Thermal flow meter

A thermal flow meter comprising:

• a gas passage to take in and permit to flow therethrough of a measurement target gas flowing in a main passage,
• a circuit package having a flow rate measurement circuit to measure a flow rate by performing heat transfer between the measurement target gas flowing in the gas passage and the gas passage, a first resin sealing the flow rate measurement circuit, and
• a housing having an external connector for electrical connection to external devices, and housing the circuit package, formed by a second resin, a thermal expansion coefficient of which is different from a thermal expansion coefficient of the first resin,
• wherein the circuit package has a measurement terminal for outputting a measurement result of the flow rate measurement circuit, and an inspection terminal for inspecting the flow rate measurement circuit, after resin sealing,
• wherein the circuit package is in a shape having a plurality of sides, and
• wherein the inspection terminal and the measurement terminal are provided at different sides of the circuit package