ITO Coatings
Transparent conductive coated glass
CEC-Series
Special Properties
- Translucent, electrically conductive optical coatings
- High light transmittance from the visible to the near infrared
- Sputter coated Indium Tin Oxide thin-film coating
- Coated on high-quality glass substrates
- SiO2 passivation layer (CEC–S & CEC–P series)
- Low microroughness
- Excellent homogeneity of the electrical surface resistance
- Reflective for infrared wavelengths
- Good uniformity of optical transmittance
- Excellent abrasion resistance and coating adhesion
- Can be structured by laser or etching processes
Typical Applications
- LCD and OLED displays
- ITO-coated microscope slides for Science,
Research and Development - Microstructuring
- Coatings for touchscreens
- Circuit substrates for electronics
- Microscope heating stages
- Anodes for organic LEDs (OLED)
- Conductive coatings on transparent electrodes
- EMF/EMI/EMC/RFI and HF shielding glass
- Flat antennas for mobile communication devices
- Conductive object carriers & cover glasses
- Organic solar cells
- Infrared filters
- Coatings for de-icing windows
- Heatable microscope slides and coverslips
- Coatings for infrared mirrors
Related topics and pages
- Typical transmission of our ITO coatings
(Spectral curves) - FAQ: ITO coatings
(Frequently Asked Questions about indium tin oxide and our coating services ) - CUT
(Adhesive copper-contact tape for our ITO-coated glass)
Request for Quotation
Also available in 48 h Express-Service
The ITO coatings from our CEC series are used wherever a glass with an electrically conductive surface and high optical transparency is required. We achieve these properties by sputter coating a thin conductive indium tin oxide layer to a high-quality glass substrate.
Our conductive transparent ITO coatings provide excellent optical transmission. They are often the basis for touch screens as well as for organic LEDs (OLED) and LCD displays in digital devices. But there are many more applications for our ITO coatings. They are used for the manufacturing of transparent electrodes, integrated invisible flat antennas in mobile communication devices, as anti-static glass, heating and de-icing windows, and in a wide range of similar applications. Indium tin oxide coated glass can also be used as an infrared mirror, as ITO coatings with low surface resistance are reflective for longer IR wavelengths. So also far-infrared filters can be based on ITO-coated glass.
Besides, indium tin oxide coatings have the capability of shielding electromagnetic fields. Due to the low electrical surface resistances available, many of our coatings can be used as EM protection windows that must pass through visible light and shield electromagnetic radio waves. For scientific applications like microstructuring or photovoltaic research, we manufacture ITO-coated slides and cover glasses based on the coatings listed in the table on this page in any size commonly used in science. Of course, specific dimensions are also possible.
All CTO coatings (CTO = conductive transparent oxides) of our CEC-S and CEC-P series feature a SiO2 passivation layer. This thin quartz barrier coating layer, which is only a few nanometers thick. It is located between the glass substrate and the indium tin oxide thin film, so that the ITO coating remains the top coating layer and is only in direct contact with the quartz coating and not with the substrate glasses. It prevents the normal leaching of alkali oxides from the soda-lime glass substrate into liquid crystals. This feature is crucial for the longevity of liquid crystal displays (LCD) and is advantageous for various other applications, not only in electronics. The additional SiO2 coating process increases quality without adding cost, as it is integrated efficiently into the coating process of our ITO coated glass.
In addition to our popular S- and P-type of ITO coatings, we manufacture ITO-coated quartz glass (CEC-Q series), ITO coated borosilicate glass (CEC-B series), ITO coated 1737F glass (CEC-A series), ITO coated EAGLE2000 glass (CEC-E series), ITO coated thin glass (CEC-T series), and our new double side coated CEC-SD ITO coating. These are our standard coatings usually always available (see table on this website for details about these coatings).
However, if you search for ITO-coatings with different film thicknesses or based on other glass materials or surface resistivities not listed in the table, we also offer customization to your requirements. We can custom coat most glass materials and adapt the optical transmission, electrical conductivity, the passivation layer, layer thickness of the indium tin oxide coatings and other technical properties to your required specifications in a separate coating run. Also rear side anti-reflection coatings are optionally possible for some of our ITO coated materials based on at least one coating batch. To get a quote for a custom coating, please use our coating inquiry form to contact us with your specifications.
Standard Dimensions
Since almost every application requires a special part size we have deliberately not limited our products to a few standard dimensions. Most of our indium tin oxide coatings listed in the table can be fabricated according to your custom size specification within a short delivery time even if larger quantities are needed. With average production load, we produce all possible dimensions in less than a week, so they can usually be shipped just as quickly as stock items with fixed dimensions. In particularly urgent cases for an extra charge our 48h express service is also available for most of our ITO coatings. No matter whether the ITO coated glass product you search for has a size of only some millimeters, as often required for small organic LED displays (OLED), whether you need substantially larger dimensions, or if you need the typical size of microscope slides used in science, all these sizes are possible.
To request a quotation for any of our ITO coatings with specific dimensions, please use the button below or click on the desired thickness in the table to open an inquiry form with the selected material. You will quickly receive our detailed quotation:
Also available in 48 h Express-Service
Visit our ITO glass FAQ page for more information on our indium tin oxide coatings and coating services:
ITO Coatings: Frequently Asked Questions
For additional customer support and further information about our indium tin oxide coated products, please use our information request form or contact us by email.
Specifications
Optical Transmission
Typical transmission curves of our ITO coatings
(separate web page)
Substrates & Product Naming
- CEC-S & CEC-SD: Selected HQ float glass
- CEC-P : Polished HQ float glass
- CEC-A : 1737F Alkali-free aluminosilicate glass
- CEC-B : Borosilicate glass
- CEC-E : EAGLE2000 Alkali-free boro-aluminosilicate
- CEC-F : Selected float glass
- CEC-Q : Polished Quartz glass
- CEC-T : D263 Thin-glass
- 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 the 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 (New product!):
- 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
Contacting options for ITO coatings
- Conductive adhesive copper tape
- Spring contacts
- Silver conductive paint
The following table 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.
| Surface Resistivity Rsq | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Product code |
specified (Ω/ ) |
typical (Ω/ )
|
typical ITO film thickness (nm) |
available glass 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 Product! Selected HQ-Float Glass substrate, 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 thickness or ITO-surface resistivities (5 Ω-1 kΩ), custom glass thicknesses (≥ 0,1 mm), different substrate materials, or backside anti-reflection coatings on a batch basis are available per request. Please contact us for further details about our custom ITO coating services. For contacting our ITO coatings, you can use spring contacts, suitable conductive silver paint or our adhesive copper tape. You might wish to add our conductive adhesive copper tape to your ITO glass order. |
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Refractive Index
- The total refractive index of our indium tin oxide coated glass is unspecified.
- You can find the refractive index of the glass substrates in the specifications of the respective substrate 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. Also, please consider our "Notes on technical specifications".
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