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Depositing materials in a vacuum environment reduces contamination and enables materials to travel unimpeded to the substrate. As such, this technique is an important industrial process for creating thin films and coatings across a diverse range of applications including semiconductor manufacturing, optics or glass and beyond.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Level VII efficiency standards are currently in the final stages before publication and are anticipated to come into force in about two years. The rules will impact several applications, from medical and industrial technologies to IT equipment as well as home appliances, lighting, consumer products and HVAC systems.

In recent years, there has been an increasing adoption of commercial components and subsystems within defense and aerospace sectors, encompassing land, sea, and air applications. This is as true for power conversion and delivery technologies as it is for semiconductors, passive components and electro-mechanical parts, all of which must meet the standards set by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). These standards are among the world’s most exacting and have been duplicated or referenced by many allied forces.