Patent ID: 7718456

Claim:
A method for manufacturing the package for housing a light-emitting element comprising: (a) a nitride ceramics insulating substrate in a plate shape, (b) a nitride ceramics reflector frame that is bonded to the peripheral upper face of the insulating substrate and is provided with a light reflecting layer on the inside face thereof, (c) a cavity for housing a light-emitting element that is formed by the insulating substrate and the reflector frame, (d) a conductive portion made of a conductive material that is filled in the through hole for wiring that is formed so as to vertically pass through the insulating substrate, (e) a wiring pattern layer for connecting a light-emitting element that is formed on the upper face of the insulating substrate and is electrically connected to the conductive portion, and (f) a wiring pattern layer for supply that is formed on the bottom face of the insulating substrate and is electrically connected to the wiring pattern layer for connecting a light-emitting element through the conductive portion, wherein a light-emitting element is mounted on the wiring pattern layer for connecting a light-emitting element in the cavity for housing a light-emitting element; comprising the steps of: (A) forming a through hole for wiring, into which a conductive paste that is the conductive portion (d) is filled, in the green sheet in a plate shape that is a precursor of the nitride ceramics insulating substrate (a) in a plate shape in such a manner that the through hole is positioned below the nitride ceramics reflector frame (b), and preparing a green sheet for a substrate that is made of a green sheet in which a conductive paste layer that will be the wiring pattern layer for connecting a light-emitting element and a conductive paste layer that will be the wiring pattern layer for supply are formed on the upper and bottom faces, respectively, (B) preparing a green sheet for a reflector frame that is a precursor of the nitride ceramics reflector frame (b), (C) laminating the green sheet for a substrate and the green sheet for a reflector frame through a paste layer containing a nitride ceramics powder the same as a nitride ceramics powder contained in the green sheet for a substrate between the both green sheets, and (D) heating the laminate obtained in the step (C) to degrease and sinter the laminate.