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Author Topic: why zener diode doesn't emit light like light emitting diode?  (Read 2721 times)
vinay
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« on: May 19, 2011, 12:14:12 AM »

why zener diode doesn't emit light like light emitting diode?
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« Reply #1 on: May 22, 2011, 04:57:14 PM »

it does.  its frequency is not visible to the human eye.  its called heat.  LEDs emit at visible frequency.
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