Question

Why does the reverse current show a sudden increase at the critical voltage? Name any semiconductors device which operates under the reverse bias in the breakdown region?

Answer 1

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These minority carriers acquire sufficient kinetic energy from the electric field and collide with a valence electron. ... Thus there is a sudden increase in the current at the critical voltage. Zener diode is asemiconductor device which operates under the reverse bias in the breakdown region.


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