Patent ID: 7999277
Filing Date: 2011-08-16
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A light emitting device comprising: a package having a plurality of mutually separated package electrodes; a vertical geometry light emitting diode having a light emitting layer positioned between a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer, an upper partial electrode of an uppermost layer, and a lower electrode of a lowermost layer, wherein the lower electrode is joined onto one of the package electrodes; and, a conductive connecting member that connects the upper electrode of the vertical geometry light emitting diode with another one of the package electrodes, wherein a junction between said one of the package electrodes and the lower electrode, a junction between the upper electrode and the conductive connecting member, and a junction between the conductive connecting member and said other of the package electrodes are made with solder, wherein the package is comprised of a metal substrate having mutually separated substrate portions serving as a plurality of package electrodes and a reflector joined to the metal substrate, and wherein the plurality of substrate portions are held together with the reflector.