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#reverse saturation current

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The reverse saturation current in a diode is:

**Diode characteristics** forward bias reduces barrier, width of depletion region decreases, resistance low ~10-100 Ω, current primarily due to majority diffusion, exponential I = I_s(e^{eV/kT}-1), reverse bias widens depletion region, resistance high ~MΩ, dominant current drift due to minority carriers, reverse saturation current small μA-nA, typically 10⁻⁶ A, increases sharply at breakdown Zener/avalanche. The reverse saturation current is nearly constant with voltage (until breakdown), determined by the minority carrier concentration, not the applied reverse voltage magnitude. Substituting

Ref: NCERT > Physics Book > Electronic Devices > p-n Junction, Depletion Region and Diode Characteristics