Patent ID: 8592030

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising a gold-plated substrate, a light emitting element and a cured resin layer interposed between the gold-plated substrate and the light emitting element, wherein said cured resin layer comprises a cured product of a silicone adhesive comprising components (a), (b), and (c): (a) an addition reaction-curable silicone resin composition, having a viscosity at 25° C. of not more than 100 Pa·s, and yielding a cured product upon heating at 150° C. for 3 hours that has a type D hardness prescribed in JIS K6253 of at least 30, (b) a white pigment powder having an average particle size of less than 1 μm and (c) a white or colorless and transparent powder having an average particle size of at least 1 μm but less than 10 μm wherein a combination of components (b) and (c) is present in an amount of 12 to 600 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of component (a).