Abstract
The reverse recovery failure limit was measured with an optical technique for power diodes which sustain high levels of dynamic avalanche. Measurements and simulations indicate that these diodes withstand dynamic avalanche at the pn-junction and eventually fail as a result of a strongly inhomogeneous current distribution caused by the onset of impact ionisation at the diode nn + junction — a mechanism similar to the reverse bias second breakdown of bipolar transistors.
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