Which risk increases when a photodiode's manufacturing process drastically reduces the width of the energy band gap?

💡 Explanation

Increased reverse leakage occurs because reducing the band gap lowers the energy needed for electrons to jump to the conduction band via thermal excitation; therefore more current flows, rather than the generation of electron-hole pairs dominates.

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