Patent ID: 7485550

Claim:
A method for producing semiconductor elements, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor material region having a top side region and having a rear side region; forming at least one semiconductor circuit arrangement in each of a plurality of defined regions of the semiconductor material region, each of the defined regions including an inner zone containing the semiconductor circuit arrangement, an outer zone including edge regions, and separating zones located in the edge regions; separating the plurality of defined regions of the semiconductor material region along the separating zones and into semiconductor elements; forming a lateral field stop or a lateral field stop doping for each of the semiconductor elements; and effecting hydrogen-correlated doping in at least one treatment region in each of the plurality of defined regions, wherein the at least one treatment region in each defined region (i) lies outside the inner zone, and (ii) lies within the outer zone and also within the separating zones; and wherein the hydrogen-correlated doping is effected in such a way and the plurality of defined regions are separated in such a way that the hydrogen-correlated doping partially or completely remains after the separation of the plurality of defined region and functions as a lateral field stop or as a lateral field stop doping of the semiconductor elements.