ITO-Coated Glass
Transparent conductive indium-tin-oxide coatings
CEC-Series
Special Properties
- Electrically conductive and optically transparent
Indium-Tin-Oxide (ITO) thin film - High VIS-NIR light transmission
- Coated on quality glass substrates
- SiO2 passivation layer (CEC–S & CEC–P series)
- Low microroughness
- Good homogeneity of the electrical surface resistance
- Reflective at higher infrared wavelengths
- Good uniformity of optical transmittance
- Excellent abrasion resistance and coating-adhesion
- Can be structured with a laser or by etching techniques
Typical Applications
- Display technology components (LCD / OLED displays)
- Transparent ITO-electrodes
- ITO-coated microscope slides for science,
research, and development - Circuit substrates
- Micro-structuring applications
- Anode for organic LED (OLED)
- Coatings for touchscreen displays
- Transparent EMF/EMI/EMC/RFI and HF shielding glass
- Flat antennas for mobile communication devices
- Conductive glass slides for research
- ITO-coated coverslips
- De-icing windows
- Heatable ITO-glass slides and coverslips
- Infrared mirrors
Also available in 48 h Express-ServiceThe ITO coatings of our CEC series are used wherever a glass with an electrically conductive surface and high optical transparency is required. These properties are obtained by sputter-coating a thin conductive indium tin oxide layer onto a high-quality glass substrate.
Our conductive transparent ITO-glass materials offer a high optical transmission are often found in LCD-displays, touchscreens, and micro-structuring processes. However, there are many more applications for our ITO-coatings. They are used for the manufacturing of transparent electrodes, integrated invisible flat antennas, anti-static windows, heating and de-icing windows with an optical function, infrared mirrors, organic LED (OLED) displays, and for various other unique technical applications in industry, science, and research.
Indium-tin-oxide coated materials offer the capability to shield electromagnetic fields. Because of the low electrical surface resistances we have available, many of our ITO-coatings can be used as EM-shielding windows which must be capable of passing visible light. For research and development applications, we manufacture ITO coated slides and cover glasses based on the materials listed in the table in any size commonly used in science. Nevertheless, also custom dimensions are possible.
The conductive, transparent oxide coatings (CTO coatings) of our CEC-S and CEC-P materials feature a SiO2 passivation layer. This quartz barrier-coating, which is only a few nanometers thick, is coated between the glass substrate and the indium tin oxide coating. The passivation layer provides high electrical insulation and minimizes the possible leaching of alkali oxides from the glass substrate material into liquid crystals. This feature is an essential requirement for the longevity of liquid crystal displays (LCD) and is advantageous for various other applications not only in electronics. This additional SiO2 coating process increases quality while it does not add any additional cost, as it is integrated efficiently into the production 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), ITO-coated borosilicate glass (CEC-B), ITO-coated 1737F glass (CEC-A), ITO-coated EAGLE2000 glass (CEC-E), ITO-coated thin glass (CEC-T), and our new double side coated ITO-glass CEC-SD. These are our standard ITO-coated glass products (see table on this website).
However, if you search for ITO-glass with other film thicknesses, substrate material or surface resistance, we also offer customized ITO-coatings according to your requirements. We can adapt the glass material, optical transmission, electrical conductivity, the passivation layer, layer thickness of the indium tin oxide coatings, and other technical properties to your technical specifications in a separate coating run. Also, backside anti-reflection coatings are optionally possible for some of our ITO-coated materials per coating run. Please contact us for detailed information about our custom coating services or use our coating inquiry form to request a quote for your customized ITO-coatings.
Standard Dimensions
Since almost every application requires an individual part size, we deliberately waived to be restricted to standard dimensions. Most of our indium tin oxide coatings listed in the chart can be manufactured according to your custom size specification within a short delivery time even in large quantities. With average production load, we produce all possible part sizes in less than a week, so they can usually be delivered just as quickly as stock items with fixed dimensions. No matter whether the ITO-coated glass product you search for has a size of only some millimeters, as required for small organic LED displays, whether you need substantially larger dimensions, or if you need the typical size of microscope slides used in science, all these dimensions are possible.
To request a quotation for any of our ITO-coated glass products with individual dimensions, please use the button below or click on the desired thickness in the table to open an inquiry form with the selected material. We will respond with our detailed quotation very quickly:
Also available in 48 h Express-Service
Visit our ITO glass FAQ web page for more detailed information and additional support on our indium tin oxide-coated glass products and ITO-coating services:
ITO-Coatings: Frequently Asked Questions
Specifications
Optical Transmission
Typical transmission curves of our ITO-coatings
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Substrates & Product Naming
- 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 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 resistivity (5 Ω-1 kΩ), custom glass thicknesses (≥ 0,1 mm), other substrate materials, or a backside anti-reflection coating on batch basis are available on request. Please contact us for further information about our custom ITO-coating services. If you search for an option to contact our ITO-coatings electrically, you may want 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. Also, please consider our "Notes on technical specifications".
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