High-voltage vacuum power switch for smart power grids: First successful power switch using diamond semiconductor
Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 06:30
in Physics & Chemistry
As part of problem solving-oriented basic research sponsored by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), a group consisting of researchers at the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) succeeded in fabricating a vacuum-based high withstand-voltage power switch utilizing the features of a diamond semiconductor and demonstrating its operation.