Hi all, Thanks to Jim M0BMU, Alan G3NYK and Mike G8YMB for comments. I agree that incidental use of a diode for other than its intended purpose needs care with verification of the desired incidental
Hi all Jim has a fair point about this. The structure of an HV diode is designed to make the depletion layer move far into the bulk material reducing the voltage gradient mV/um to keep it below the i