| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 359360000 | Having metal layer | 43 |
| 20080259439 | Multilayer-film reflective mirror, exposure apparatus, device manufacturing method, and manufacturing method of multilayer-film reflective mirror - Multilayer-film reflective mirrors are disclosed. An exemplary such mirror has a base and a multilayer film formed on the base. The multilayer film includes multiple layer pairs. Each layer pair includes a respective first layer and a respective second layer, wherein the first and second layers are laminated together in an alternating manner. The multilayer film has first and second regions that reflect extreme ultraviolet light. A first group of layers is disposed in the first and second regions and has a first periodic length. A second group disposed in the first region has a second periodic length different from the first periodic length, and a third group disposed in the second region has a substantially same periodic length as the first periodic length. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20120212810 | MIRROR FOR THE EUV WAVELENGTH RANGE, PROJECTION OBJECTIVE FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY CROMPRISING SUCH A MIRROR, AND PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS FOR MICROLITHOGRAPHY COMPRISING SUCH A PROJECTION OBJECTIVE - EUV-mirror having a substrate (S) and a layer arrangement that includes plural layer subsystems (P″, P′″) each consisting of a periodic sequence of at least two periods (P | 08-23-2012 |
| 20090195865 | INFRARED RADIATION REFLECTING LAYER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF - The invention relates to an infrared radiation reflecting layer system for panes of glass and similar, the properties of said layer system being maintained even after heat treatment, for example, for bending or hardening the panes of glass. Silver is used as the infrared radiation reflecting layer. A combination of NiCrO | 08-06-2009 |
| 20120182607 | CONCENTRATOR FOR SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION AND PRODUCTION THEREOF FROM POLYMERIC MATERIALS - The present invention relates to a concentrator for concentrating solar radiation and to the production thereof from polymeric materials. The concentrator according to the invention can be used in photovoltaically or in particular in solar thermally usable systems. The concentrator according to the invention allows for the efficient concentration of solar radiation onto objects such as solar cells, independent of the geometry thereof. This relates, for example, to the surface of a solar cell as it is used in concentrating photovoltaics, and also an absorber tube as it is used in concentrating solar heating, for example in the scope of the parabolic trough technology. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20130088773 | COATED ARTICLE HAVING LOW-E COATING WITH ABSORBER LAYER(S) - A coated article is provided, having a coating supported by a glass substrate where the coating includes at least one color and/or reflectivity-adjusting absorber layer. The absorber layer(s) allows color tuning, and reduces the glass side reflection of the coated article and/or allows sheet resistance of the coating to be reduced without degrading glass side reflection. In certain example embodiments the absorber layer is provided between first and second dielectric layers which may be of substantially the same material and/or composition. In certain example embodiments, the coated article is capable of achieving desirable transmission, together with desired color, low reflectivity, and low selectivity, when having only one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of silver and/or gold. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, monolithic windows, or the like. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130057952 | SUBSTRATE MADE OF AN ALUMINUM-SILICON ALLOY OR CRYSTALLINE SILICON, METAL MIRROR, METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND USE THEREOF - The invention relates to a substrate made of an aluminium-silicon alloy or crystalline silicon to which a polishable layer is applied and also to a metal mirror which comprises this substrate. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for the production of metal mirrors and also the use of the metal mirror according to the invention. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20090268279 | REFLECTIVE MATERIAL AND REFLECTOR FOR LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE - A reflective material which has a high UV light reflectance and maintains such a high reflectance even after heat treatment, and a reflector for LEDs are provided. A reflective material including a polymer obtained from a composition as a raw material which contains the following (a) and (b): (a) 95 to 30 mass % of a thermally polymerizable or photopolymerizable compound; and (b) 5 to 70 mass % of hollow particles which are formed of a material having an ultraviolet light transmittance of 50% or more at a wavelength of 350 nm. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20100271693 | NARROWBAND FILTERS FOR THE EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET - A filter for extreme ultraviolet is disclosed. The filter may be formed by a multilayer structure comprising several layers of Yb and Al deposited on a substrate using thermal evaporation. The layers of Yb and Al may be separated by SiO layers, which may act as barriers avoiding interaction between the layers. The multilayer structure may be covered by a SiO protective layer. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100245991 | Film Mirror Having Ultraviolet Ray Reflection Film - Disclosed is a film mirror used for reflection of sunlight, which includes, in the following order from the side where sunlight is entered, an ultraviolet ray reflection film which reflects ultraviolet ray and transmits visible and infrared light, a plastic film layer, a metal reflection-layer which reflects visible and infrared light, and a protective layer. | 09-30-2010 |
| 20080266651 | OPTICAL APPARATUS, MULTILAYER-FILM REFLECTIVE MIRROR, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, AND DEVICE - An optical apparatus comprises a plurality of multilayer-film reflective mirrors that are capable of reflecting a electromagnetic wave in an extreme ultraviolet region. The multilayer-film reflective mirrors are arranged along an optical axis of the electromagnetic wave, and at least two of the multilayer-film reflective mirrors have reflecting, wavelength characteristics being different from each other, in a wavelength region other than the extreme ultraviolet region. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20110249326 | SELECTIVE SOLAR ABSORBENT COATING AND MANUFACTURING METHOD - Selective solar absorbent coating and manufacturing method, with solar absorption and low emissivity properties. The coating comprises a substrate ( | 10-13-2011 |
| 20090046356 | REFLECTOR AND APPARATUS INCLUDING THE REFLECTOR - A reflective plate | 02-19-2009 |
| 20110170176 | METAL BASED COATING COMPOSITION AND RELATED COATED SUBSTRATES - A coated substrate is disclosed. The coated substrate includes a substrate and a coating composition over the substrate comprising at least one metal based layer selected from tungsten, chromium, tantalum, molybdenum, aluminum, niobium, and mixtures and alloys thereof; and mixtures and alloys of cobalt and chromium; and at least one dielectric layer including Si | 07-14-2011 |
| 20080212169 | Reflector for an Infrared Radiating Element - The invention relates to a reflector for an infrared radiating element. The reflector comprises a metal foil coated with—a first oxide layer deposited on the metal foil; —an infrared reflecting metal layer deposited on said first oxide layer; and—a second oxide layer deposited on said infrared reflecting layer. The first oxide layer is functioning as a diffusion barrier layer and is preventing the diffusion of the metal of the infrared reflecting layer in the substrate. The second oxide layer is functioning as a protective layer for the infrared reflecting layer giving the infrared reflecting layer the required thermal stability. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20120293862 | RUGGEDIZED SWITCHABLE GLAZING, AND/OR METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - A coated article includes a low-E coating supported by a substrate (e.g., glass substrate), the low-E coating including first and second IR reflecting layers comprising silver and/or gold, and at least one UV blocking layer that blocks significant amounts of UV light having a wavelength of from 380-400 nm so that no more than about 20% of light having a wavelength of from 380-400 passes through the low-E coating. The UV blocking layer may be positioned so as to not directly contact the first and second IR reflecting layers. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20100271694 | SOLAR MIRROR - A solar mirror comprising a transparent substrate ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20120140316 | OPTICAL BODY, WINDOW MEMBER, FITTING, AND SOLAR SHADING DEVICE - An optical body includes a first optical layer having a concave-convex surface, a wavelength-selective reflecting layer formed on the concave-convex surface, and a second optical layer formed on the wavelength-selective reflecting layer to embed the concave-convex surface, the wavelength-selective reflecting layer having a multilayer structure formed by successively stacking at least a first high refractive index layer, a metal layer, and a second high refractive index layer, wherein, given that optical film thicknesses of the first high refractive index layer and the second high refractive index layer are x and y, respectively, and a geometrical film thickness of the metal layer is z, x, y and z satisfy the following formula (1): | 06-07-2012 |
| 20090128895 | FILTER FOR DISPLAY DEVICE | 05-21-2009 |
| 20120069429 | SYSTEM FOR FILTERING RADIO FREQUENCY AND INFRARED OPTICAL TRANSMISSIONS - The present invention pertains to anti-surveillance security windows comprising one or more conductive glass substrates and one or more layers comprising an organic radical cation compound, wherein the layers reflect in the infrared region. Preferably, the organic radical cation compound is a salt of an aminium radical cation. The security windows may further comprise one or more layers of a multilayer interference stack of a metal/metal or metal/metal oxide design. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20110128617 | HIGH INFRARED REFLECTION COATINGS, THIN FILM COATING DEPOSITION METHODS AND ASSOCIATED TECHNOLOGIES - The invention provides low-emissivity coatings that are highly reflective of infrared radiation. The coating includes three infrared-reflection film regions, which may each comprise silver. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110007388 | Vehicles Having a High Efficiency Solar Control System - An automobile or vehicle having a high efficiency solar control system is provided. The automobile may have a window defined by a sheet of glass and a film mounted to its exterior side. The film may reflect solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges yet allow high transmission of light in the visible range such that the occupants of the automobile may view his/her surroundings through the window. The film may have a layer of silver which reflects the solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges. Since the silver is susceptible to oxidation and turns the silver into a black body which absorbs the near and mid infrared radiation, the film may be designed to slow the rate of oxidation of the silver layer to an acceptable level. The silver layer may be sandwiched between the glass which does not allow oxygen to diffuse there through and reach the layer of silver and a stack of sacrificial layers having a certain thickness which slows down the rate of oxygen diffusion to an acceptable level. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20120268811 | FILM MIRROR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, AND REFLECTING DEVICE FOR SOLAR THERMAL POWER GENERATION USING SAID FILM MIRROR - A film mirror prevents a drop in the specular reflectance rate caused by the deterioration of a silver layer functioning as a reflective layer. The film mirror is either provided at least with an ultraviolet absorption layer, resin base layers which neighbor each other, a silver reflective layer, and a lower adjacent layer as the constituent layers, in this order, from the side in which light enters, or provided at least with an ultraviolet absorption layer, resin base layers which neighbor each other, an adhesive layer, a silver reflective layer, and a lower adjacent layer as the constituent layers, in said order, from the side in which light enters. Either the resin base layer or the adhesive layer contains a stabilizer. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20110261443 | HEAT RAY REFLECTIVE FILM AND LAMINATE THEREOF, AND COATING FLUID FOR FORMING HEAT RAY REFLECTIVE LAYER - Disclosed is a heat ray reflective film having a single layer structure, which has high heat ray reflectivity, can relatively control visible light absorption and visible light reflection and has excellent heat stability. Also disclosed is a heat ray reflective laminate which has high environmental durability and is suitable as a window material for buildings or automobiles. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20110096391 | BROADBAND REFLECTING MIRROR - To provide a broadband reflecting mirror having high reflectance within a wavelength band of 400 nm to 2500 nm and having excellent thermal resistance and damage resistance. A broadband reflecting mirror | 04-28-2011 |
| 20100027107 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY DEVICE - A reflective optical element exhibits an increase in the maximum reflectivity at operating wavelengths in the extreme ultraviolet or soft x-ray wavelength range. A first additional intermediate layer ( | 02-04-2010 |
| 20100220389 | POLYMERIC COVER WITH PROTECTIVE PROPERTIES AGAINST SOLAR RADIATION - The invention relates to a cover polymeric with protective properties against solar radiation, suitable for controlling both ultraviolet radiation and infrared radiation or both at the same time. The cover comprises a substrate of polymeric material with a specific density greater than 1, provided with at least one UV radiation-absorbing compound: and at least one selective solar filter, transparent to visible light and reflecting infrared radiation, applied on said substrate and which is configured by at least one first dielectric material layer; at least one first metal layer; an intermediate layer as a barrier; and at least one second dielectric material layer. The cover is applicable as a coating of rigid laminar materials and also as material for greenhouses or buildings with transparent walls. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20120099188 | Laser Protection Structures and Methods of Fabrication - An optically transmissive structure for laser protection is provided including a plurality of metallic layers of material interspersed with a plurality of dielectric layers of material. The metallic layers are interposed with the dielectric layers; the metallic layers include individual layers each having a thickness smaller than a skin depth of the metal at a selected wavelength; and the dielectric layers separating two metallic layers have a thickness equal to or smaller than the selected wavelength in the dielectric layer of material. A method for fabricating the above structure is also provided. An optically transmissive structure for laser protection including a plurality of metal layers interposed with dielectric material layers is also provided. A transmittance of the structure is greater than fifty percent (50%) for an incident light having a wavelength of 550 nm; and an optical density of the structure is greater than two (2) for an incident light having a wavelength between 1000 nm and 1400 nm. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120013976 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - A stress-reduced reflective optical element for a working wavelength in the soft X-ray and extreme ultraviolet wavelength range includes a first multilayer system ( | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110013273 | Spectral Selective Solar Control Film Containing an Air Layer for Windows - A building structure having a high efficiency solar control system is provided. The building structure may have a window defined by a sheet of glass and a film mounted to its exterior side. There may be a gap between the film and the glass wherein the film, film and gap, or gap provides thermal insulation. The film may reflect solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges yet allow high transmission of light in the visible range such that the occupants of the building structure may view his/her surroundings through the window. The film may have a layer of silver which reflects the solar radiation in the near and mid infrared ranges. Since the silver is susceptible to oxidation and turns the silver into a black body which absorbs the near and mid infrared radiation, a protective layer on the exterior of the infrared reflecting layer may be designed to slow the rate of oxidation of the silver layer to an acceptable level. The silver layer may be sandwiched between the glass which does not allow oxygen to diffuse there through and reach the layer of silver and the protective layer having a certain thickness which slows down the rate of oxygen diffusion to an acceptable level. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110080637 | ULTRAVIOLET RETROREFLECTORS - A waveband selective retroreflective article, comprising a body layer having a plurality of concave retroreflective elements, each said concave retroreflective element forming a cavity having open-face surfaces and an additional layer that includes particles of a wave-band selective material. | 04-07-2011 |
| 20120300291 | METAL REFLECTORS - In one example, a metal reflector includes a silver layer and an underlying metal layer in galvanic communication with the silver layer. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120250144 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN EUV LITHOGRAPHY APPARATUS - In order to reduce the adverse influence of contamination composed of silicon dioxide, hydrocarbons and/or metals within an EUV lithography apparatus on the reflectivity, a reflective optical element ( | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120314281 | REFLECTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF SUCH AN OPTICAL ELEMENT - In order to produce stress-reduced reflective optical elements ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20090015909 | TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE COMPRISING A STACK OF THIN LAYERS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC ARMOUR - A transparent substrate, especially made of glass, provided with a thin-film multilayer ( | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110228385 | WINDOW FILMS WITH REFLECTIVE ORGANIC AND METAL LAYERS - The present invention pertains to windows films comprising one or more layers comprising an organic free radical compound, wherein the layers reflect in the infrared region, and one or more layers of a multilayer interference stack of a metal/metal or metal/metal oxide design. Preferably, the organic free radical compound is a salt of an aminium radical cation. One or more layers of the multilayer interference stack may comprise an aminium radical cation compound. Also provided are security windows that utilize such window films. | 09-22-2011 |
| 20120275018 | COATED GLASSES HAVING A LOW SOLAR FACTOR - A glass transparency for an automotive roof window includes a solar control coating on a surface of a glass substrate to provide the coated glass with a solar factor in the range of equal to or less 30%, and an Lta in the range of greater than 0% to less than 50%. The solar factor is determined in accordance with ISO 13837 (2008). In another embodiment of the invention, the transparency is a laminated transparency having the solar control coating between two glass sheets. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20110261442 | Coated article having low-E coating with absorber layer(s) - A coated article is provided, having a coating supported by a glass substrate where the coating includes at least one color and/or reflectivity-adjusting absorber layer. The absorber layer(s) allows color tuning, and reduces the glass side reflection of the coated article and/or allows sheet resistance of the coating to be reduced without degrading glass side reflection. In certain example embodiments the absorber layer is provided between first and second dielectric layers which may be of substantially the same material and/or composition. In certain example embodiments, the coated article is capable of achieving desirable transmission, together with desired color, low reflectivity, and low selectivity, when having only one infrared (IR) reflecting layer of silver and/or gold. Coated articles according to certain example embodiments of this invention may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, monolithic windows, or the like. | 10-27-2011 |
| 20120087005 | THIN FILM DEPOSITION METHOD AND RESULTING PRODUCT - A process for producing a substrate coated on a face with a low-E thin film multilayer, the process including: depositing a thin-film multilayer containing a thin silver film between at least two thin dielectric films and an absorbent film on a face a substrate; and heat treating the coated face with laser radiation between 500 and 2000 nm to reduce at least one selected from the group of the emissivity and the sheet resistance of the multilayer by at least 5%, wherein the absorbent film at least partially absorbs the laser radiation so that the absorption of the multilayer the wavelength of the laser radiation is such that the absorption of a clear glass substrate 4 mm in thickness coated with the multilayer at the wavelength of the laser radiation is greater than or equal to 10%. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120281276 | INFRARED REFLECTOR - The invention relates mainly to an infrared reflector consisting of a metallic substrate coated with a layer of zirconium and chromium nitride of general formula (Zr | 11-08-2012 |
| 20110310473 | OPTICAL BODY, WALL MEMBER, FITTING, SOLAR SHADING DEVICE, AND BUILDING - An optical body includes a substrate having a concave-convex surface, a reflecting layer formed on the concave-convex surface, and an optical layer formed on the reflecting layer to embed the concave-convex surface, wherein the reflecting layer directionally reflects light, the concave-convex surface is made up of a plurality of triangular pillars arrayed in a one-dimensional pattern, and the triangular pillar has an apex angle a and a slope angle β, the apex angle α and the slope angle β satisfying a formula (1) or (2) given below: | 12-22-2011 |
| 20130016425 | OPTICAL ELEMENTAANM Kusunoki; YukihisaAACI Itami-shiAACO JPAAGP Kusunoki; Yukihisa Itami-shi JP - An optical element includes a substrate and an infrared anti-reflective film. The substrate is made of ZnSe, and the infrared anti-reflective film is formed on at least one surface of the substrate. The infrared anti-reflective film includes a low-refractive-index layer made of BaF | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130094076 | Coated article with low-E coating having absorbing layer over functional layer designed to increase outside reflectance - A coated article includes a low-E coating having an absorbing layer located over a functional layer (IR reflecting layer) and designed to cause the coating to have an increased outside reflectance (e.g., in an IG window unit) and good selectivity. In certain embodiments, the absorbing layer is metallic, or substantially metallic, and is provided directly over and contacting a lower of two IR reflecting layers. In certain example embodiments, a nitride based layer (e.g., silicon nitride or the like) may be located directly over and contacting the absorbing layer in order to reduce or prevent oxidation thereof during heat treatment (e.g., thermal tempering, heat bending, and/or heat strengthening) thereby permitting predictable coloration, high outside reflectance values, and/or good selectivity to be achieved. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130114133 | THIN FILMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENT TRANSPARENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDS - Multifunctional, radio frequency shielding, transparent in the visible and energy saving film, including an asymmetric and aperiodic superposition of three dielectric or semiconductor (D) layers alternated to two metal (M) nanometric layers, wherein the ratio of the thickness of the outermost metal layer to the inner one is between 1.4 and 1.7. Such a film can be applied on a transparent substrate to make a frequency selective screen having solar absorbance (A | 05-09-2013 |
