Patent ID: 8258540

Claim:
An LED package comprising: a base; a heat dissipating plate mounted on the base, the heat dissipating plate comprising a first surface and a second surface, the second surface attached to the base, the first surface being opposite to the second surface, wherein the heat dissipating plate and the base are connected together via a material selected from one of die-attached epoxy and silver epoxy; and an LED chip mounted on the first surface of the heat dissipating plate, the heat dissipating plate being located between the base and the LED chip, the LED chip having an interface attached to the first surface of the heat dissipating plate, the first surface of the heat dissipating plate having an area greater than that of the interface of the LED chip; wherein the base defines a receiving recess therein, the base forming an inner surface circumferentially surrounding the receiving recess, the base forming a mounting surface at a bottom side of the receiving recess, the LED chip and the heat dissipating plate being entirely received in the receiving recess, the heat dissipating plate being mounted on the mounting surface of the base.