STATE-OF-THE-ART OPTICAL COATING QUALITY

TIGOLD CORPORATION strategically continues our pursuits of Next Generation optical thin film coating opportunities for new product applications. In line with that, our parent companyULVAC, Inc. secured optical thin film coating technologies patent rights from OCLI(Optical Coating Laboratory Inc.) U.S.A in February of 2004.

In the meantime, Tigold Corporation has added a new production plant at Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan with the goal of meeting the rising product demand from the marketplace. Accelerating these activities, we have set up an efficient system for satisfying market needs in optical thin film coating products.

In addition to our ample capacity to produce existing coated products, we are now in a stronger position to develop new generations of coated products through technological collaborations with ULVAC Group. Furthermore, we are quite confident in our capacity to provide expertise on manufacturing using the most advanced sputtering technology. It's our aim to help customers achieve the efficiencies of mass production that will support their product development, advance the manufacturing process and improve their delivery schedule.


SPUTTERING EQUIPMENT "MetaMode"TM


TIGOLD CORPORATION produces optical thin film coating products by the Sputtering process equipment, the patented MetaMode?. In the coating processes employed with this equipment, materials (substrates) mounted on a high-speed, rotating, drum sequentially keep on passing through metallic sputtering and oxidation zones in a specially adapted chamber. Both coating zones are completely isolated and the materials are deposited as thin films on a multi-layer process.



Process Method by "MetaMode" can yield much higher sputtering rates than any other sputtering methods.
"MetaMode'' processing enables coating deposition at near room temperature since it can restrain the heat generated from sputtering targets.
"MetaMode"
processing enables uniform deposition on large production volumes in one setup.
It also provides higher optical quality and superior coating adhesion of deposited materials which can be assured even with temperature-sensitive substrates, such as glass, quartz, plastic.

Process Method by "MetaMode" 
Process Method by "MetaMode" can yield much higher sputtering rates than any other sputtering methods.
"MetaMode''
processing enables coating deposition at near room temperature since it can restrain the heat generated from sputtering targets.
"MetaMode"
processing enables uniform deposition on large production volumes in one setup.
It also provides higher optical quality and superior coating adhesion of deposited materials which can be assured even with temperature-sensitive substrates, such as glass, quartz, plastic.

OPTICAL THIN FILM COATING PRODUCTS BY TIGOLD
Using "MetaMode" sputtering technology, TIGOLD offers these broad-based optical coating products.
Antireflective Thin Film Coating Products HEA2000
A display's viewability will decrease when hit by reflected sunlight or lamp light. We apply an antireflective coating to the display's substrates, which increases the contrast, improves the image resolution and minimizes reflections.

Conductive High Efficiency Antireflective Coating (CHEA)
This product makes it possible to reduce reflection from transparent conductive film, which shields electromagnetic waves.

Beamsplitters
When optical reflection and transmission are divided equally by a 1 to 1 ratio, it is called a half-mirror. When the reflection ratio is higher it becomes more like a mirror, in which case the transmission ratio decreases. Our standard half-mirror is designed to reduce the reflection ratio from 10 to 30 percent, by which a higher transmission ratio can be secured. This feature is well suited for DVD mirror coating, as well.

Cold Mirror Coatings
This product is applicable to reflectors for projector lamps.

IR Filters
This product is an infrared filter capable of cutting infrared range, which is suited for CCD cameras and other similar uses.
This coating can be applied to glass and plastic, as well.
And, we can offer these products with IR coating on one side, and with antireflective coating on the other side, if so desired.

Coating designed for touch panel display
This coating is applied to a transparent conductive film used for a touch panel on an input device.

Anti-moisture and Fingerprint-free coating (Option)
This coating is designed to deposit an anti-moisture and print-free coating without downgrading optical film characteristics.
With this coating applied, no writing can occur on this coated film even with an oil-based ink pen because the ink immediately beads up.
This demonstrates the effectiveness of the hydrophobic and wear-resistant properties of this coating.

In addition to the above product lineups, we can offer a broader range of optical designs and testing, corresponding to your requirements.
If you are interested in any of these coating technologies,
kindly please contact Tigold. Aided by ULVAC Group's global technological capabilities and flexibility in coating designs, we are quite confident we can provide you with the outstanding service you expect.
contact: tigold-sales@ml.ulvac.com
Tigold Corporation 3037 Iiyama,Atsugi,Kanagawa,243-0213 Japan
TEL +81-46-270-6381 FAX +81-46-250-2507

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