Certain example embodiments relate to Ni-inclusive ternary alloy being provided as a barrier layer for protecting an IR reflecting layer comprising silver or the like. The provision of a barrier layer comprising nickel, chromium, and/or molybdenum and/or oxides thereof may improve corrosion resistance, as well as chemical and mechanical durability. In certain examples, more than one barrier layer may be used on at least one side of the layer comprising silver. In still further examples, a Ni.sub.xCr.sub.yMo.sub.z-based layer may be used as the functional layer, rather than or in addition to as a barrier layer, in a coating.

A method of manufacturing a glass substrate to control the fragmentation characteristics by etching and filling trenches in the glass substrate is disclosed. An etching pattern may be determined. The etching pattern may outline where trenches will be etched into a surface of the glass substrate. The etching pattern may be configured so that the glass substrate, when fractured, has a smaller fragmentation size than chemically strengthened glass that has not been etched. A mask may be created in accordance with the etching pattern, and the mask may be applied to a surface of the glass substrate. The surface of the glass substrate may then be etched to create trenches. A filler material may be deposited into the trenches.

A projection arrangement includes a laminated pane including an outer and inner panes connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a reflective layer arranged between the outer and inner panes in at least one display region of the laminated pane, and a reflection-increasing coating which is arranged at least within the display region on an interior-side surface of the inner pane facing away from the thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a projector the radiation of which is predominantly p-polarized and which is directed toward the display region and wherein the interior-side surface of the inner pane is the face of the laminated pane closest to the projector. The reflection-increasing coating includes at least one optically high-refractive layer having a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.9 and at least one optically low-refractive layer having a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.6.

A projection arrangement includes a laminated pane that includes an inner and outer panes are connected to one another via a thermoplastic intermediate layer, a reflective layer which is arranged between the outer pane and the inner pane in at least one display region of the laminated pane, and a reflection-increasing coating which is arranged at least within the display region on an interior-side surface of the inner pane facing away from the thermoplastic intermediate layer, and a projector of which the radiation is predominantly p-polarized and which is directed toward the display region and wherein the interior-side surface of the inner pane is the face of the laminated pane closest to the projector. The reflection-increasing coating includes an optically high-refractive layer having a refractive index of greater than or equal to 1.9 and at an optically low-refractive layer having a refractive index of less than or equal to 1.6.

A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-film multilayer including at least one functional metal film based on silver or made of silver having a thickness e of between 7 nm and 20 nm inclusive of these values, and two antireflection coatings each including at least one antireflection film. The functional film is placed between the two antireflection coatings. The multilayer includes a lower discontinuous metal film having a thickness e of between 0.5 nm and 5 nm inclusive of these values. The lower discontinuous metal film is located between the face and the only or first functional metal film as counted starting from the face.

A material includes a substrate coated on one face with a stack of thin layers including a single metallic functional layer and two anti-reflective coatings, wherein an anti-reflective coating located further from the face than a functional layer includes a dielectric layer of nitride based on aluminum and silicon Al.sub.xSi.sub.yN.sub.z with an atomic ratio of aluminum relative to the total aluminum and silicon of between 91.0% and 55.0%, and at least one upper dielectric layer, of nitride and/or oxide and located further from the face than the dielectric layer of nitride based on aluminum and silicon Al.sub.xSi.sub.yN.sub.z, and/or of nitride and located closer to the face than the dielectric layer of nitride based on aluminum and silicon Al.sub.xSi.sub.yN.sub.z.

A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-film multilayer including at least one metal functional film based on silver or made of silver having a thickness e of between 7 nm and 20 nm inclusive of these values, and two antireflection coatings each including at least one antireflection film. The functional film is placed between the two antireflection coatings. The multilayer includes an upper discontinuous metal film having a thickness e of between 0.5 nm and 5 nm inclusive of these values. The upper discontinuous metal film is located above the only or last metal functional film as counted starting from the face.

A substrate is coated on one face with a thin-film multilayer including at least one metal functional film based on silver or made of silver having a thickness e of between 7 nm and 20 nm inclusive of these values, and two antireflection coatings. The antireflection coatings each include at least one antireflection film. The functional film is placed between the two antireflection coatings. The multilayer includes two discontinuous metal films each having a thickness e of between 0.5 nm and 5 nm inclusive of these values. A lower discontinuous metal film is located between the face and the only or first metal functional film as counted starting from the face and an upper discontinuous metal film located above the only or last metal functional film as counted starting from the face.

Certain example embodiments of this invention relate to articles including anticondensation and/or low-E coatings that are exposed to an external environment, and/or methods of making the same. In certain example embodiments, the anticondensation and/or low-E coatings may be survivable in an outside environment. The coatings also may have a sufficiently low sheet resistance and hemispherical emissivity such that the glass surface is more likely to retain heat from the interior area, thereby reducing (and sometimes completely eliminating) the presence condensation thereon. The articles of certain example embodiments may be, for example, skylights, vehicle windows or windshields, IG units, VIG units, refrigerator/freezer doors, and/or the like.

A dielectric mirror includes a coating having alternating high and low index layers. The mirror coating has no metallic reflective layer of Al or Ag in certain example embodiments, and may have film side and/or glass side visible reflection of from about 50-90% (more preferably from about 60-80% and most preferably from about 65-75%) and visible transmission of from about 10-50% (more preferably from about 10-40% or 20-40%) in certain example embodiments.