Patent ID: 8822245

Claim:
A method of packaging a semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: providing a substrate having the semiconductor light emitting device on a front face thereof; forming a first optical element from a first material on the front face proximate the semiconductor light emitting device using a process other than compression molding; forming a second optical element from a second material, different from the first material, over the semiconductor light emitting device and the first optical element by compression molding the second optical element without leaving a gap between the first optical element and the second optical element, wherein the second optical element is formed to have a bi-axially symmetric shape centered over and surrounding the semiconductor light emitting device, wherein the bi-axially symmetric shape comprises a dome, and wherein the first optical element and the second optical element have different refractive indexes selected to provide a desired optical characteristic for the packaged semiconductor light emitting device; removing the second material such that none of the second material remains outside of the dome; and leaving an upper surface of the second optical element in contact with air in the packaged semiconductor light emitting device.