Patent 9567254 was granted and assigned to Corning on February, 2017 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
Chemically strengthened glass articles having at least one deep compressive layer extending from a surface of the article to a depth of layer DOL of about 130 μm up to about 175 μm or, alternatively, to a depth of compression (DOC) in a range from about 90 μm to about 120 μm within the article. The compressive layer has a stress profile that includes a first substantially linear portion extending from a relatively shallow depth to the DOL or DOC and a second portion extending from the surface to the shallow depth. The second portion is substantially linear at a depth from 0 μm to 5 μm and has a steeper slope than that of the first portion of the profile. Methods of achieving such stress profiles are also described.