Patent ID: 7528422

Claim:
A package comprising: a substrate including a recess; a light emitting element mounted to the substrate within the recess, wherein a surface of the substrate forms an exterior surface of the package and wherein an electrically conductive feed-through metal extends from the recess through the substrate to an exterior of the package; electrostatic discharge protection circuitry in the substrate, wherein the electrostatic discharge protection circuitry is electrically connected to the light emitting element; a lid attached to the substrate to define a region in which the light emitting element is housed, wherein at least part of the lid is transparent to a wavelength of light that the light emitting element is adapted to emit; and a metal ring circumscribing the recess, wherein the metal ring is fused to the lid to hermetically seal the lid to the substrate, wherein the light emitting element is hermetically sealed within the package.