Patent ID: 8354709

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: a terminal zone; a drift zone of a first conduction type, which is doped more weakly than the terminal zone; a component junction between the drift zone and a further component zone; and means arranged between the drift zone and the terminal zone for increasing cosmic radiation resistance of the semiconductor component; wherein the means for increasing cosmic radiation resistance comprises a charge carrier compensation zone with a minimum doping concentration being more than 10 16 cm −3 ; wherein the rate of change in the doping concentration in the charge carrier compensation zone in the direction of the terminal zone in a region in which the doping rises from 5·10 16 cm −3 to 2·10 17 cm −3 is at most 2·10 21 cm −4 ; and wherein the doping concentration of the drift zone is within the range of 10 13 cm − and 10 14 cm −3 .