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Does the $I-V$ curve go to $\infty$ as the $V$ goes to $\infty$?

In the model of the $I-V$ curve as an exponential, $I$ does go to infinity as $V$ goes to infinity, and doesn't asymptote out (but it disappears off into the clouds very fast).

In practice you would blow up the diode before reaching infinity, of course!



Kate Scholberg 2017-02-23