LIGHT−EMITTING OR LIGHT−RECEIVING SEMICONDUCTOR MODULE AND METHOD OF ITS MANUFACTURE

摘要

A semiconductor module (20) comprises twenty five semiconductor devices (10), for example, having photoelectric conversion function and arranged in a 5×5 matrix through an electrical connection mechanism comprising six connection leads (21−26), wherein the semiconductor devices (10) in each column are connected in series and the semiconductor devices (10) in each row are connected in parallel. Furthermore, a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal are buried in a light transmission member (28) of transparent synthetic resin and project to the outside. The semiconductor device (10) has a diffusion layer, a pn junction and one planar face on the surface of a spherical p−type semiconductor crystal, for example, wherein a positive electrode (6a) connected with the p−type semiconductor crystal and a negative electrode (6b) facing the positive electrode (6a) through the center are formed on the planar face.