Abstract:
A high voltage semiconductor device comprising a semiconductor substrate (2) covered by an epitaxial layer (3) of a first type of conductivity having a plurality of column structures (4) comprising high aspect ratio deep trenches, said epitaxial layer (3) being covered by an active surface area (5), each of the column structures (4) comprising an external portion (6) formed by a silicon epitaxial layer of a second type of conductivity, and having a dopant charge which counterbalances the dopant charge in said epitaxial layer (3) outside said column structures (4), a dielectric filling portion (7) filling up said deep trench, and said external portion (6) having a dopant concentration with a variable concentration profile having a maximum near an interface with said epitaxial layer (3).