[sdiy] 555-based ADSR that refuses to work with 9v

[Ian Fritz]

Ah, that's right.  The higher voltage "zener" diodes work by avalanche 
breakdown, but the zener effect is field-induced tunneling between the 
valence and conduction bands.

   Ian


At 10:30 AM 1/27/06, James Patchell wrote:
>It has been a while since I took my solid state physics class...but I am 
>pretty sure there is a difference between Zener and Avalanche 
>....although...the results are pretty much the same...