Patent ID: 8008766

Claim:
A stacked semiconductor module, wherein the module is made by stacking a second semiconductor device above a first semiconductor device, the second semiconductor device having a second semiconductor chip mounted to a top surface of a second semiconductor substrate, the first semiconductor device having a first semiconductor chip mounted to a first semiconductor substrate, a top surface of the first semiconductor substrate is provided with a first connection terminal, a bottom surface of the second semiconductor substrate is provided with a second connection terminal, a first conductive connecting member connects the first connection terminal to the second connection terminal, a resin is formed on a side face of the second semiconductor chip, and said stacked semiconductor module is arranged such that a first outer periphery of a first region in which the resin is formed surrounds, in plan view, a second outer periphery of a second region in which the second semiconductor chip is held, thereby forming a middle region between said first and second outer periphery, wherein at least a portion of said first conductive connecting member is formed, in plan view, in said middle region.