Patent ID: 6855886

Claim:
A photodetection sensor comprising: a lead frame having a grounding terminal, a header connected to this grounding terminal, and signal input/output terminals; a photodetection chip mounted on a surface of the header of the lead frame; an insulative light-pervious resin encapsulating the photodetection chip and part of the lead frame, tip end portions of the signal input/output terminals of the lead frame being protruded from the light-pervious resin; and an electrically conductive resin encapsulating a surface of the light-pervious resin except at least a terminal-side exposed portion of the light-pervious resin in vicinity of the tip end portions of the signal input/output terminals, and wherein the lead frame includes: an electrical connecting portion directly or indirectly connected to the grounding terminal of the lead frame and having a through hole, and wherein the electrical connecting portion is protruded from the light-pervious resin and encapsulated in the electrically conductive resin.