Trenches are formed in a semiconductor substrate, where the trenches
include an outer trench and multiple inner trenches within the outer
trench. A metal-oxide semiconductor (MOS) device and a trench MOS
Schottky barrier (TMBS) device are also formed in the semiconductor
substrate using the trenches. The MOS device could include the outer
trench, and the TMBS device could include the inner trenches. At least
one of the inner trenches may contact the outer trench, and/or at least
one of the inner trenches may be electrically isolated from the outer
trench. The MOS device could represent a trench vertical double-diffused
metal-oxide semiconductor (VDMOS) device, and the TMBS device may be
monolithically integrated with the trench VDMOS device in the
semiconductor substrate. A guard ring that covers portions of the inner
trenches and that is open over other portions of the inner trenches could
optionally be formed in the semiconductor substrate.