Patent ID: 8901661

Claim:
A semiconductor device, comprising: a source metallization; a semiconductor body including: a first field-effect structure including a source region of a first conductivity type electrically coupled to the source metallization; and a second field-effect structure including a source region of the first conductivity type electrically coupled to the source metallization; and wherein a first gate electrode of the first field-effect structure is electrically coupled to a first gate driver circuit and a second gate electrode of the second field-effect structure is electrically coupled to a second gate driver circuit different from the first gate driver circuit; and wherein the first field-effect structure and the second field-effect structure share a common drain, wherein the first gate driver circuit is configured to drive the first gate electrode with a signal configured to turn the first field-effect structure on when a body diode of the first field-effect structure is in a conducting mode and to turn the first field-effect structure off when the body diode of the first field-effect structure is in a non-conducting mode.