ITO-Coated Glass
Transparent conductive indium-tin-oxide coatings, CEC-Series
Special Properties
- Electrically conductive and optically transparent
indium-tin-oxide thin film coatings - High VIS-NIR light transmission
- Coated on quality glass substrates
- SiO2 passivation layer (CEC–S & CEC–P)
- Low micro roughness
- Good electrical surface resistance homogeneity
- Reflective at higher infrared wavelengths
- Good uniformity of optical transmissivity
- Very high abrasion resistance & coating adhesion
- Can be structured by laser or etching techniques
Typical Applications
- Display technology components (LCD-Displays)
- Transparent ITO-electrodes
- ITO-coated microscope slides for science,
research and development - Circuit substrates
- Micro structuring applications
- Coatings for touch screen displays
- Transparent EMF/EMI/EMC/RFI/HF shielding glass
- Flat antennas for mobile communication
- Conductive glass-slides for research
- ITO-coated coverslips
- De-icing windows
- Heatable ITO glass-slides & cover slips
The ITO-coatings of our CEC-serie are used whenever an electrically conductive surface with a high optical transparency is needed. These properties are obtained by sputter-coating a thin conductive layer of indium-tin-oxide on high quality glass substrates.
Our conductive, transparent ITO-glass is often used for LCD-displays, touch screens and micro structuring applications. But there are many other typical applications for our ITO-coatings. They are used for the manufacturing of transparent electrodes, as integrated invisible flat antennas, antistatic windows, heating and de-icing windows with an optical function, far infrared range mirrors and for many other unique technical appliances in industry and science.
Indium-tin-oxide coatings have the capability to shield electromagnetic fields. Because of the low electrical surface resistances we have available, our ITO-coatings can be used for EM-shielding windows, which must be capable to transmit visible light. For research and development applications, we manufacture ITO-coated microscope slides and cover slips at any common size, used in science. But also custom sizes are possible.
The conductive, transparent oxide coatings (CTO coatings) of our CEC-S and CEC-P series feature a SiO2 passivation layer. This quartz barrier-coating is only a few nanometers thick and is located between the glass substrate and the indium-tin-oxide-coating. This layer offers an increased electrical insulation and minimizes possible leaching of alkali-oxides from the glass into liquid crystals. This is a basic requirement for most liquid-crystal-displays (LCD) and it is advantageous for various other electronic applications. The additional coating process does not increase cost, as it is efficiently integrated into the production cof the coatings.
In addition to our popular S- and P-type of ITO-coatings, we manufacture ITO-coated quartz glass (CEC-Q), ITO-coated borosilicate glass (CEC-B), ITO-coated 1737F glass (CEC-A), ITO-coated EAGLE2000 glass (CEC-E), ITO-coated thin glass (CEC-T) as well as our new double side coated CEC-SD. These are our ITO-coated standard products (see table on this website).
But we also offer custom ITO-coating services. So, the manufacturing of ITO-coatings can be customized to your requirements. Substrate material, optical transmission, the electrical conductivity, passivation layer, the layer thickness of the indium tin oxide coatings and other technical properties can be adapted to your technical requirements in a separate coating run. Please contact us for detailed information about our custom coating services and use our coating inquiry form to request a quote your customized ITO-coatings.
Standard Sizes
Since almost every application requires an individual part size, we deliberately waived to be restricted by standard sizes. Most of our ITO-coatings listed in the chart, can be manufactured according to your custom size specification within a short lead time, even at large quantities. At normal production load, any possible part size will be manufactured within less than a week so they are supplied just as quick as it is usually for stock items with fixed dimensions. No matter whether the ITO-coated glass you search for has a size of only some millimeters or whether you need substantially larger dimensions, as it is often the case for displays, or if you need the typical dimensions of the microscope slides used in science, all dimensions are possible.
In order to request a quotation for our ITO-coated glass products with individual dimensions, please use the button below. We will typically respond with our detailed quotation within hours:
48-h Express Service available
Please visit our ITO-FAQ web-page:
ITO-Coatings: Frequently Asked Questions
Specifications
Optical Transmission
Typical transmission curves of our ITO-coatings
Substrates
- CEC-S & CEC-SD: Selected HQ float glass substrate
- CEC-P : Polished HQ float glass substrate
- CEC-A : 1737F Low-alkali aluminosilicate glass
- CEC-B : Borosilicate glass substrate
- CEC-E : EAGLE2000 Boro-aluminosilicate glass
- CEC-F : Selected float glass substrate
- CEC-Q : Polished quartz Glass substrate
- CEC-T : D263 Thin-glass substrate
- Other substrates available on request
Coating Construction
- CEC-S and CEC-P coatings:
- Single side electrically conductive, transparent ITO-coating (Indium-Tin-Oxide)
- SiO2 passivation layer coated between ITO–layer and glass substrate:
- Layer thickness at Rsq ≤ 120 Ω/
: ∼ 25 nm
- Layer thickness at Rsq = 500 Ω/ : ∼ 65 nm
- CEC-A, CEC-B, CEC-E, CEC-F, CEC-Q, and CEC-T ITO–coatings:
- Single side electrically conductive, transparent ITO-coating (Indium-Tin-Oxide)
- No SiO2 passivation layer
- CEC-SD coatings:
- Double side coated electrically conductive, transparent ITO-coating (Indium-Tin-Oxide)
- SiO2 passivation layer, coated between ITO-layers and glass substrate:
Each SiO2 layer thickness ∼ 20 nm
The following chart shows all currently available ITO-coated stock materials (updated daily):
For a quick quote request, click on the desired ITO glass thickness in the last column of the table below.
| Surface Resistivity Rsq | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product- code |
speci- fied (Ω/ ) |
typical |
typ. ITO-film tk. (nm) |
Substrate- thicknesses (mm) |
| CEC005S | ≤ 5 |
4,5 | 310 | 1,1 |
| CEC007S | ≤ 7 |
6 | 260 | 1,1 |
| CEC010S | ≤ 10 |
8,5 | 180 | 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC017S | ≤ 17 |
14 | 110 | 1,1 |
| CEC020S | ≤ 20 |
15 | 100 | 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC030S | ≤ 30 |
24 | 65 | 1,1 |
| CEC040S | ≤ 40 |
30 | 50 | 1,1 |
| CEC050S | ≤ 50 |
40 | 40 | 1,1 |
| CEC100S | ≤ 100 |
80 | 23 | 0,55 / 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC120S | ≤ 120 |
100 | 21 | 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC300S | 300±50 |
300±50 | 20 | 1,8 |
| CEC500S | 500±100 |
500±100 | 15 | 0,3 / 0,4 / 0,7 / 1,1 / 1,8 |
NEW! Substrate selected HQ-Float Glass, double side ITO-coated (CECXXXSD) |
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| CEC050SD | 50±10 |
50±10 | 34 | 0,55 |
| CEC005P | ≤ 5 |
4,5 | 310 | 0,5 / 0,7 |
| CEC007P | ≤ 7 |
6 | 260 | 0,4 / 0,7 |
| CEC010P | ≤ 10 |
8,5 | 180 | 0,4 / 1,1 |
| CEC015P | ≤ 15 | 12,5 | 120 | 0,4 |
| CEC020P | ≤ 20 |
15 | 100 | 1,1 |
| CEC030P | ≤ 30 |
24 | 65 | 0,4 / 1,1 |
| CEC050P | ≤ 50 |
40 | 40 | 1,1 |
| CEC060P | ≤ 60 | 50 | 33 | 0,55 |
| CEC080P | ≤ 80 |
65 | 25 | 0,4 |
| CEC010A | 10±2,5 | 10±2,5 | n/a | 1,1 |
| CEC020A | 20±5 | 20±5 | n/a | 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC025A | 25±6 | 25±6 | n/a | 0,7 / 1,1 |
| CEC007B | 7±2 |
7±2 | n/a | 1,1 |
| CEC010B | 10±3 |
10±3 | n/a | 1,1 / 1,75 / 2,0 / 3,3 / 5,0 |
| CEC020B | 20±6 |
20±6 | n/a | 0,7 / 1,1 / 3,3 |
| CEC010E | 10±3 | 10±3 | n/a | 1,1 |
| CEC020E | 20±5 |
20±5 | n/a | 1,1 |
| CEC005F | 5±1 | 5±1 | n/a | 1,0 |
| CEC007F | 7±2 | 7±2 | n/a | 1,0 |
| CEC010F | 10±3 | 10±3 | n/a | 1,0 / 2,0 / 3,0 |
| CEC015F | 15±4,5 |
15±4,5 | n/a | 1,0 / 3,0 |
| CEC020F | 20±5 |
20±5 | n/a | 1,0 |
| CEC050F | 50±12,5 |
50±12,5 | n/a | 1,0 |
| CEC100F | 100±25 |
100±25 | n/a | 0,7 / 1,0 |
| CEC020Q | 20±6 |
20±6 | n/a | 1,0 / 2,0 |
| CEC020T | 20±5 |
20±5 | n/a | 0,175 / 0,3 |
| Other indium-tin-oxide film thicknesses and ITO-surface resistances (5 Ω-1 kΩ), custom glass thicknesses (≥ 0,1 mm) and other substrate materials on coating batch basis available on request. Please contact us for further information about our ITO-custom coating services.
To electrically contact our ITO-coatings, you may be able to use our conductive adhesive copper tape. |
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Refractive Index
- The total refractive index of our indium-tin-oxide coated glass is unspecified
- The refractive index of the glass substrates can be found in the data sheet of the respective glass materials (see links above)
- The refractive index of transparent indium-tin-oxide coatings remains around 1,95 for visible wavelengths
Flatness
- Depending on substrate glass and thickness
- Specified flatness available on request
Surface Quality
- better than 80-50 scratch & dig (MIL-0-13830A)
- Other on request
Other Specifications
- According to MIL-C-675 A (4.6.11, Rubber test)
- According to MIL-M-13508 (4.4.6, Tape test)
All given details and specifications are mean reference values and are not guaranteed. In addition, please consider our "Notes on technical specifications"