Patent ID: 8018064

Claim:
An integrated circuit having a semiconductor arrangement comprising: a semiconductor element having a first contact face and a second contact face, the first contact face and the second contact face extending in a first lateral direction, the first contact face and the second contact face arranged on opposing sides of the semiconductor element; first and second electrically conductive connecting elements electrically connecting the semiconductor element on opposing sides of the semiconductor element, the first electrically conductive connecting element having a third contact face, the first contact face facing towards the first electrically conductive connecting element, the second contact face facing towards the second electrically conductive connecting element, the first electrically conductive connecting element electrically conductively connected to the first contact face, and the second electrically conductive connecting element electrically conductively connected to the second contact face, wherein the first and second electrically conductive connecting elements are formed primarily from an electrically conductive material; and a trench system formed in the first and second electrically conductive connecting elements that divides the first and second electrically conductive elements into substantially uncoupled sections, wherein a first trench of the trench system extends from the third contact face into the first electrically conductive connecting element.