Patent ID: 9431484
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: H01L

Claim Text:
1. A transistor comprising: a semiconductor body having a first horizontal surface that is a major surface of the semiconductor body; a drift region arranged in the semiconductor body; trenches disposed in the semiconductor body, the trenches extending parallel relative to each other along a first lateral direction that is parallel to the first horizontal surface of the semiconductor body; a plurality of gate electrodes, wherein each of the plurality of gate electrodes is disposed in a corresponding one of the trenches; body regions arranged between the trenches; and source regions arranged between the trenches, wherein the body regions are arranged between the drift region and the source regions in a vertical direction of the semiconductor body, wherein, in the first horizontal surface, the source regions and the body regions are arranged alternately in the first lateral direction, wherein at least one of the body regions is arranged between two of the source regions in the first lateral direction and at least one of the source regions is arranged between two of the body regions in the first lateral direction, and wherein a source electrode is electrically connected to the source regions and the body regions in the first horizontal surface, wherein the source electrode comprises electrode sections extending through the source regions into the body regions.