The invention provides a vertical connection-type power module, which comprises a power device, a power device gate contact chip, a power device source contact chip, a power device drain contact chip, a gate spring copper cylinder, a source spring copper cylinder and a DBC substrate, wherein the power device gate contact chip and the power device source contact chip are arranged on one side surface of the power device; the power device drain contact chip is arranged between the other side surface of the power device and the DBC substrate; the gate spring copper cylinder is connected with the power device gate contact chip; and the source spring copper cylinder is connected with the power device source contact chip. Compared with the prior art, the vertical connection-type power module provided by the invention has the advantages that the size of the power module is reduced and the size of a required radiator can be correspondingly reduced, thereby reducing the volume and the weight of a converter system.