That led to an exploration of how those work and how you can use them, too. ... this transistor causes roughly a 10 mA current to flow through the Zener diode and its series resistor.

Figure 1 A positive-temperature coefficient Zener diode in series with a negative-temperature coefficient diode can reduce temperature errors . As an example, a 7.5V Zener diode shows a temperature ...

Zener diodes are specially made to exploit the avalanche effect for use in ‘Reference voltage ‘regulators. A zener diode can be used to generate a fixed voltage by passing a limited current through it ...

This new series consists of the 1.2-V CMXSTB200, the 1.8-V CMXSTB300 and the 2.5-V CMXSTB400. These devices function as very low-voltage Zener diodes and are ideal for voltage regulating and meter ...

ROHM has announced the development of high voltage Zener diodes optimized for protection and constant current applications in a variety of electronic circuits. The UDZLV and KDZLV series are ...

“So you don’t see as many Zener power supplies as you used to.” I had to chuckle at this, especially after he mentioned 78xx series regulators, all of which are based on an internal Zener diode.