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tall me the diff.between zener breakdown & avalanche breakdown.
Ranadip
on 2010-04-03 09:30:00u can search dis type qus frm google or oder side...
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on 2010-04-05 09:30:00\"\'Zener diode\' and \'avalanche diode\' are terms often used interchangeably, with the former much more common. Both refer to breakdown of a diode under reverse bias. Specifically, when a diode is reverse biased, very little current flows, and the diode
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on 2010-04-05 09:30:00is to a first order approximation an open circuit. As the reverse voltage is increased, though, a point is reached where there is a dramatic increase in current. Equivalently, there is a dramatic reduction in the dynamic resistance (slope of the V-I curve
abhishek
on 2010-04-08 09:30:00avalanche breakdown is for normal diode operation. but in industrial application zener is used for voltage stabilization
abhishek
on 2010-04-08 09:30:00for more details refer schand mehta and mehta