Redeemable Noncontrolling Interests (Details) - Beijing Tongmei Xtal Technology - USD ($) $ in Millions		1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Jan. 25, 2021	Jan. 31, 2021	Mar. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2020
Noncontrolling Interest
Increase in redeemable noncontrolling interests		$ 1.5		$ 48.1
Redeemable noncontrolling interests ownership percentage				7.06%
Investments, government approved	$ 49.0
Percentage of equity issued on conversion of noncontrolling interests	7.28%		14.50%
Redemption value			$ 49.0

The amount of investment of redeemable non controlling interests approved by government.

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The percentage of equity issued on conversion of noncontrolling interests.

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The redeemable noncontrolling interests ownership percentage.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Redemption value, as if currently redeemable, of redeemable noncontrolling interest classified as temporary equity and the election has been made to accrete changes in redemption value to the earliest redemption date.

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 480
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 3A
-Subparagraph 24(b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=122040564&loc=SL6540498-122764

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Value of new stock classified as temporary equity issued during the period.

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