Patent ID: 7091559

Claim:
A junction electronic component comprising: at least a first type semiconductor region and a second type semiconductor region, which have a first and, respectively, a second type of conductivity, opposite to the first type of conductivity and are arranged contiguous to one another so as to form a PN junction; wherein the junction electronic component has a first surface, a second surface opposite to said first surface, and a thickness, and wherein said first type semiconductor region and said second type semiconductor region extend between said first surface and said second surface and said PN junction extends across the whole thickness of the junction electronic component; a first biasing contact region contacting the first type semiconductor region and adapted to receive a biasing voltage to be applied to the first type semiconductor region; a second biasing region contacting the second type semiconductor region and adapted to receive a second biasing voltage to be applied to the second type semiconductor region; wherein the junction electronic further comprises at least one resistive region, which has said first type of conductivity and extends from said first type semiconductor region contiguous to said second type semiconductor region so as to form a resistive path between said first and second biasing regions in parallel to said PN junction.