Record-breaking, ultrafast devices step to protecting the grid from EMPs

Photo caption: Luke Yates, left, a Sandia National Laboratories electrical engineer, passes Jack Flicker, a grid resiliency expert, a gallium nitride wafer with an array of diodes that can shunt a record-breaking 6,400 volts of electricity within a few billionths of a second. Photo credit: Rebecca Gustaf. Sandia Labs news release – March 15, 2022.

New Sandia diode can shunt excess electricity in a few billionths of a second

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Scientists from Sandia National Laboratories have announced a tiny, electronic device that can shunt excess electricity within a few billionths of a second while operating at a record-breaking 6,400 volts — a significant step towards protecting the nation’s electric grid from an electromagnetic pulse. […]

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