Patent ID: 7339194

Claim:
A semiconductor laser device comprising: a semiconductor laser element; a frame having a front face on which the semiconductor laser element is placed; and a resin molded portion that covers the front and back faces of the frame, wherein, on a front face side of the frame, the semiconductor laser element is enclosed with the resin molded portion, and the resin molded portion has an open front serving as a laser beam emission window, wherein, on a back face side of the frame, there is provided an exposed portion enclosed with the resin molded portion having an open front, the exposed portion where the frame is exposed to an outside, and wherein the frame includes an element placement portion on which the semiconductor laser element is placed, a lead portion that is integrally formed with the element placement portion, the lead portion that serves as a current path with a wire connected thereto, and a tapered portion provided between the element placement portion and the lead portion, the tapered portion whose width is gradually reduced from the element placement portion toward the lead portion.