Grum, nice work on your projects
Itsu
HV diodes used to be made of a stack of pellets of ordinary >1000PIV diodes. I don't know if that is still the case with newer technology.
I have an old large Tek and a Heathkit curve tracer, but my favorite is the simple homemade curve tracer using a high voltage (1500V) low current transformer, a Variac and some current limiting resistors. I like this for testing the breakdown or avalanche of HV transistors and diodes in a non-destructive way,
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