公开(公告)号：US10261381B2

公开(公告)日：2019-04-16

申请号：US15340853

申请日：2016-11-01

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Robert T. Rozbicki ,  Dane Gillaspie ,  Sridhar K. Kailasam

IPC: G02F1/03 ,  G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/133 ,  G09G3/38 ,  G02F1/1523 ,  C03C17/34 ,  C23C10/28 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/18 ,  C23C14/56 ,  C23C14/58

Abstract: Prior electrochromic devices frequently suffer from high levels of defectivity. The defects may be manifest as pin holes or spots where the electrochromic transition is impaired. This is unacceptable for many applications such as electrochromic architectural glass. Improved electrochromic devices with low defectivity can be fabricated by depositing certain layered components of the electrochromic device in a single integrated deposition system. While these layers are being deposited and/or treated on a substrate, for example a glass window, the substrate never leaves a controlled ambient environment, for example a low pressure controlled atmosphere having very low levels of particles. These layers may be deposited using physical vapor deposition. In certain embodiments, the device includes a counter electrode having an anodically coloring electrochromic material in combination with an additive.

公开(公告)号：US20190032195A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-31

申请号：US16150168

申请日：2018-10-02

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Disha Mehtani ,  Sridhar Karthik Kailasam ,  Trevor Frank ,  Todd William Martin ,  Jason Satern ,  Que Anh Song Nguyen ,  Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Martin John Neumann ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: C23C14/34 ,  H01J37/34

Abstract: Described are methods of fabricating lithium sputter targets, lithium sputter targets, associated handling apparatus, and sputter methods including lithium targets. Various embodiments address adhesion of the lithium metal target to a support structure, avoiding and/or removing passivating coatings formed on the lithium target, uniformity of the lithium target as well as efficient cooling of lithium during sputtering. Target configurations used to compensate for non-uniformities in sputter plasma are described. Modular format lithium tiles and methods of fabrication are described. Rotary lithium sputter targets are also described.

公开(公告)号：US20190011797A1

公开(公告)日：2019-01-10

申请号：US16118320

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/153 ,  H01J37/34 ,  C23C14/02 ,  H01B13/00 ,  H01B5/14 ,  C23C14/06 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/1333 ,  G02F1/13 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/08

Abstract: Electrochromic devices and methods may employ the addition of a defect-mitigating insulating layer which prevents electronically conducting layers and/or electrochromically active layers from contacting layers of the opposite polarity and creating a short circuit in regions where defects form. In some embodiments, an encapsulating layer is provided to encapsulate particles and prevent them from ejecting from the device stack and risking a short circuit when subsequent layers are deposited. The insulating layer may have an electronic resistivity of between about 1 and 108 Ohm-cm. In some embodiments, the insulating layer contains one or more of the following metal oxides: aluminum oxide, zinc oxide, tin oxide, silicon aluminum oxide, cerium oxide, tungsten oxide, nickel tungsten oxide, and oxidized indium tin oxide. Carbides, nitrides, oxynitrides, and oxycarbides may also be used.

公开(公告)号：US20180267380A1

公开(公告)日：2018-09-20

申请号：US15978029

申请日：2018-05-11

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Dhairya Shrivastava ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Stephen C. Brown ,  David Walter Groechel ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/163 ,  G02F1/161 ,  E06B9/24 ,  H04L12/28

CPC classification number: G02F1/163 ,  E06B9/24 ,  E06B2009/2464 ,  G02F1/161 ,  G05B15/02 ,  G05B2219/2642 ,  H04L12/2803 ,  Y02A30/257 ,  Y02B80/50

Abstract: Onboard EC window controllers are described. The controllers are configured in close proximity to the EC window, for example, within the IGU. The controller may be part of a window assembly, which includes an IGU having one or more EC panes, and thus does not have to be matched with the EC window, and installed, in the field. The window controllers described herein have a number of advantages because they are matched to the IGU containing one or more EC devices and their proximity to the EC panes of the window overcomes a number of problems associated with conventional controller configurations.

公开(公告)号：US20180203320A1

公开(公告)日：2018-07-19

申请号：US15916142

申请日：2018-03-08

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Sridhar Karthik Kailasam ,  Robin Friedman ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/155 ,  B05D5/06 ,  G02F1/153 ,  C23C14/58 ,  C23C14/56 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/18 ,  C23C14/14 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/04 ,  C23C14/02 ,  C23C10/28 ,  C03C17/34 ,  B23K20/10

CPC classification number: G02F1/1523 ,  B05D5/06 ,  B23K20/10 ,  C03C17/3417 ,  C03C2217/94 ,  C23C10/28 ,  C23C14/021 ,  C23C14/022 ,  C23C14/024 ,  C23C14/046 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/083 ,  C23C14/085 ,  C23C14/086 ,  C23C14/14 ,  C23C14/185 ,  C23C14/3407 ,  C23C14/568 ,  C23C14/58 ,  C23C14/5806 ,  C23C14/5853 ,  G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/1533 ,  G02F1/155

Abstract: Prior electrochromic devices frequently suffer from high levels of defectivity. The defects may be manifest as pin holes or spots where the electrochromic transition is impaired. This is unacceptable for many applications such as electrochromic architectural glass. Improved electrochromic devices with low defectivity can be fabricated by depositing certain layered components of the electrochromic device in a single integrated deposition system. While these layers are being deposited and/or treated on a substrate, for example a glass window, the substrate never leaves a controlled ambient environment, for example a low pressure controlled atmosphere having very low levels of particles. These layers may be deposited using physical vapor deposition.

公开(公告)号：US20180173071A1

公开(公告)日：2018-06-21

申请号：US15738110

申请日：2016-07-07

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： John Gordon Halbert Mathew ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/157 ,  C03C17/245 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/10 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/58 ,  H01J37/34 ,  B32B17/06 ,  E06B9/24 ,  A01M29/08

CPC classification number: G02F1/157 ,  A01M29/08 ,  B32B17/06 ,  B32B2255/20 ,  B32B2307/20 ,  B32B2307/416 ,  B32B2419/00 ,  C03C17/23 ,  C03C17/2453 ,  C03C17/2456 ,  C03C17/34 ,  C03C2217/212 ,  C03C2217/213 ,  C03C2217/70 ,  C03C2217/72 ,  C03C2217/74 ,  C03C2218/154 ,  C03C2218/328 ,  C03C2218/33 ,  C03C2218/34 ,  C23C14/083 ,  C23C14/10 ,  C23C14/34 ,  C23C14/5873 ,  E06B9/24 ,  E06B2009/2405 ,  E06B2009/2464 ,  G02F1/1533 ,  G02F2203/58 ,  H01J37/3429

Abstract: Various embodiments herein relate to electrochromic windows that are bird friendly, as well as methods and apparatus for forming such windows. Bird friendly windows include one or more elements that make the window visible to birds so that the birds recognize that they cannot fly through the window. Bird friendly windows can be used to minimize avian-window collisions, and therefore minimize avian deaths resulting from such collisions. In various embodiments, a window may be patterned such that the pattern is visible to birds. In these or other cases, the window may be made hazy, where the haze is visible to birds. The pattern and/or haze may be visible at wavelengths that fall in UV, and minimally noticeable (if at all) in wavelengths within the spectrum visible by humans.

公开(公告)号：US20180095337A1

公开(公告)日：2018-04-05

申请号：US15560146

申请日：2016-03-18

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Robert T. Rozbicki ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Sridhar Karthik Kailasam ,  Robin Friedman ,  Gordon E. Jack ,  Dane Thomas Gillaspie

IPC: G02F1/155 ,  G02F1/153

CPC classification number: G02F1/155 ,  G02F1/1533 ,  G02F2001/1536 ,  G02F2201/501

Abstract: Electrochromic devices comprise first and second conductors, wherein at least one of the first and second conductors is a multi-layered conductor. The electrochromic devices further comprise an electrochromic stack between the conductors adjacent to a substrate. The at least one multi-layered conductor comprises a metal layer sandwiched between a first non-metal layer and a second non-metal layer such that the metal layer does not contact the electrochromic stack.

公开(公告)号：US09897888B2

公开(公告)日：2018-02-20

申请号：US14823969

申请日：2015-08-11

Applicant: View Inc.

Inventor： Yashraj Bhatnagar ,  Trevor Frank ,  Fabian Strong ,  Sridhar Kailasam ,  Robert Babcock ,  Ronald M. Parker ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/161 ,  B32B17/10 ,  E06B3/663

CPC classification number: G02F1/161 ,  B32B17/10055 ,  B32B17/10174 ,  B32B17/10513 ,  E06B3/66314 ,  E06B3/66328 ,  E06B3/66352 ,  E06B2003/6638 ,  E06B2003/66385 ,  Y10T403/55 ,  Y10T403/7018

Abstract: This disclosure provides spacers for smart windows. In one aspect, a window assembly includes a first substantially transparent substrate having an optically switchable device on a surface of the first substrate. The optically switchable device includes electrodes. A first electrode of the electrodes has a length about the length of a side of the optically switchable device. The window assembly further includes a second substantially transparent substrate a metal spacer between the first and the second substrates. The metal spacer has a substantially rectangular cross section, with one side of the metal spacer including a recess configured to accommodate the length of the first electrode such that there is no contact between the first electrode and the metal spacer. A primary seal material bonds the first substrate to the metal spacer and bonds the second substrate to the metal spacer.

公开(公告)号：US20170338087A1

公开(公告)日：2017-11-23

申请号：US15665298

申请日：2017-07-31

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Ronald M. Parker ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: H01J37/34 ,  C23C14/56 ,  C23C14/34

CPC classification number: H01J37/3417 ,  C23C14/3407 ,  C23C14/56 ,  H01J37/3414 ,  H01J37/3435

Abstract: The present disclosure concerns sputter targets and sputtering methods. In particular, sputter targets and methods of sputtering using conventional sputter targets as well as sputter targets described herein, for highly uniform sputter deposition, are described.

公开(公告)号：US09759975B2

公开(公告)日：2017-09-12

申请号：US15004794

申请日：2016-01-22

Applicant: View, Inc.

Inventor： Zhongchun Wang ,  Anshu A. Pradhan ,  Robert T. Rozbicki

IPC: G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/15 ,  G02F1/155 ,  C23C14/08 ,  C23C14/58 ,  H01J37/34

CPC classification number: G02F1/1525 ,  C23C14/0036 ,  C23C14/083 ,  C23C14/5806 ,  G02F1/1508 ,  G02F1/1523 ,  G02F1/153 ,  G02F1/155 ,  G02F2001/1555 ,  H01J37/3405 ,  H01J37/3408 ,  H01J37/3417 ,  H01J37/3423 ,  H01J37/3429 ,  H01J37/3435 ,  H01J37/347

Abstract: Conventional electrochromic devices frequently suffer from poor reliability and poor performance. Improvements are made using entirely solid and inorganic materials. Electrochromic devices are fabricated by forming an ion conducting electronically-insulating interfacial region that serves as an IC layer. In some methods, the interfacial region is formed after formation of an electrochromic and a counter electrode layer. The interfacial region contains an ion conducting electronically-insulating material along with components of the electrochromic and/or the counter electrode layer. Materials and microstructure of the electrochromic devices provide improvements in performance and reliability over conventional devices. In various embodiments, a counter electrode is fabricated to include a base anodically coloring material and one or more additives.