| CPC H01L 29/0834 (2013.01) [H01L 29/0847 (2013.01); H01L 29/66348 (2013.01); H01L 29/7397 (2013.01); H01L 21/266 (2013.01); H01L 29/404 (2013.01); H01L 29/407 (2013.01)] | 11 Claims |

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1. A semiconductor device, comprising:
a semiconductor body comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
an IGBT (insulated gate bipolar transistor) in an IGBT portion of the semiconductor body; and
a diode in a diode portion of the semiconductor body,
wherein the diode comprises:
an anode region of a first conductivity type and confined by diode trenches along a first lateral direction, each of the diode trenches including a diode trench electrode and a diode trench dielectric;
a cathode contact region of a second conductivity type adjoining the second surface of the semiconductor body opposite to the first surface; and
at least two first contact grooves extending into the anode region along a vertical direction from the first surface of the semiconductor body, the at least two first contact grooves being separated from one another along the first lateral direction.
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