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Give reasons for the The electric field, of the junction of a zener diode, is very high even for a small reverse bias voltage of about 5 V. |
| Answer» Solution :A zener diode is heavily doped and as a result the WIDTH of depletion region in a zener diode is extremely smal (even LESS than `10^(-6)` m). As a result, electric field (E = -`(DV)/(dr)`) at the junction dr becomes very HIGH even for a small reverse bias voltage of about 5 V. | |