Electrical break down of any material say metal conductor. Avalanche breakdown for v 5v. Avalanche Breakdown Characteristics Of Punchthrough Diodes Understanding Schottky Diode Characteristics Specifications Chapter 3 Special Purpose Diodes Pn junction breakdown characteristics pn junction breakdown. Diode breakdown characteristics . The minimum voltage level at which an insulator starts behaving as a conductor and conducts electricity is known as breakdown voltageit is also known as the dielectric strength of the material. When high reverse voltage is applied to the p n junction diode the free electrons minority carriers gains large amount of energy and accelerated to greater velocities. Combine the curves for both forward bias and reverse bias and you have the complete v i characteristic curve for a diode as shown in below figure. Diode type...
