Patent ID: 8035125

Claim:
A light-emitting apparatus comprising: a light-emitting device including electrode pads; and a lead frame including electrode leads, wherein the electrode pads and the electrode leads are electrically connected to each other by bonding wires, the height of the surface of the electrode lead is equivalent to the height of the surface of the lead frame, the light-emitting device is arranged above the lead frame and the electrode leads, interposing a gap in the range of from 0.1 mm to 0.6 mm therebetween, and a package that holds the lead frame to which the light-emitting device is mounted, wherein the package has a concave portion having a shape whose diameter is increased from the bottom to an upper open portion, such that at least a part of the light-emitting device and of the lead frame are exposed from the concave portion, wherein the gap between the light emitting device and the lead frame and electrode leads is a void space.