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The existence of 2-3Mv diodes

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Krpyton-ite

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I currently do not have much experience in the realm of electronics except for an electronics class I took last year so please forgive me if I come across as ignorant.

In the process of planning out a circuit I wanted to use I found that I needed two diodes with a reverse biased breakdown voltage around 2-3 megavolts. They don't need to be very fancy. They just needed to hold current back unless the voltage is over a certain amount. After searching the internet for a while the best I have been able to find is a diode with a breakdown voltage of 800kV.

So my question is: Are diodes with this high of a breakdown voltage even made? And if so where would I find some?

If it is important to know, the forward biased current would only be in the milli to micro-amp range.

Thanks for any advice you can give.
 

Arouse1973

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Why on earth would you want to do that. Even if they did make them which I doubt they do commercially anyway, they would need to over 32 inches long. What are you trying to do or work out?
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davenn

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I'm not going to await a response
this is totally nutz

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