Patent ID: 7777278
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor component comprising: a semiconductor body including a first side and a second side; a drift zone, which is arranged in the semiconductor body below the first side and extends in a first lateral direction of the semiconductor body between a first terminal zone and a second terminal zone; at least one floating semiconductor zone disposed in a floating fashion in the drift zone between the first and second terminal zones; and at least one field electrode, which is arranged in the drift zone, extends into the drift zone proceeding from the first side and is insulated from the semiconductor body by an insulating, layer, wherein the at least one field electrode is formed in plate-type fashion and extends in its longitudinal direction along the drift zone between the first terminal zone and the second terminal zone and is electrically coupled to the at least one floating semiconductor zone so as to be electrically coupled to the drift zone, and wherein the plate-type field electrode tapers in a plane perpendicular to the first side in a vertical direction of the semiconductor body proceeding from the first side toward the second side.