Patent ID: 7319250
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor component comprising: a semiconductor body which has a front, a back, an inner region, an edge region which is arranged between the inner region and an edge, a first semiconductor zone of a first conduction type in the inner region and edge region and at least one second semiconductor zone of a second conduction type that is complementary to the first conduction type, said second semiconductor zone being arranged in the inner region in the region of the front, a connection electrode which is applied to the front of the semiconductor body in the second semiconductor zone, and a recombination zone which has recombination centers and is arranged beneath the connection electrode in the second semiconductor zone closer to the front and in the edge region in the first semiconductor zone further away from the front such that the recombination zone extends deeper into the semiconductor body from the front in the first semiconductor zone than in the second semiconductor zone.