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Integrated circuit including a semiconductor device

US7800171B2 · kind B2 · utility

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12Claims

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Assignee

Infineon Technologies Austria AG · AT

Inventors

Mathias von Borcke · Munich, DE
Markus Zundel · Egmating, DE
Thorsten Meyer · Regensburg, DE
Uwe Schmalzbauer · Neubiberg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 11, 2007
Grant date	Sep 21, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH10D64/516
WIPO fieldBasic communication processes
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An integrated circuit including a semiconductor device is disclosed. One embodiment provides a load current component, having a multiplicity of trenches in a cell array. A sensor component is integrated into the cell array of the load current component and has a sensor cell array, the area of which is smaller than the area of the cell array of the load current component by a specific factor. The trenches forming the cell array of the sensor component correspond to the trenches of the cell array of the load current component, configured such that the trenches of the sensor component at the at least one side merge uniformly into the trenches of the cell array of the load current component without interruptions or disturbances of the trench geometry.

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