 Koichi Suzuki
- 👤 Junichi Ebisawa
- 👤 Susumu Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 22:36
CPC Classifications
C; C03; C03C; C03C17/00; C03C17/34; C03C17/36; C03C17/3602; C03C17/3605; B; B32; B32B; B32B17/00; B32B17/06; B32B17/10; B32B17/10005; B32B17/10165; B32B17/10174; B32B27/00; B32B27/06; C03C17/22; C03C17/23; C03C17/245; C03C17/25; C03C17/3411; C03C17/3417; C03C17/3429; C03C17/3435; C03C17/3482; C03C17/3488; C03C17/3613; C03C17/3618; C03C17/3639; C03C17/3644; C03C17/3652; C03C17/3657; C03C17/3681; C03C17/38; C03C17/42; C23; C23C; C23C14/00; C23C14/06; C23C14/08; C23C14/22; C23C14/34; C23C14/3407; C23C14/3414; G; G02; G02B; G02B1/00; G02B1/10; G02B1/105; G02B1/14; C03C2217/00; C03C2217/20; C03C2217/21; C03C2217/213; C03C2217/229; C03C2217/23; C03C2217/24; C03C2217/242; C03C2217/70; C03C2217/78; C03C2218/00; C03C2218/10; C03C2218/11; C03C2218/15; C03C2218/154; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/80; Y02T10/90; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31678
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
36 words
An amorphous complex oxide film consisting essentially of an oxide containing two metals, one metal being Si and the other metal being one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, Hf, Sn, Ta and In.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
36 words
An amorphous complex oxide film consisting essentially of an oxide containing two metals, one metal being Si and the other metal being one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, Hf, Sn, Ta and In.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
An article with high durability which comprises a substrate and one or more thin film layers formed thereon, wherein the outermost layer is made of the amorphous complex oxide film according to claim 1.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
38 words
The article with high durability according to claim 2, wherein at least two layers comprising a heat radiation reflecting film and the amorphous complex oxide film are formed on the substrate in this order from the substrate side.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
42 words
The article with high durability according to claim 2, wherein at least three layers comprising a transparent dielectric film, a heat radiation reflecting film and the amorphous complex oxide film, are formed on the substrate in this order from the substrate side.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
23 words
The article with high durability according to claim 3, wherein the amorphous complex oxide layer has a refractive index of at most 2.0.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
23 words
The article with high durability according to claim 4, wherein the amorphous complex oxide layer has a refractive index of at most 2.0.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
58 words
The article with high durability according to claim 2, wherein a total of 2n+1 coating layers (n≧1) including a transparent oxide layer as the 2n+1 layer (n≧0) and a silver layer as the 2n layer (n≧1) are formed on the substrate, and the amorphous complex oxide layer is formed on the outermost layer of said 2n+1 coating layers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
29 words
The article with high durability according to claim 2, wherein one layer of the amorphorus complex oxide film is formed on one side or each side of the substrate.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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