Patent ID: 8525218
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element with an upper surface that is a light emitting surface; a translucent material with an upper surface and a lower surface, where light from the light emitting element is incident on the lower surface and light is emitted to an area outside the light emitting device through the upper surface; and a light reflecting resin that covers at least one part of the translucent material, wherein the translucent material includes a covered region that is covered with the reflecting resin and a non-covered region that is exposed to the area outside the light emitting device, wherein an area of the non-covered region on the upper surface of the translucent material is smaller than an area of the lower surface of the translucent material, wherein the area of the lower surface of the translucent material is larger than an area of the upper surface of the light emitting element, wherein the lower surface of the translucent material is joined to the upper surface of the light emitting element, and wherein a region of the lower surface of the translucent material that is not joined to the upper surface of the light emitting element is covered with the light reflecting resin.