Which breakdown process occurs in a Zener diode with an extremely thin depletion region?

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22 Dec 2018
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When a Zener diode has a very narrow depletion layer, it undergoes breakdown primarily through the Zener mechanism, which involves quantum mechanical tunneling of electrons across the junction.

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