Diode reverse breakdown
ID: diode-reverse-breakdown
A sufficiently large reverse electric potential difference can produce a rapidly increasing reverse electric current. Both the ideal diode model and the unextended Shockley diode equation omit this behavior.[ref]
The Junction Diode by W. Marshall Leach, Jr.. The Junction Diode, §1.7, printed p. 17: breakdown after the small reverse-current region
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