Abstract: A surface mount semiconductor laser diode package has a substrate on which the laser diode is mounted. The top electrode of the laser diode is wire-bonded to the top end of a plated-through conduit through the substrate, and the bottom end of the plated-through conduit is connected to a circuit contact plated at the bottom surface of the substrate. The bottom electrode of the laser diode is flip-chip mounted to the top end of another plated-through conduit, and bottom end of the second plated-through conduit is connected to a second circuit contact. Each laser diode is covered with a transparent lid or a lid with a lens. For mass production, a large number of the laser diodes arranged in a matrix formation are mounted on a common substrate. Walls are erected around each laser diode. A transparent cover is placed over the walls. All the plated-through conduits at the edges of the laser diodes in a same column are aligned and sawed through together.