Abstract of the Disclosure

A stabilized semiconductor device is described employing a field relief interrupted ring which surrounds an interconnection to an active region of the device. At the area of the interruption, a guard ring or channel interrupter is provided in the semiconductor surface, and the field relief ring is connected to the channel interrupter. This arrests any inversion layers that may form in the surface before or during operation of the device.

• Figure 1 is a diagrammatic plan view of a semiconductor device according to the invention.
• Figure 2 is a diagrammatic cross-sectional view taken on the line II-II of the device shown in Figure 1.
• Figure 3 is a diagrammatic cross-sectionalview of the device shown in Figure 1 on the line III-III.

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