Patent ID: 7598101

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a side view type light emitting diode (LED), the method comprising: (a) providing lead frames comprising a cathode terminal and an anode terminal; (b) forming a reflector surrounding the lead frames such that portions of the cathode terminal and anode terminal protrude from both sides of the reflector, wherein a groove is defined in the reflector, wherein the reflector comprises a plurality of walls surrounding the groove, and wherein at least two walls of the groove face each other; (c) die-attaching an LED chip on the lead frames inside the groove; (d) bonding the LED chip to the cathode terminal or the anode terminal with a conductive wire; (e) dispensing a liquid curable resin into the groove to form a lens array; and (f) sawing the walls of the groove facing each other using a sawing machine.