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← ScienceWhich conduction outcome results during avalanche breakdown in semiconductors?
A)Increased reverse current carrier generation✓
B)Reduced gate oxide tunneling
C)Increased depletion region capacitance
D)Reduced built-in potential barrier
💡 Explanation
Increased current occurs because impact ionization generates electron-hole pairs, sustaining the avalanche breakdown. The **electron-hole generation** leads to a sharp increase in current by overwhelming Shockley-Read-Hall statistics, rather than capacitance change under normal operation; therefore, current flow increases.
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