Diode reverse breakdown
= 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.<The Junction Diode by W. Marshall Leach, Jr.>[The Junction Diode, §1.7, printed p. 17: breakdown after the small reverse-current region]{ref}