Patent ID: 8330182

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element with an upper surface that is a light emitting surface; a translucent material with an upper surface and a lower surface, where light from the light emitting element is incident on the lower surface and light is emitted to the outside through the upper surface; and light reflecting resin that covers at least one part of the translucent material, wherein the translucent material has inclined surfaces on at least part of the sides of the translucent material perimeter, the inclined surfaces widening from the upper surface towards the lower surface, wherein the area of the lower surface of the translucent material is formed larger than the area of the upper surface of the light emitting element; the lower surface of the translucent material is joined to the upper surface of the light emitting element, and wherein the region of the lower surface of the translucent material that is not joined to the upper surface of the light emitting element and the inclined surfaces are covered with the light reflecting resin.