Patent ID: 7713587
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: C03C

Abstract:
1. A method for coating a substrate, comprising: a. providing a substrate; b. depositing an infrared reflective layer over at least a portion of the substrate; c. depositing a primer layer over at least a portion of the infrared reflective layer; d. depositing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the primer layer; and e. depositing an absorbing layer, wherein the absorbing layer is deposited either under the infrared reflective layer or over the dielectric layer, wherein the absorbing layer comprises an alloy and/or mixture of (a) a metal having an index of refraction at 500 nm less than or equal to 1.0 and (b) a material having a ΔG° wherein the metal in the absorbing layer is silver and the material in the absorbing layer is tin.