Patent ID: 7569920

Claim:
An electronic component comprising two vertical semiconductor power transistors arranged in a stack, comprising: a first vertical semiconductor power transistor comprising a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side and device structures, at least one first electrode positioned on the first side and at least one second electrode positioned on the second side, wherein the semiconductor body further comprises at least one electrically conductive via, the via extending from the first side to the second side of the semiconductor body and being galvanically isolated from the device structures of the semiconductor body and from the first electrode and the second electrode, and a second vertical semiconductor power transistor comprising a semiconductor body having a first side and a second side and device structures, at least one first electrode and at least one control electrode positioned on the first side and at least one second electrode positioned on the second side, and wherein the second vertical semiconductor power transistor is mounted on the second side of the first vertical semiconductor power transistor such that at least one electrode of the second semiconductor transistor is mounted on, and electrically connected to, the via positioned in the first semiconductor power transistor, the electrode of the second semiconductor power transistor being galvanically isolated from the first semiconductor power transistor and being independently electrically accessible from the first side of the first semiconductor power transistor.