BV Diode Abbreviation

Breakdown Voltage

Threshold voltage at which circuit components begin to be damaged. also "working voltage." or The voltage at which a dielectric material fails. Or  The voltage at which an insulator or dielectric ruptures, or at which ionization and conduction take place in a gas or vapor. or The minimum voltage of an insulator which cause that part of insulator to become conductor. or The voltage at which the insulation between two conductors is destroyed.