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Reactive Sputtering Process Stability Reinforced by Advanced Energy’s Power Delivery Technology
June 22, 2026
This blog explores how oxygen and water vapor dynamics shape plasma behavior and TiO₂ film quality in reactive sputtering. Using Advanced Energy’s Ascent AMS and Ascent DMS power supplies, AE experts demonstrate how advanced pulsed‑DC regulation stabilizes deposition despite fluctuating reactive conditions. The study introduces a unified p* parameter that correlates gas effects with deposition rate and optical properties, offering a predictive path to more uniform, high‑performance oxide coatings.
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Medical Imaging Trends Impact on Advanced Power Technologies – Part 1: Ultrasound and X-Ray
May 18, 2026
By Todd Huston
With people living longer overall, diagnoses of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other aging-related diseases are increasing. Advancements in medical imaging technologies further enable more widespread screenings, prevention and treatment of various medical conditions.
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EMI Management for Board-Mounted Power Modules
May 08, 2026
By Andy Brown
Board-mounted power modules offer a convenient and compact solution to system power-supply challenges. However, any switched-mode power converter can be a source of electromagnetic interference (EMI), which needs to be correctly managed.
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Modular for Medical: A Non-Custom Approach to Custom Healthcare Power
February 08, 2022
By Dermot Flynn
From MRI and CT scanners to diagnostics, electrosurgery and medical lasers, power schemes for many medical applications are characterized by lower to medium production volumes, specialized requirements and compliance with rigorous environmental and safety standards.
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Optimized Power, Not More Power: Plasma Power for Next-Generation Semiconductor Wafer Fabrication
December 02, 2021
As integrated circuit (IC) designs become ever-more complex with each new architecture and technology node, so does the processing of the semiconductor wafers used to fabricate those ICs.
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Efficiency and Standardization Drive 48 V Data Center Power
November 04, 2021
By Harry Soin
Whether it’s the explosion in artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), the pandemic-accelerated drive to online collaboration, our insatiable appetite for social media or the proliferation of information from the Internet of Things (IoT), one thing is certain – worldwide demand to process, store and share data is increasing exponentially.