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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ralf Henninger, München, DE;
Franz Hirler, Isen, DE;
Joachim Krumrey, München, DE;
Walter Rieger, Arnoldstein, AT;
Martin Poelzl, Ossiach, AT;
Assignee:
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 2/976 ;
Abstract
The switching behavior of a transistor configuration is improved by providing a shielding electrode in an edge region. The shielding electrode surrounds at least sections of an active cell array. The capacitance between an edge gate structure and a drain zone and hence the gate-drain capacitance CGD of the transistor configuration is reduced by the shielding electrode located in the edge region.