Patent ID: 7462871

Claim:
A side view light emitting diode comprising: an elongated first lead frame having a finger extending therefrom; an elongated second lead frame with a narrow width and a long length having a finger disposed in parallel with the finger of the first lead frame, the second lead frame disposed next to the first lead frame at a predetermined gap along a length direction; a light emitting diode chip mounted on a mounting area of the first lead frame and electrically connected to the first and second lead frames; a protective device mounted on a mounting area of the second lead frame in parallel with the light emitting diode chip and electrically connected to the first and second lead frames to protect the light emitting diode chip from electrical abnormality, the mounting area of the second lead frame facing the same direction as the mounting area of the first lead frame; a package body housing the first and second lead frames to form a first opened area externally opened around the light emitting diode chip and a second opened area externally opened around the protective device, the package body having a partition wall formed across the fingers of the first and second lead frames and between the first and second opened areas to block light from the light emitting diode chip from entering the second opened area; and a first encapsulant provided to the first opened area of the package body to protect the LED chip; a second encapsulant provided to the second opened area of the package body to protect the protective device, wherein at least the first encapsulant is transparent.