Patent ID: 7998763

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor apparatus comprising: setting a substrate within a first mold, wherein a plurality of optical semiconductor elements are mounted on the substrate at predetermined intervals; performing primary transfer molding using the first mold and a first-stage second mold, the first-stage second mold having a cavity, wherein molding includes forming a plurality of frame bodies with a thermosetting resin, the thermosetting resin having a light-shielding property and a reflective property, the plurality of frame bodies made of the thermosetting resin and formed on the substrate, the frame bodies surrounding respective optical semiconductor elements; replacing the first-stage second mold with a second-stage second mold, the second-stage second mold having a cavity for molding light-transmitting portions while the substrate is maintained within the first mold; performing secondary transfer molding using the first mold and the second-stage second mold with a light-transmitting thermosetting resin that is transparent to at least a part of a wavelength range of light that the optical semiconductor elements can emit or receive, to form the light-transmitting portions made of the thermosetting resin which covers the optical semiconductor elements and the frame bodies on the substrate; releasing a multi-piece product of semiconductor apparatuses from the first mold and the second-stage second mold, each semiconductor apparatus including at least one frame body and light-transmitting portion formed on the substrate; and cutting the multi-piece product of semiconductor apparatuses at predetermined intervals to separate each individual semiconductor apparatus.