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What is the special purpose of a Zener diode?
What is the special purpose of a Zener diode?
- Acting as an amplifier in electronic circuits
- Operating under reverse bias in the breakdown region (correct)
- Operating under forward bias in the saturation region
- Acting as a switch in electronic circuits
How is a Zener diode fabricated?
How is a Zener diode fabricated?
- By doping only the n-side of the junction
- By lightly doping both p- and n- sides of the junction
- By heavily doping both p- and n- sides of the junction (correct)
- By doping only the p-side of the junction
What is the main function of a Zener diode?
What is the main function of a Zener diode?
- To be used as a current amplifier
- To be used as a resistor in electronic circuits
- To be used as a voltage regulator (correct)
- To be used as a digital logic gate
