摘要:
A method of film deposition is disclosed, which eliminates the conventional problem that a coating film having a component concentration gradient in the thickness direction and thus having a boundary with a compositional gradient or a coating film in which two or more components coexist as a mixture thereof cannot be stably obtained by sputtering. In the method, two planar cathodes are closely arranged as a pair, and a voltage is applied thereto while alternately inverting the polarities thereof so that when a target A bonded to one of the cathodes is used as a negative electrode, then a target B bonded to the other cathode and differing to the target A in component is used as a positive electrode. The targets A and B are simultaneously bombarded with positive ions while passing a substrate in front of the targets so as to cross the cathodes. Thus, a coating film having a boundary with a compositional gradient in the thickness direction or a coating film having a two-layer structure composed of a layer of ingredient A and a layer of ingredient B is deposited by sputtering through one-direction conveyance.
摘要:
A transparent touch panel substrate comprising a transparent substrate and deposited thereon a transparent conductive metal oxide film which contains zinc, indium, and tin as metallic elements and is soluble in acids. The transparent conductive metal oxide film preferably contains zinc in an amount of from 40 to 65 atomic % based on all metals and contains indium in an amount of from 0.25 to 1.3 times the amount of tin on an atomic basis. The film preferably has a thickness of from 100 to 160 nm. Unlike the conventional substrate for resistive film type transparent touch panels which comprises a glass plate coated with a transparent conductive ITO film, the touch panel substrate of the invention combines three properties: high light transmittance; ease of processing in forming a transparent electrode by acid etching; and the transparent conductive film has a moderate sheet resistance of from 500 to 5,000&OHgr;. It therefore realizes a touch panel which combines the three functions of having satisfactory display quality, being of the power-saving type, and enabling touch switch operations to be conducted without fail.
摘要:
A light transmitting electromagnetic wave filter comprising a transparent and a light transmitting electromagnetic wave shield film having a laminate structure composed of 2n+1 (n≧1) layers in which at least two dielectric layers and at least one silver layer are alternately laminated, with each other with the dielectric layer being the first to be provided on the transparent substrate, wherein at least one of the dielectric layers is an antistatic metal oxide layer having a refractive index of 1.6 to 2.7 at a wavelength of 550 nm, which is preferably formed by sputtering using a metal oxide, e.g., tin-containing indium oxide, as a target in an atmosphere having a reduced oxygen content. The electromagnetic wave filter has a high visible light transmission and a low near infrared transmission, is free from pin holes or contamination, and exhibits high durability against moist heat, etc.
摘要:
An electromagnetic wave filter for a plasma display panel which is effective in preventing incorrect actions of a remote control of appliances, comprising a transparent substrate, a light transmitting electromagnetic wave shield film, and a resin protective film, wherein the electromagnetic wave shield film is a 7-layered laminate in which a dielectric layer and a metal layer containing silver as the principal ingredient are laminated alternately with the dielectric layer being the first to be provided on the transparent substrate, the dielectric layer has a refractive index of 1.6 to 2.8 at 550 nm, and the metal layer containing silver as the principal ingredient contains 0.1 atomic % or more and less than 0.5 atomic % of palladium based on silver and has a thickness of 5 to 25 nm, whereby the electromagnetic wave shield film has a sheet resistance of 3 &OHgr;/□ or lower and a near infrared transmission of 20% or lower at 850 nm.
摘要:
A process for inexpensively producing an insulating substrate suitable for use in image displays fabricated through a high-temperature production step, such as plasma displays and field emission displays (FED). A multilayered insulating film of one member selected from SiO2, a silicon oxynitride, and a silicon nitride is coated on a surface of a glass plate by reactive sputtering using one or more silicon targets in oxygen or/and nitrogen. The interface between layers in the multilayered insulating film functions to trap sodium ions thermally diffusing from the glass, whereby the amount of sodium ions which dissolve in the insulating film and reach the surface thereof is considerably reduced.
摘要:
A transparent electrically conductive film-attached substrate comprising a transparent glass substrate having formed on the surface thereof a transparent electrically conductive film, wherein the transparent electrically conductive film is formed by successively laminating a reflection preventing layer, a silver layer or a metal layer comprising silver as the main component, and a reflection preventing layer, and the reflection preventing layer comprises a composite oxide of zinc and indium. Atomic ratio of zinc and indium of the reflection preventing layer represented by Ad zinc/(zinc+indium) is from 0.03 to 0.9.The substrate has both the moisture and heat resistance and the alkali resistance and is suitable for a display element such as a liquid crystal cell.
摘要:
A method of manufacturing a substrate for displays is provided, which can easily control the surface electrical resistance of the anti-electrification film formed on a surface of the substrate, and a substrate for displays manufactured by the same method. The film is formed by preparing a target from a metal oxide, and forming a thin film of a metal oxynitride on a surface of the substrate by sputtering using the target in an atmosphere of a mixture gas of an inert gas and nitrogen, a mixing ratio of the inert gas and nitrogen in the atmosphere being adjusted such that the thin film has a desired surface electrical resistance.
摘要:
Sputtering method and apparatus for forming a coating on both sides of a flat substrate or on the entire surface of a bulky substrate without involving rotation of the substrate. At least one pair of sputtering cathodes each having a target attached thereto are arranged in a film-forming chamber capable of controlling a vacuum atmosphere with their target sides facing each other, and a substrate is disposed in front of the targets. A voltage is applied to the sputtering cathodes in such a manner that the polarity alternates between the sputtering cathodes making the pair to induce a glow discharge between the sputtering cathodes. The target on each sputtering cathode is thereby sputtered and deposited on the substrate.
摘要:
An object of the invention, in the formation of a thin film on a synthetic resin, is to improve adhesiveness between the synthetic resin and the thin film by a relatively simple method. In the invention, a protective metallic layer is formed on a synthetic resin, and one thin film of (1) a semi-transmitting metallic mirror, (2) a total reflection metallic mirror, or (3) a transparent conductive film is formed. The material of the protective metallic layer is preferably selected from the group of Ti, Zr, Nb, Si, In, and Sn, and for sake of ensuring adhesiveness between the synthetic resin and the thin film, the film thickness of the protective metal layer is preferably 1 nm or more. Also, when the film thickness of the protective metallic layer is large, transmittance of the whole of the laminated film is lowered due to light absorption by the protective metallic layer, and hence, the film thickness of the protective metallic layer is preferably not more than 5 nm.
摘要:
A surface of a glass plate is coated with a first n-type semiconductor film which is a 50 nm-thick niobium oxide film as a primer layer. The primer layer is coated with a 250 nm-thick photocatalyst film comprising titanium oxide. Thus, an article having a photocatalytically active surface is obtained. The two coating films can be formed by sputtering. The first n-type semiconductor film as the primer layer is selected so as to have a larger energy band gap than the titanium oxide. Due to this constitution, more holes are generated near the film surface. This article can be free from the problem of conventional titanium oxide films having photocatalytic activity that it is difficult to generate many surface holes contributing to photocatalytic activity, because electrons and holes generated by charge separation recombine within the film, making it impossible to effectively heighten catalytic activity.