Patent · US Expired

Laminates having a buffer layer and cover layer

US6638598B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

9Claims

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Assignee

Theva Dünnschichttechnik GmbH · DE

Inventors

Helmut Kinder · Freising, DE
Markus Bauer · Oberkochen, DE
Joachim Schwachulla · Munich, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 23, 2001
Grant date	Oct 28, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 2, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/24355
WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A laminate includes an amorphous or polycrystalline substrate; a textured buffer layer arranged on the substrate and having a columnar structure wherein a low index crystal axis is inclined with respect to the substrate normal and a surface of columnar crystallites is inclined with respect to the low index crystal axis; at least one cover layer arranged on the buffer layer and having a closed surface; and an oriented thin layer.

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