464 results about "Ir reflection" patented technology

A heat mirror film containing visible light-transmissive and infrared reflective film comprising a birefringent dielectric multilayer support that reflects at least 50% of light in a band at least 100 nm wide in a wavelength region of interest, a metal or metal alloy layer whose thickness is such that the film is visible light-transmissive and its reflection band is broadened, and a crosslinked polymeric layer has improved infrared reflecting properties. The film can be joined or laminated into glazing (especially non-planar vehicular safety glazing) with reduced likelihood that the metal or metal alloy layer will be damaged or distorted.

The invention provides an optical structure with low chroma and brightness in the visible region and low emissivity in the infrared region. The optical structure includes an interference structure having an infrared reflective layer and an infrared absorbing thin film layer. These layers are in turn separated by a thin film spacer of a dielectric or semiconductor material. The reflectivity and transmission of the layers are selectively controlled through the thickness of the layers such that the visual reflectivity and color is independent of the infrared properties of the absorber and reflector layers.

This invention relates to a front electrode / contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and / or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and / or one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and / or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability.

This invention relates to a front electrode / contact for use in an electronic device such as a photovoltaic device. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode of a photovoltaic device or the like includes a multilayer coating including at least one transparent conductive oxide (TCO) layer (e.g., of or including a material such as tin oxide, ITO, zinc oxide, or the like) and / or at least one conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer (e.g., based on silver, gold, or the like). In certain example instances, the multilayer front electrode coating may include one or more conductive metal(s) oxide layer(s) and one or more conductive substantially metallic IR reflecting layer(s) in order to provide for reduced visible light reflection, increased conductivity, cheaper manufacturability, and / or increased infrared (IR) reflection capability. In certain example embodiments, the front electrode acts as not only a transparent conductive front contact / electrode but also a short pass filter that allows an increased amount of photons having high energy (such as in visible and near infra-red regions of the spectrum) into the active region or absorber of the photovoltaic device.

A film contains first and second metal or metal alloy layers separated by a crosslinked polymeric spacing layer whose thicknesses are such that the film is extensible visible light-transmissive and infrared reflective. The film can be joined or laminated into glazing (especially non-planar vehicular safety glazing) with reduced likelihood that the metal or metal alloy layers will be damaged or distorted.

A glazing coated with at least one layer having thermochromic properties comprising vanadium oxide, and also with at least one other layer having thermal properties, such as an infrared reflecting layer, and / or at least one other layer having optical properties, such as antireflection in the visible, and / or electrical conduction properties; and having a particular application for making solar control glazing.

A solar cell that is readily manufactured using processing techniques which are less expensive than microelectronic circuit processing. In preferred embodiments, printing techniques are utilized in selectively forming masks for use in etching of silicon oxide and diffusing dopants and in forming metal contacts to diffused regions. In a preferred embodiment, p-doped regions and n-doped regions are alternately formed in a surface of the wafer through use of masking and etching techniques. Metal contacts are made to the p-regions and n-regions by first forming a seed layer stack that comprises a first layer such as aluminum that contacts silicon and functions as an infrared reflector, second layer such titanium tungsten that acts as diffusion barrier, and a third layer functions as a plating base. A thick conductive layer such as copper is then plated over the seed layer, and the seed layer between plated lines is removed. A front surface of the wafer is preferably textured by etching or mechanical abrasion with an IR reflection layer provided over the textured surface. A field layer can be provided in the textured surface with the combined effect being a very low surface recombination velocity.

A coated article is provided so as to include a solar control coating having an infrared (IR) reflecting layer sandwiched between at least a pair of dielectric layers. The IR reflecting layer may be of or include NbZrOx, NbZr, NiCr, NiCrNx, or the like in certain embodiments of this invention. In particular, a zirconium silicon oxynitride (e.g., ZrSiOxNy) inclusive layer is provided which unexpectedly improves blocking (reflecting and / or absorption) of UV radiation in a manner which does not significantly degrade other optical properties of a coated article. Moreover, the ZrSiOxNy also has been found to improve (lower) the DeltaE* value upon heat treatment, thereby permitting a coated article when heat treated (HT) to more closely match its non-HT counterpart with respect to glass side reflective color after such HT.

This invention relates to a method of making a coated article for use in insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or the like. The coated article typically includes a low-E coated article, including a low-E (low emissivity) coating supported by a glass substrate. In certain example embodiments, rapid heating (not sufficient for tempering or heat bending) of the coated article is utilized in order to reduce the emissivity and / or sheet resistance of the coated article without significantly damaging the infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of the coating, thereby activating the coated article. The glass of the coated article does not become too hot during such rapid heating.

The invention provides a heat resistant insulation composite comprising an insulation base layer comprising hollow, non-porous particles and a matrix binder, and a thermally reflective layer comprising a protective binder and an infrared reflecting agent, wherein the heat resistant insulation composite has a thermal conductivity of about 50 mW / (m·K) or less. The invention also provides a method of preparing a heat resistant insulation composite.

A coated article is provided so as to include a coating (e.g., low-E coating, or the like) having at least one layer of or including niobium zirconium (NbZr). The NbZr layer may be metallic in certain example embodiments. Alternatively, an oxide and / or nitride of NbZr may be provided in other example embodiments. The NbZr inclusive layer may be provided as any suitable layer of the multi-layer coating, but in certain example instances may be used as a contact layer adjacent to an infrared (IR) reflecting layer. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, laminated windows, architectural or residential monolithic window units, vehicle window units, and / or the like.

The invention relates to a preparation method of a heat-reflecting insulation coating, which is characterized by comprising the following steps of: 1) preparation of heat-reflecting nano-powder slurry; 2) preparation of insulation powder slurry; 3) preparation of heat-reflecting insulation coating: adding silicone-modified acrylic emulsion or styrene-acrylic emulsion, a defoamer, a thickener and afilm-forming auxiliary agent to the heat-reflecting nano-powder slurry, later adjusting the pH to 6.5-7. 0, and stirring for 2-3h, so as to obtain the heat-reflecting emulsion; and then treating theinsulation powder slurry for 1-2h at the temperature of 85-90 DEG C under water bath, which is then added to the heat-reflecting emulsion and stirred for 3h, and finally obtaining the heat-reflectinginsulation coating. The preparation method of the heat-reflecting insulation coating has the advantages of simple preparation process, higher visible light transmittance rate and infrared reflection for the coating, transparent and uniform coating, good adhesion and washing resistance, and outstanding ultraviolet aging resistance, and can be widely used on the exterior walls and the outdoor sunshade fabrics for heat insulating and cooling.

An electrically conductive multilayer stack having good IR reflection, radar attenuation, static discharge, and other desirable properties includes a coated substrate, a primary conductive layer, and a secondary protective stack having greater durability and functionality then conventional multilayer stacks used to protect aircraft canopies and other substrates. The secondary protective stack includes at least one conductive layer that helps dissipate static charge.

The invention relates to a non-vacuum solar spectrum selective absorption coating and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: (1) selecting copper or stainless steel with low infrared emissivity as a base material; (2) selecting oxide resistant to high-temperature oxidation, nitride and complex or doped oxide as a film material, wherein a metal or an alloy serves as a bonding force increased layer, metal nitride or pure metal serves as a high infrared reflecting layer, an absorption layer is composed of two conducting particle ceramic layers with different metal nitride conducting particle volume fractions, and aluminium nitride and aluminium oxide serve as an antireflection layer; (3) controlling the components and contents of different film materials by controlling gas flow and sputtering power; (4) cleaning the base material before the base material is placed into a vacuum chamber, and carrying out argon ion bombarding on the surface of the base material before sputtering is carried out; and (5) obtaining a multilayer coating, wherein the thickness of the coating is less than 500nm, and the coating has high absorption rate alpha (0.9-0.97) in the solar spectrum range (0.3-2.5microns) and has extremely low emissivity epsilon (0.02-0.18) in the infrared region (2.5-50microns).

A system for preventing IR reflection ghosting in a fluid-dispensing device having a transmitter / receiver pair and control logic. The control logic interfaces with the transmitter and the receiver, activating the fluid-dispensing device when an object is present within the transmitter detection range by comparing a set predefined value with the IR value obtained. When the reflection is above the detection level, the control logic further evaluates two consecutive pulses to detect movement between said two consecutive pulses. An increase in IR value indicates movement, thereby causing the fluid-dispensing device to be activated.

The invention discloses a colored solar heat reflection and heat-insulation coating. The coating is prepared from the following raw materials: polymer emulsion, titanium dioxide, functional fillers, an infrared reflection pigment, kaolin, ground calcium carbonate, a dispersing agent, a wetting agent, a defoaming agent, a thickening agent, a film-forming additive, a preservative, and water. The colored solar heat reflection and heat-insulation coating provided by the invention has the advantages that a coating film with a high reflectivity is prepared through adoption of the components, addition of the functional fillers (glass microbeads, ceramic microbeads and floating beads) which are large in refraction coefficient and high in scattering capability and reflectivity, as well as the pigment which is large in infrared reflection ratio, and application of film-forming matters and the film-forming additive, so that the coating achieves good heat-insulation performance, multiple selectable colors, excellent elasticity, high stain resistance, as well as large solar and near-infrared reflection ratios.

The invention discloses a multi-infrared based robot obstacle avoidance device, a control method thereof, and a robot edgewise control method. The robot obstacle avoidance device comprises at least one infrared intensity detection unit, the infrared intensity detection unit comprises an bearing mechanism, at least two infrared transmitting tubes and an infrared receiving tube, the infrared transmitting tubes and the infrared receiving tube are arranged on the bearing mechanism, an included angle is formed between each infrared transmitting tube and the infrared receiving tube and cross points of central lines of the infrared transmitting tubes and the infrared receiving tube are placed in different planes respectively. A multi-infrared detection manner is used to calculate the distance to an obstacle accurately, the detection precision of a robot is improved, determining errors are reduced, and compared with schemes of the same precision, the cost is reduced greatly. When the obstacle avoidance device is used to make edgewise behaviors, inconsistency in infrared reflection caused by different wall materials can be overcome, and an edgewise effect of the robot is improved.

The infrared reflective device includes infrared reflective members which reflect infrared rays. The infrared reflective members include colloidal particles arranged at regular spacing, and a filler material intervening in the spaces between the colloidal particles. The difference between the refractive index of the colloidal particles and the refractive index of the filler material is set so as to be 0.05 or less in the visible light region and 0.1 or above in the infrared region, whereby visible light is transmitted while infrared rays are reflected.

This invention is glass laminate article comprising a film which can block the transmission of infra red (IR) light. A laminate of the present invention comprises at least two sheets of a non-plasticized thermoplastic polymer which forms the outer layers of a three-layer IR-blocking laminate film.

A coated article is provided that may be used as a vehicle windshield, insulating glass (IG) window unit, or the like. An ion beam is used to treat an infrared (IR) reflecting layer(s) of such a coated article. Advantageously, this has been found to improve sheet resistance (Rs) properties, emittance, solar control properties, and / or durability of the coated article.

An controllable intensity LCD display that provides normal or extremely low visible light and infrared intensity levels so as to be usable with military night vision gear (NVG) or Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS). The LCD display includes wide dynamic range backlight inverter power supply to extend the range of backlight dimming available with conventional cold cathode florescent (CCF) lights. An optional bridged power inverter provides yet further useable intensity reduction. Video controller RAMDAC palette programming further provides illumination attenuation using the LCD elements themselves. A ‘Hot Mirror’, i.e., infrared reflecting dielectric coatings, on various surfaces of the display's light path is used to further reduce infrared emissions.

A low-E coating has good color stability (a low ΔE* value) upon heat treatment (HT). The provision of an as-deposited crystalline or substantially crystalline layer of or including zinc oxide, doped with at least one dopant (e.g., Sn), immediately under an infrared (IR) reflecting layer of or including silver in a low-E coating has effect of significantly improving the coating's thermal stability (i.e., lowering the ΔE* value). One or more such crystalline, or substantially crystalline, layers may be provided under one or more corresponding IR reflecting layers comprising silver.

This application relates 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. In certain embodiments, at least one layer of the coating is of or includes zirconium oxide (e.g., ZrO2) or zirconium silicon oxynitride (e.g., ZrSiOxNy). When a layer comprising zirconium oxide or zirconium silicon oxynitride is provided as the uppermost or overcoat layer of the coated article (e.g., over a silicon nitride based layer), this results in improved chemical and heat stability in certain example embodiments. Coated articles herein may be used in the context of insulating glass (IG) window units, vehicle windows, or in other suitable applications such as monolithic window applications, laminated windows, and / or the like.

The present invention relates to an electrochromic device, with controlled infrared reflection, especially of the electrically controllable type, comprising, between a carrier substrate (1 a) transparent in the infrared range and a countersubstrate (1 b), a multilayer stack. The device is characterized in that this multilayer stack comprises, in succession: a) a metal grid (3) transparent in the infrared range, forming a first electrode; b) an electrochromic functional system (5) comprising a layer of a first, ionic storage, electrochromic material (EC1), at least one layer (EL1, EL2) having an electrolytic function, and a layer of a second electrochromic material (EC2); c) a metallic layer (7) capable of reflecting the infrared radiation, forming a second electrode; and d) a lamination interlayer (9) made of a thermoplastic polymer.

To provide a laminated glass for a vehicle window which can prevent the temperature increase in a vehicle.An infrared reflection glass plate which is a glass plate with an infrared reflection film, wherein the infrared reflection film has a stacked coating film (X) having a coating film (1) made of a high refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at least 1.90 and a coating film (2) made of a low refractive index inorganic material having a refractive index of at most 1.56 alternately stacked in this order from the glass plate side; the total number of the coating film (1) and the coating film (2) is at least 3; and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (1) is from 70 to 150 nm and the geometrical thickness of the coating film (2) is from 100 to 200 nm.

A ceramic target is used in sputter-depositing a contact layer adjacent an infrared (IR) reflecting layer in certain example embodiments. For example, a ZnOx ceramic target may be used in sputter-depositing a zinc oxide inclusive layer over and / or under a silver based IR reflecting layer in certain embodiments. In certain example embodiments, the ceramic target may be doped with a non-metal such as F and / or B.

A multilayered article made of a plastic material which exhibits high IR reflection and a high gloss is disclosed. The article includes at least three layers A, B and C, wherein layer A contains a transparent thermoplastic plastics material, and wherein layer B contains a transparent thermoplastic plastics material and a pigment which consists of a transparent support material and a titanium dioxide layer of thickness 150 to 200 μm, and where layer C contains a transparent thermoplastic plastics material.