Patent ID: 8697228
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G02F,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A carrier for a thin glass sheet which has a thickness which is less than or equal to 0.5 millimeters, the carrier comprising: a perfluoroelastomer which has first and second opposed surfaces; a glass support bonded to the first surface of the perfluoroelastomer, the glass support having a thickness which ranges from one to ten times the thickness of the thin glass sheet; and a fluorinated silane adhesion promoter between the perfluoroelastomer and the glass support; wherein: (i) during use, the thin glass sheet directly contacts and is releasably bonded to the perfluoroelastomer's second surface; (ii) the perfluoroelastomer's second surface has: (iii) the bond between the first surface of the perfluoroelastomer and the support has a peel strength of at least 0.5 kilonewtons/meter when measured at a peeling speed of 20 millimeters/minute and a peeling angle of 90°.