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Avalanche breakdown in a PN junction di...

Avalanche breakdown in a `PN` junction diode is to

A

Sudden shift to Fermi level

B

Increase in the width of forbidden gap

C

Sudden increases of impurity concentration

D

Cumulative effect of increased electron collision and creative of added electron hole pairs

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