nondestructive breakdown
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nondestructive breakdown
(¦nän·di′strək·div ′brāk′dau̇n)
(electronics) Breakdown of the barrier between the gate and channel of a field-effect transistor without causing failure of the device; in a junction field-effect transistor, avalanche breakdown occurs at the pn junction.
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