Patent ID: 7854535

Claim:
A standalone light emitting diode package, comprising: a housing comprising substantially vertical sidewalls and a substrate, the sidewalls and the substrate defining a cavity having a bottom, the substrate being located at the bottom of the cavity, the substrate and the vertical sidewalls being contiguous, continuous and uninterrupted respecting one another at the intersections thereof, the housing forming a single unitary piece of ceramic; at least one light-reflective metallic coating disposed over at least portions of the sidewalls and the substrate; a light emitting diode mounted on or in the substrate, and an optically transparent material disposed in the cavity and covering the light emitting diode; wherein the ceramic composition and configuration of the housing and the light-reflective coating cooperate to minimize light leakage through, into or out of the housing when the light emitting diode is energized, the metallic coating reflects light incident thereon in a predetermined direction, and the optically transparent material protects the light emitting diode.