Patent ID: 8648366

Claim:
An LED comprising: a pair of electrode members having a chip mount portion; an LED chip located adjacent the chip mount portion and on one of the pair of electrode members, the LED chip electrically connected to the pair of electrode members and configured to emit light along an optical axis of the LED; and a transparent resin portion with wavelength conversion material mixed therein, the transparent resin portion formed in such a manner as to substantially surround the LED chip, wherein the LED chip is positioned such that it is offset toward one side in the transparent resin portion, and wherein the wavelength conversion material mixed in the transparent resin portion has a higher density in a first cross-sectional plane of the transparent resin portion taken parallel with the optical axis and closer to the side that the LED chip is positioned, and a relatively lower density in a second cross-sectional plane of the transparent resin portion taken parallel with the optical axis and further from the side that the LED chip is positioned as compared to the higher density in the first cross-sectional plane.