Patent ID: 7999190

Claim:
A light emitting module comprising: a circuit board; an insulating layer disposed on the circuit board; a metal wiring layer formed directly on the insulating layer; and a light emitting element disposed on the metal wiring layer so as to be physically connected to the metal wiring layer, wherein at least a portion of the insulating layer is removed in a region where the metal wiring layer is not formed, the entire top surface of the insulating layer that is not removed is covered by the metal wiring layer to form a stack of the metal wiring layer and the insulating layer, the stack of the metal wiring layer and the insulating layer is patterned to have at least a first portion and a second portion isolated from the first portion, and the circuit board is exposed between the first portion of the stack and a lateral edge portion of the circuit board and between the second portion of the stack and a lateral edge portion of the circuit board.