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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 06, 2015
Infineon Technologies Austria Ag, Villach, AT;
Rudolf Rothmaler, Villach, AT;
Infineon Technologies Austria AG, Villach, AT;
Abstract
A vertical semiconductor device includes a semiconductor body having a front side, a backside arranged opposite to the front side and a lateral edge delimiting the semiconductor body in a horizontal direction perpendicular to the front side, a gate metallization arranged on the front side and extending at least close to the lateral edge; a contact metallization arranged on the front side and between the lateral edge and the gate metallization, and a backside metallization arranged on the backside and in electric contact with the contact metallization. The gate metallization is arranged around at least two sides of the contact metallization when viewed from above.