Patent ID: 7872417
Filing Date: 2011-01-18
Classification: C03C,H01L

Abstract:
1. A glass-sealed light emitting element, comprising: a light emitting element including a terminal-side surface having electrical terminals on the terminal side surface, and a backside surface opposed to the terminal side surface and configured to emit light from the backside surface; and a glass member sealing the light emitting element, the glass member including upper and lower regions defined by a principal axis extending along a longest horizontal direction with respect to the terminal-side surface of the light emitting element, the upper region formed by a continuous curved surface, and the lower region formed by the continuous curved surface of the upper region extending into at least a portion of the lower region, wherein the backside surface is at least partially sealed by the glass member and the terminal-side surface is at least partially exposed from the glass member, wherein: