Patent ID: 7741675

Claim:
A semiconductor component comprising: semiconductor body including a trench structure embedded in a top surface of said semiconductor body, the trench structure including at least two trench regions disposed adjacent to each other and oriented perpendicular to said top surface, at least one trench region of said at least two trench regions including at least a part of an electrode structure, said electrode structure being embedded in the trench structure and at least partly insulated from surroundings of the electrode structure by an insulating structure, wherein the at least two trench regions have approximately the same dimensions as cell array trenches of the semiconductor component; wherein the two trench regions are oriented relative to one another in such a way that at least upper regions of said two trench regions and at least a portion of the insulating structure overlap one another in an overlap region, said portion of said insulating structure being provided in the upper region of the two trench regions; and wherein a contact hole is arranged above the at least two trench regions in such a way that at least parts of the overlap region and at least said part of the electrode structure are physically and electrically connect via the contact hole.