Patent ID: 7880272

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor material region having a surface region, having a lateral edge region at an edge of a chip including the semiconductor device, having an active region, which faces laterally away from the lateral edge region of the semiconductor material region, and having a transition region which is arranged laterally between the lateral edge region of the semiconductor material region and the active region of the semiconductor material region; an active area of the semiconductor device in the active region and in the surface region of the semiconductor material region, in the form of a doping area with or of a first conductivity type; a transition doping area in the transition region and in the surface region of the semiconductor material region and not directly below the active region with or of the first conductivity type; wherein the concentration of the first conductivity type in the transition doping area of the semiconductor device decreases in the direction of the lateral edge region of the semiconductor material region; an additional near-surface compensation doping area with or of a second conductivity type, in the transition region and in the surface region of the semiconductor material region or in part of it, which is different than or opposite to the first conductivity type of the transition doping area of the semiconductor material region, the additional near-surface compensation doping area extending from adjacent the active region to adjacent the lateral edge region and substantially vertically above the transition doping area; and wherein the doping in the additional near-surface compensation doping area of the semiconductor device at least partially compensates for the doping in the transition doping area of the semiconductor device or part of it or its action.