A Short Outline on Zener Diodes and Their Applications in Electronic Industry The automotive, medical, military, telecommunication and aerospace industries always rely on electronic components. Only these industries rely on electronic component manufacturers to manufacture and deliver electronic parts for their use. In addition to this, they also rely on some of the reputed distributors that can efficiently and timely meet their demands. This post discusses an electronic component like zener diodes in detail. Introduction to using zener diodes as voltage references A p-n junction semiconductor device that is designed for operating in the reverse breakdown region of their VI characteristics curve is known as a zener diode. The voltage drop across the diode will remain constant, by maintaining their reverse current with certain limits. The zener diode will act as a voltage reference if maintained in this mode of operation.
A zener diode must be reversed based, for operation as a voltage reference. The normal diode reverse saturation current is allowed to flow, when the reverse voltage is smaller than Vz, which is the zener voltage measured at the given test