Glass, and manufacturing method and control method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11597352-B2
Application number	US-201916521210-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Priority date	Jul 26, 2018
Publication date	Mar 7, 2023
Grant date	Mar 7, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure provides glass, and a manufacturing method and a control method thereof. The glass includes a first glass layer, a plurality of transparent conductive strips and a second glass layer. The plurality of transparent conductive strips are between the first glass layer and the second glass layer, and are configured to generate heat when being supplied with power.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Transparent glass, comprising: a first glass layer, a plurality of transparent conductive strips, a second glass layer, and a temperature measuring structure on an edge of the glass,
wherein the plurality of transparent conductive strips are between the first glass layer and the second glass layer and spaced apart from each other, and are configured to generate heat when being supplied with power,
wherein the plurality of transparent conductive strips have a curved shape, and
wherein the temperature measuring structure comprises a first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and a second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip which are made of different conductive materials, one end of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and one end of the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip are overlapped and coupled, and at least one of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip has a same shape as the plurality of transparent conductive strips and does not contact the plurality of transparent conductive strips.

2. The transparent glass of claim 1 , further comprising a solar power unit between the plurality of transparent conductive strips and at least one of the first glass layer or the second glass layer.

3. The transparent glass of claim 2 , wherein the solar power unit comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and a PIN junction between the first electrode and the second electrode.

4. The transparent glass of claim 2 , comprising a plurality of solar power units, wherein the plurality of solar power units are arranged in an array of m rows and n columns, n solar power units in each row are coupled in series as a solar power unit string, m solar power unit strings are coupled in parallel with each other, and both m and n are natural numbers.

5. The transparent glass of claim 2 , wherein the solar power unit is coupled to at least one of a power storage element or a power consumption element.

6. The transparent glass of claim 5 , wherein the solar power unit is coupled to the plurality of transparent conductive strips.

7. The transparent glass of claim 2 , further comprising a transparent insulating layer between the solar power unit and the plurality of transparent conductive strips.

8. The transparent glass of claim 1 , wherein the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip is made of indium tin oxide, and the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip is made of antimony tin oxide.

9. The transparent glass of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of transparent conductive strips are made of indium tin oxide.

10. The transparent glass of claim 1 , further comprising a control circuit,
wherein the control circuit is coupled to a power source and the temperature measuring structure, and
the control circuit is configured to perform at least one of steps of:
controlling the power source to apply a first type of control voltage to the plurality of transparent conductive strips to cause the plurality of transparent conductive strips to generate heat,
controlling the power source to apply a second type of control voltage to the plurality of transparent conductive strips to cause the plurality of transparent conductive strips to generate a strong and weak alternating electric field, and
controlling a magnitude of a control voltage applied to the plurality of transparent conductive strips according to a temperature of the glass measured by the temperature measuring structure.

11. A manufacturing method of transparent glass, comprising:
forming a first glass layer;
forming a plurality of transparent conductive strips on the first glass layer;
forming a second glass layer on a side of the plurality of transparent conductive strips away from the first glass layer; and
forming a temperature measuring structure on an edge of the glass,
wherein forming the temperature measuring structure comprises:
forming a first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and a second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip from different conductive materials, one end of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and one end of the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip being overlapped and coupled,
wherein the plurality of transparent conductive strips are spaced apart from each other, and are configured to generate heat when being supplied with power, and
wherein the plurality of transparent conductive strips have a curved shape, and at least one of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip has a same shape as the plurality of transparent conductive strips and does not contact the plurality of transparent conductive strips.

12. The manufacturing method of claim 11 , after forming the plurality of transparent conductive strips on the first glass layer, further comprising:
forming a solar power unit on the side of the plurality of transparent conductive strips away from the first glass layer.

13. The manufacturing method of claim 12 , wherein forming the solar power unit comprises:
forming a first electrode on the side of the plurality of transparent conductive strips away from the first glass layer;
forming a PIN junction on a side of the first electrode away from the plurality of transparent conductive strips; and
forming a second electrode on a side of the PIN junction away from the first electrode.

14. The manufacturing method of claim 12 , wherein forming the solar power unit comprises:
forming a plurality of solar power units,
wherein the plurality of solar power units are arranged in an array of m rows and n columns, n solar power units in each row are coupled in series as a solar power unit string, m solar power unit strings are coupled in parallel with each other, and both m and n are natural numbers.

15. A control method of transparent glass, wherein the glass comprises a first glass layer, a plurality of transparent conductive strips, a second glass layer and a temperature measuring structure on an edge of the glass, the plurality of transparent conductive strips are located between the first glass layer and the second glass layer and spaced apart from each other, the plurality of transparent conductive strips have a curved shape, the temperature measuring structure comprises a first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and a second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip which are made of different conductive materials, one end of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and one end of the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip are overlapped and coupled, and at least one of the first transparent conductive temperature measuring strip and the second transparent conductive temperature measuring strip has a same shape as the plurality of transparent conductive strips and does not contact the plurality of transparent conductive strips, and the control method comprises:
controlling a power source to apply a first type of control voltage to the plurality of transparent conductive strips to cause the plurality of transparent conductive strips to generate heat; and
controlling the power source to apply a second type of control voltage to the plurality of transparent conductive strips to cause the plurality of transparent conductive strips to generate a strong and weak alternating electric field.

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Assignees

• Beijing Boe Optoelectronics Tech Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Long Jun
• Song Yong

Classifications

• H10F19/902

  for series or parallel connection of photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H10F10/17

  Photovoltaic cells having only PIN junction potential barriers · CPC title

• H10F19/807

  Double-glass encapsulation, e.g. photovoltaic cells arranged between front and rear glass sheets · CPC title

• H10F19/80

  Encapsulations or containers for integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, having photovoltaic cells · CPC title

• H10F19/31

  having multiple laterally adjacent thin-film photovoltaic cells deposited on the same substrate · CPC title