Patent ID: 8034644

Claim:
A method of making a light emitter, the method comprising: fabricating a line of first leads, the line of first leads comprising a plurality of connected individual first leads each having a cup formed on a first end thereof; fabricating a line of second leads, the line of second leads comprising a plurality of connected individual second leads; physically connecting the line of first leads to the line of second leads, wherein a first individual first lead is adjacent a first individual second lead and wherein the physically connecting comprises at least one of (i) spot welding the first line of leads to the second line of leads and (ii) clamping the first line of leads to the second line of leads; attaching a light emitting device to the first individual first lead within the cup formed on the first end of the first individual lead such that the light emitting device is located substantially along a major axis of the first individual lead; electrically connecting the light emitting device to the first individual second lead; encapsulating a portion of the individual first lead and a portion of the individual second lead as a single unit; and separating the encapsulated first individual lead and the second individual lead from the first line of leads and the second line of leads.