Patent ID: 8502281

Claim:
A vertical component comprising: a semiconductor body of a first conductivity type, having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface; a first electrode arranged on the first main surface; a second electrode arranged on the second main surface; a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type, the semiconductor substrate adjoining the second electrode; a first zone of the first conductivity type, the first zone adjoining the first electrode; a body zone of a second conductivity type, the body zone adjoining the first electrode; a drift zone of the first conductivity type that lies between the semiconductor substrate and the body zone; and at least one compensation region located in the drift zone configured continuously in a connection direction between the first electrode and the second electrode in pillar-type fashion and extending with its longitudinal direction parallel to a connecting direction between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the compensation region has a tapering cross-sectional area in the direction toward the second electrode, wherein the compensation region extends in the drift zone proceeding from the body zone toward the semiconductor substrate only to an extent such that a pedestal region of the drift zone remains between the end of the compensation region and the semiconductor substrate and in a manner adjoining the semiconductor substrate, and wherein the pedestal region includes a higher doping concentration than a part of the drift zone adjoining the body zone.