Patent ID: 8450196

Claim:
A method for production of a semiconductor component comprising: providing an SiC substrate; forming a layer containing silicon on a surface of the SiC substrate, wherein the layer containing silicon is formed from polycrystalline or amorphous silicon or compounds containing silicon; forming a metal layer on one surface of the SiC substrate; irradiating the metal layer with a laser pulse in localized areas, wherein from the metal layer and the layer containing silicon a metal silicide is formed by thermal action in the localized areas, on a boundary surface to the SiC substrate and remaining areas, where outside the localized areas the metal is in direct contact with the layer containing silicon, are not irradiated and are not converted to metal silicide; and carrying out further processes in order to produce a semiconductor component, wherein the semiconductor component is a merged pn-Schottky diode, the metal silicide forming electrical contact areas and remaining areas of the metal layer not converted to metal silicide forming Schottky contacts.