Prices for photovoltaic (PV) solar technology have decreased 62 percent since 2009.

You carry them in your pocket, mount them on the wall in your home, watch them at sports bars and, if you use a computer for work, rely on them to earn a living.

Chip manufacturers must find ways to continually improve device speed, reduce power consumption or reduce cost by moving to smaller nodes or more complex device geometries and structures.

Back-end-of-the-line semiconductor fabrication processes, in which lithography and multi-pattern etching is executed, might get a lot of attention, but it’s the front-end-of-the-line processing that sets the foundation for success.

Since Excelsys joined the Advanced Energy family in July 2017, they have further strengthened our applied technologies portfolio – offering new power solutions to Advanced Energy’s worldwide customer base.

It might be a surprise to you to learn that the average diameter of an atom is on the order of 10−8 cm.

In our Executive Perspective blog series, we chat with Advanced Energy’s newest members of our executive team to learn more about their professional past, lessons learned and how they expect to make an impact in their first 12 months at AE.

It’s easy to take an invention for granted when it’s been around for over 3,000 years. You probably can find glass right near you as you read this.