Re: 1n34a diodes

Posted by Sensei Tim on May 28, 2016; 7:52pm
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It's been a while and my semiconductor physics is a bit rusty, but Ge is a direct bandgap semiconductor with an bandgap energy lower than silicon (less than 1.1 eV).  I'm pretty sure this would be fried by an EMP.

A wide bandgap material like GaN or SiC might survive due to the significantly larger bandgap