Patent ID: 7323704

Claim:
A chip LED comprising an insulating substrate, a light emitting diode chip mounted on an upper surface of the insulating substrate, and a transparent package provided on the upper surface of the insulating substrate to seal the light emitting diode chip, wherein the light emitting diode chip is mounted on the upper surface of the insulating substrate with an anode electrode of the chip located closer to the insulating substrate than a cathode electrode of the chip so that the anode is located between the cathode and the insulating substrate; and wherein the light emitting diode chip includes a diode substrate and a light emitting layer between the anode and the cathode, the light emitting layer being located closer to the cathode than to the anode, the diode substrate being located between the cathode and the light emitting layer for preventing light generated at the light emitting layer from being emitted through the cathode.