US Patent 7446373 Semiconductor component and method for producing it

A semiconductor component and also a method for producing it are disclosed. In one embodiment, the semiconductor component includes a surface region or a modified doping region is provided alternatively or simultaneously in the edge region of the cell array, in which surface region or modified doping region the doping concentration is lowered and/or in which surface region or modified doping region the conductivity type is formed such that it is opposite to the conductivity type of the actual semiconductor material region, or in which a field plate region is provided.