Zener Diode

Zener junction rectifiers ar special types of semiconductor rectifying valves that are intended for use in the division region. A normal diode has a large reverse crack-up potential. further a zener diode has a comparatively smaller disruption potential in any case called as Zener potency. A zener diode conducts received heavily at this reverse breakdown voltage. For this reason, a zener diode is ordinaryly connected in reverse position (relative to a normal diode) in electronic circuits. The usual application of a zener diode is for voltage regulation because the zener diodes offer a gigantic range of zener voltages that could match the voltage of regulation.Six briny operating characteristics of a zener diode are Zener Voltage, Zener impedance, Leakage true, Temperature coefficient, Diode content, and Forward voltage. The zener voltage (reverse breakdown voltage) is the voltage wherein a zener diode conducts current when positioned in reverse direction. Depending o n the part number, zener voltage ranges from a hardly a(prenominal) volts up to hundreds of volts. The zener impendance is the effective impedance of the diode when operating in reverse breakdown voltage (zener voltage).Leakage current is the amount of current conducted by the diode when the magnitude of the voltage across the diode is less than the zener voltage. Temperature coefficient is the interlingual rendition on the zener voltage due to the changes in the temperature of the diode. Diode capacitance is the effective capacitance of the diode due to the non-idealities of a diode. Lastly, send on voltage is the operating voltage wherein the diode would conduct current in the onward direction.