Patent ID: 7977737

Claim:
A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor body; a control electrode on a front side of the semiconductor body; a first electrode on a back side of the semiconductor body and electrically connected to the control electrode such that an inherent feedback capacitance exists between the control electrode and the first electrode; a second electrode on a front side of the semiconductor body and electrically connected to the first electrode such that an inherent drain-source capacitance exists between the first electrode and the second electrode; at least one additional monolithically integrated capacitor connected in parallel to the control electrode or the second electrode; and wherein the at least one additional monolithically integrated capacitor includes a first conductive layer directly contacting the front side of the semiconductor body and having a first capacitor surface, a second conductive layer having a second capacitor surface opposite and parallel to the first capacitor surface, and a dielectric layer located directly on the first capacitor surface and the second capacitor surface.