alleryStart learning →Low-voltage Zener breakdown occurs by electrons doing what across a thin junction?
AThermionic emission
BQuantum tunnelling
CField-free drifting
DPhoton capture
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Quantum tunnelling
A heavily doped, abrupt junction is so thin that electrons tunnel between the p and n regions.
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