what is different between Diode and Zener diode?

Answer Posted / nithi

The main difference between the two is the doping level.
Zener diode is heavily doped. Most of the simple diodes are
always used in forward biased condition. Where as Zener
diode is always used in reverse biased condition(Voltage
regulator)

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