Patent ID: 8072769

Claim:
A component-embedded module comprising: a module substrate having a wiring pattern on each of an upper surface thereof and a lower surface thereof and having a via conductor or a through hole conductor extending therethrough, the via conductor or the through hole extending from the wiring pattern on the lower surface to the wiring pattern upper surface; a first circuit component mounted on the wiring pattern on the upper surface of the module substrate; a sub-module having an area thereof that is less than an area of the module substrate, the sub-module having a terminal electrode on a lower surface thereof, the sub-module being disposed on an area of the upper surface of the module substrate, the area being an area on which the wiring pattern is not provided; a second circuit component mounted on the sub-module and/or embedded in the sub-module; and an insulating resin layer provided on substantially the entire upper surface of the module substrate such that the insulating resin layer covers at least a portion of the first circuit component and the sub-module; wherein the terminal electrode of the sub-module is directly coupled to the via conductor or the through hole conductor extending through the module substrate.