Assertion: diode's breakdown voltage | /r/HasProperty | low
Facets:
value: very
type: DEGREE
value: unlike a normal diode
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: If the breakdown voltages are low, there usually occurs not a thermal breakdown but a reversible avalanche breakdown of the p-n junction, that is, an abrupt increase of current at an almost constant voltage called the stabilization voltage U st .
text: This breakdown voltage, abbreviated as VBR, can be as low as negative a hundred volts or more for standard silicon diodes.
text: Unlike a normal diode its breakdown voltage is very low, when the reverse voltage is greater than or equal to the breakdown voltage the depletion region is vanished and a constant voltage passes through the diode even if reverse voltage is increased.
text: Thus, its reverse breakdown voltage is also low.
text: Voltage regulators : As Zener diode has a very low breakdown voltage it can be used as a voltage regulator when reverse biased.
text: Zener diodes have a low breakdown voltage.
text: Zener diodes have a low breakdown voltage, or zener voltage, and can allow reverse current to flow without being destroyed.