An advantage of the present invention is to suppress moisture infiltrating
from a pad electrode portion from spreading over the surface of a wiring
pattern and improve the reliability of a packaging board. The wiring
pattern of the packaging board is formed on an insulating substrate and
includes a wiring region, an electrode region (pad electrode) connected
with a semiconductor device, and a boundary region provided between the
wiring region and the electrode region. A gold plating layer is provided
on the surface of the electrode region of the wiring pattern. The top
surface of the boundary region of the wiring pattern is so formed as to
be dented from the top surface of the wiring region of the wiring
pattern, and there is provided a stepped portion in the boundary region.
A solder resist is formed in such a manner as to cover part of the gold
plating layer and the wiring pattern corresponding to the boundary region
and the wiring region, and the solder resist has a predetermined opening
through which to connect to the semiconductor device. A conductive member
is connected to the gold plating layer in the electrode region, and a
molded resin layer seals the entire semiconductor module.