Patent ID: 8227814
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An optical device comprising: a bottom member; a semiconductor element disposed on the bottom member; a light-transmitting member disposed over the semiconductor element; a side member disposed on the bottom member, the side member surrounding the semiconductor element so as to frame said semiconductor element; a resin filling a space between the side member and the light-transmitting member; and a groove having a bottom surface and a side surface, the groove provided in an upper inner peripheral portion of the side member, wherein a top surface of a part of the resin filling the groove is located lower than a top surface of a part of the resin adjoining the light-transmitting member, the bottom surface of the groove is lower than a bottom surface of the light-transmitting member, and a length of the bottom surface of the groove is longer than a length of the side surface of the groove in cross-section view.