Abstract:
The present invention relates to a turn-off power semiconductor device (1) having a wafer (10) with an active region and a termination region surrounding the active region, a rubber ring (70) as an edge passivation for the wafer (10) and a gate ring (60) placed on a ring-shaped gate contact (40) on the termination region for contacting the gate electrodes of at least one thyristor cell formed in the active region of the wafer. In the turn-off power semiconductor device (1) of the invention, the outer circumferential surface of the gate ring is in contact with the rubber ring to define the inner border of the rubber ring (70). In the invention the area consumed by the ring-shaped gate contact (40) on the termination or edge region can be minimized. The upper surface of the gate ring (60) and the upper surface of the rubber ring (70) form a continuous surface extending in a plane parallel to the first main side (11) of the wafer (10). In a method for manufacturing the device, the gate ring (60) is used as an inner sidewall of a mold for molding the rubber ring (70).