Patent ID: 7910946

Claim:
A light emitting apparatus comprising: a light emitting device; a heat dissipating member that has an upper surface and a lower surface and supports the light emitting device mounted on the upper surface; first and second leads; an insulating resin that holds the first and second leads at positions separated from the heat dissipating member, a metal tab fitted into the circumference of the heat dissipating member; and a semiconductor device mounted on the surface of the metal tab, wherein an inner lead of the first lead and an inner lead of the second lead are held at positions lower than the upper surface and higher than the lower surface, and wherein an upper surface of the metal tab is different from the upper surface of the heat dissipating member on which the light emitting device is mounted, the upper surface of the metal tab being located at a position lower than the upper surface of the heat dissipating member, and wherein the metal tab and one of the inner leads are connected by a wire.