Patent ID: 8755185

Claim:
A semiconductor module provided with an upper arm and a lower arm, each of the arms having a switching element and a rectifying device, the module comprising: a switching element lamination section in which the switching elements of the upper arm and the lower arm overlap each other; a rectifying device lamination section in which the rectifying devices of the upper arm and the lower arm overlap each other; and cooling sections provided at least on both sides in the lamination direction of the switching elements and the lamination direction of the rectifying devices and that cool the switching element lamination section and the rectifying device lamination section, wherein each of the cooling sections has a refrigerant and a refrigerant flow path for circulating the refrigerant, and the refrigerant flow paths are respectively provided on both sides in the lamination direction of the switching elements and the lamination direction of the rectifying devices and folded back at the rectifying device lamination section side.