breakdown

The phenomenon, occurring in a reverse-biased semiconductor junction, whose initiation is observed as a transition from a region of high small-signal resistance to a region of substantially lower small-signal resistance for an increasing magnitude of reverse current.

References

JESD10, 9/81
JESD24, 7/85
JESD77-B, 2/00
JESD282-B, 4/00

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