Coated article including low-emissivity coating, insulating glass unit including coated article, and/or methods of making the same

US8557391B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Guardian Industries Corp. · US
• Centre Luxembourgeois de Recherches pour le Verre et la Ceramique S.A. (C.R.V.C.) · LU

Inventors

• Marcus Frank · Gelnhausen, DE
• Anton Dietrich · Fontnas, CH
• Greg Miller · De Witt, US
• Richard Blacker · Farmington Hills, US
• Muhammad Imran · Hillsborough Township, US
• Jean-Marc Lemmer · Ann Arbor, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 3, 2011
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Oct 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T428/12597
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Certain example embodiments relate to a coated article including at least one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of a material such as silver or the like in a low-E coating, and methods of making the same. In certain cases, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes nickel and/or titanium (e.g., NixTiyOz). The provision of a layer including nickel titanium and/or an oxide thereof may permit a layer to be used that has good adhesion to the IR reflecting layer, and reduced absorption of visible light (resulting in a coated article with a higher visible transmission). When a layer including nickel titanium oxide is provided directly over and/or under the IR reflecting layer (e.g., as a barrier layer), this may result in improved chemical and mechanical durability. Thus, visible transmission may be improved if desired, without compromising durability; or, durability may simply be increased.