Clarence Zener
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Clarence Melvin Zener was an American physicist who in 1934 was the first to describe the property concerning the breakdown of electrical insulators. These findings were later exploited by Bell Labs in the development of the Zener diode, which was duly named after him.
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About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1905 to 1993 · aged 87
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