Patent ID: 7629665

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: a semiconductor body having a basic doping and comprising a first side, a second side opposite the first side, an inner region arranged between the first and second sides, and an edge region adjacent to the inner region in a lateral direction, at least one active component zone which is arranged in the inner region in the region of the first side and is doped complementarily to the basic doping, and a channel stop zone, which is arranged in the edge region in the region of the first side, is of the same conduction type as the basic doping and is doped more heavily than the basic doping, the doping concentration in the channel stop zone decreasing continuously at least in sections in a lateral direction in the direction of the active component zone at least over a distance of 10 μm, wherein the gradient of the doping concentration is between 5×10 14 cm −3 /μm and 5×10 11 cm −3 /μm.