Question
Zener breakdown takes place if:

Answer

  1. Doped impurity is high
Explanation:
Zener breakdown occurs due to heavily doped diodes.In this process electrons crosses the barrier from the valence band of the p-type to the conduction band of the lightly filled n-type material.

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