US PATENT SUBCLASS 327 / 422
.~.~.~ Avalanche

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327 /   HD   MISCELLANEOUS ACTIVE ELECTRICAL NONLINEAR DEVICES, CIRCUITS, AND SYSTEMS

365  DF  GATING (I.E., SWITCHING INPUT TO OUTPUT) {12}
419  DF  .~ Utilizing three or more electrode solid-state device {7}
420  DF  .~.~ Breakdown characteristic (e.g., punch-through, tunneling, etc.) {2}
422.~.~.~ Avalanche

DEFINITION

Classification: 327/422

Avalanche:

(under subclass 420) Subject matter wherein a breakdown is caused by the action of a strong electric field which causes some free carriers to gain enough energy to liberate new hole-electron pairs by ionization.

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584, for miscellaneous circuits with breakdown diodes.