Patent ID: 7456499

Claim:
A light emitting die package comprising: a lead frame including a plurality of leads, the leadframe having a top side and a bottom side; at least one light emitting device mounted on a mounting pad; a molded body integrated with portions of the leadframe, the molded body having a first top horizontal surface with a first opening formed centrally therein and extending downward through the package, the first opening having vertical walls formed by the molded body which terminate at a second horizontal surface of the molded body, wherein a second opening is formed in the second horizontal surface that extends downward from the second horizontal surface with angled walls formed by the molded body so that the second opening has a generally frustoconical shape that surrounds the mounting pad; a lens having an upper portion terminating at a ledge and a lower portion, the lens coupled to the molded body so that the lower portion extends downward into the second opening beyond the at least one light emitting device so as to substantially surround the at least one light emitting device, and wherein the ledge rests on the second horizontal surface with the upper portion extending up through the first opening; and wherein a lowest point of the lower portion of the lens terminates above the leadframe to form a gap between the top side of the leadframe and the lowest point of the lens lower portion.