| Standardization field | Electrical engineering | 
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| Technical committee | BAS/TC 30- Electric cables | 
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| Term (EN) | avalanche photodiode, APD (acronym) | 
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| Definition (EN) | A photodiode operating with a bias voltage such that the primary photocurrent undergoes amplification by cumulative multiplication of charge carriers.
Note. — As the reverse-bias voltage approaches the breakdown voltage, hole-electron pairs created by absorbed photons acquire sufficient energy to create additional hole-electron pairs when they collide with ions. | 
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| Term (SR) | lavinska fotodioda, APD (skraćenica) | 
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| Definition (SR) | Fotodioda koja radi sa prednaponom takvim da primarna foto struja biva pojačana usljed kumulativnog množenja nosilaca naelektrisanja
Napomena — Kako se obrnuti prednapon približava probojnom naponu, parovi šupljina-elektron nastali od apsorbovanih fotona prikupljaju dovoljno energije da stvore još parova šupljina-elektron kad se sudaraju s jonima. | 
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| Date | 2017-08-10 | 
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| Standards | BAS IEC 60050-731:2017 | 
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