Patent ID: 8785970

Claim:
A bidirectional switch comprising, on its rear surface, a first main electrode (A1 ) and, on its front surface, a second main electrode (A2 ) and a gate electrode (G), this switch being controllable by a voltage between the gate and the first electrode, and comprising: a semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type surrounded with a wall of the second conductivity type; on the front surface side, a well of the second conductivity type in substantially half of which is formed a first region of the first conductivity type; on the rear surface side, a layer of the second conductivity type in which is formed a second region of the first conductivity type substantially in front of a portion of said well which is not taken up by the first region; wherein said well and said layer are doped with a doping level lower than 10 16 at./cm 3 , the exposed external surfaces of said well and of said layer being heavily doped of the second conductivity type; and wherein at least a third region of the second conductivity type, of same doping level as said well and said layer, is formed on the front surface side in the substrate, the third region containing at least one fourth region of the first conductivity type of a doping level lower than 10 17 at./cm 3 , on which is formed a Schottky contact.