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breakdown voltage

[′brāk‚dau̇n ‚vȯl·tij]
(electricity)
The voltage measured at a specified current in the electrical breakdown region of a semiconductor diode. Also known as Zener voltage.
The voltage at which an electrical breakdown occurs in a dielectric.
The voltage at which an electrical breakdown occurs in a gas. Also known as breakdown potential; sparking potential; sparking voltage.
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breakdown voltage

The voltage at which an electrical insulation ruptures, thereby destroying its insulating value and permitting current flow.
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One of the main indicators of the quality of the enameled wire is the breakdown voltage U.
After quenching, the reverse voltage across the SPAD is set back to the value exceeding the breakdown voltage by closing the switch [S.sub.U].
In this paper, we study the temperature dependence of breakdown voltage and dark current of the mesa-type APD.
Figure 2 shows that the diode has a breakdown voltage between 80 and 140 V which is significantly low compared to the results reported elsewhere (>600 V, 1.2 kV, and 1.7 kV) [30, 31].
We employ Lackner model approach to determine the temperature dependent breakdown voltage in order to improve the performance of 4H-SiC VJFET.
DC values of the peak electric field ([[xi].sub.p]), breakdown voltage ([V.sub.B]), and avalanche zone voltage ([V.sub.A]) drop can be evaluated by taking the time averages of time varying peak electric field ([[xi].sub.p](t)), diode voltage ([V.sub.t](t)), and avalanche zone voltage ([V.sub.a](t)) over a complete time period of steady-state oscillation (T = 1/ f; where f is the fundamental frequency of steady-state oscillation).
The SMP6LLC05-2P--SMP6LLC12-2P series consists of three TVS array components offered with three varying minimum breakdown voltages. The SMP6LLC05-2P has a minimum breakdown voltage of 6.0V while the SMP6LLC6.5-2P and SMP6LLC12-2P provide minimum breakdown voltages of 7.2V and 13.3V respectively.
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