Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor component, wherein capacitances occurring between contacts, interconnects or metallizations are reduced by filling cavities with air or gas is provided. The cavities are produced between the semiconductor material and a passivation layer in a region wherein the interconnects are surrounded by dielectric and are subsequently closed by a further passivation layer.

Abstract: An MOS transistor has a gate electrode is electrically conductively connected to an exposed contact area (pad). The contact area is electrochemically corrosion-resistant and is dimensioned for connection to a living cell. The surface topology is relatively flat and the surface, with the exception of the contact area, is protected with a dielectric passivation layer.

Abstract: Bipolar transistor, potentially with monolithically integrated MOSFETs, in the body silicon layer having a thickness of approximately 0.6 .mu.m in a SOI substrate, have a collector region and a base region that are produced by implantation. An oxide layer provided for the gate oxide of the MOSFETs is applied surface-wide and is partially removed in the region of the bipolar transistor, a polysilicon layer (5) also employed for the gate electrodes of the MOSFETs is applied and structured. Implantation for highly doped termination regions (5, 10, 12) for emitter, base and collector ensue with masks (13). An emitter region (8) is driven out of the highly doped polysilicon layer as terminal region for the emitter in a temperature step. The doping degree of the collector region, as lowest doped region, can be selected so light that the collector region is completely depleted. The function corresponds to a vertical bipolar transistor with a lateral collector space-charged zone.