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Publication
Physics Letters A
Paper
Low temperature breakdown in silicon Zener diode
Abstract
Observations of well developed negative resistance regions in both forward and reversed biased Si Zener diodes are explained in terms of a combination of impact ionization in the bulk material and Zener breakdown in the junction. © 1967.