Patent ID: 7187058

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: a semiconductor body; at least one pn junction present in the semiconductor body; and an amorphous passivation layer arranged at least in sections on a surface of the semiconductor body so as to define an interface between the passivation layer and the semiconductor body, the interface having an interface state density that is greater than a breakdown charge divided by a band gap of a semiconductor material used for the semiconductor body; and wherein for a reaction factor: r=q *( R s,max /R b )* D s,min *d 2 the following holds true: ( r )≧10 5 kV −1 where q is the elementary charge, R s,max is the maximum value of a junction resistance R s between the passivation layer and the semiconductor body, R b is a sheet resistance of the passivation layer, and d is a thickness of the passivation layer, and D s,min is the minimum interface state density.