Patent ID: 8124995

Claim:
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light-emitting element emitting light in a region ranging from ultraviolet to visible; and a visible-light luminescent element absorbing light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and outputting visible light; wherein the visible-light luminescent element includes a substrate, a light scattering particle layer, including contacting light scattering particles, formed on the substrate, a phosphor particle layer, including contacting phosphor particles, formed on the light scattering particle layer, and an inorganic transparent layer formed on the phosphor particle layer, the phosphor particle layer absorbs light emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element and output visible light, and the phosphor particle layer further absorbs light that is emitted from the semiconductor light-emitting element, arrives at and is reflected from the light scattering particles, and output the visible light.