Patent ID: 8080108

Claim:
A method for cleaning and coating a glass substrate, the method comprising: generating a plasma from a gas mixture comprising predominantly oxygen with at least one linear ion source, wherein the linear ion source generates a collimated beam of ions; subjecting at least one surface portion of a glass substrate optionally associated with a layer to said plasma to at least partly eliminate, by chemical reaction, the soiling matter possibly adsorbed or located on said surface portion; and coating said at least one surface portion of the glass substrate subjected to the plasma by depositing at least one thin film multilayer without breaking vacuum, wherein said at least one thin film multilayer provides at least one of solar control, low emissivity, electromagnetic shielding, heating functionality, a hydrophobic property, a hydrophilic property, a photocatalytic property, a mirror property, an antireflection property, an electrochromic property, an electroluminescent property, and a photovoltaic property.