Abstract:
A semiconductor of the kind comprising at least one pn-junction the doping of which in the p-region (n-region) increases continuously or gradually from the pn-junction, and also having an isolating surface layer at least at the marginal portion of said pn-junction. In this semiconductor a first portion of said surface layer is positioned outside the substantially p-doped (ndoped) region, and a second portion of said surface layer is positioned outside the n-doped (p-doped) region of said pnjunction, said first portion having a permanently negative (positive) surface charge relative to said second portion.