Patent ID: 6403989
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A semiconductor device (10) comprising a semiconductor body (11) including, in succession, a first and a second semiconductor region (1, 2) of a first conductivity type having, respectively, a high and a low doping concentration, and including a third semiconductor region (3) of a second conductivity type, contrary to the first conductivity type, and having a high doping concentration, at least in the second semiconductor region (2), the service life of the charge carriers being reduced, and the first and the third semiconductor for region (1, 3) being provided with, respectively, a first and a second connection conductor (4, 5), characterized in that the thickness of the second semiconductor region (2) is reduced to below 20 &mgr;m, and the service life of the charge carriers in the second semiconductor region (2) is reduced to below 20 nsec.