Patent ID: 7315046
Filing Date: 2008-01-01
Classification: C08G,C08L,C10G,H01L,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: leads arranged side by side; a light-emitting element mounted on one of the leads arranged side by side; and an envelope made of light-transmitting resin and sealing part of the leads and the light-emitting element, the shape of a horizontal section of the envelope perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the leads having a long axis and a short axis and being noncircular and axially symmetrical with respect to each of the long and short axes, the short axis being parallel to a side-by-side arranging direction of the leads, the shape of a light emitting face on a vertical section of the envelope parallel to the longitudinal direction of the leads and parallel to the side-by-side arranging direction of the leads being substantially a U-shape.