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Abstract

The invention relates to a semiconductor element (10) with an integrated circuit (12), which has at least two layers (14, 16, 18), which are electrically conductive in areas, arranged one over the other, and spaced from one another by at least one intermediate layer (24, 26), whereby in a first layer (14), trace sections (28) for providing a first voltage potential and in a second layer (16), trace sections (30) for providing a second voltage potential are provided, and with at least one protection diode (36) electrically connected to a trace section (28) of the first layer (14) and to a trace section (30) of the second layer (16), said diode which is configured to eliminate voltage peaks in a substrate layer (38) arranged beneath the first and second layer (14, 16) and which is arranged at least in part beneath a trace section. It is provided according to the invention that the electrical connection of the protection diode (36) to the trace section (28) of the first layer (14) is realized as plated through hole (34), which penetrates the trace section (30) of the second layer (16). Use for integrated circuits.

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