Patent ID: 6765262
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A high-voltage semiconductor component, comprising:a semiconductor substrate of a first conduction type; a first electrode configured on said semiconductor substrate; a second electrode; a plurality of alternately configured semiconductor regions including laterally oriented semiconductor regions of said first conduction type and laterally oriented semiconductor regions of a second conduction type opposite said first conduction type, said semiconductor regions of said first conduction type being connected to said semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor regions of said second conduction type being connected to said second electrode; a semiconductor layer of said second conduction type provided as a region for taking up a reverse voltage, said semiconductor layer being more weakly doped than said semiconductor substrate, said semiconductor layer located between said semiconductor substrate and said plurality of said alternately configured semiconductor regions; an electrically conductive connection routed through said semiconductor layer, said electrically conductive connection electrically connecting said semiconductor regions of said first conduction type to said semiconductor substrate; and a further conductive connection routed through said plurality of said alternately configured semiconductor regions, said further conductive connection electrically connecting said semiconductor regions of said second conduction type to said second electrode; said second electrode being provided on said semiconductor layer.