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Q. A zener breakdown occurs in a zener diode when

J & K CETJ & K CET 2019Semiconductor Electronics: Materials Devices and Simple Circuits

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Zener breakdown occurs in zener diode when reverse biased voltage applied to the diode is increased beyond a certain level which results in generating strong electric field