Patent ID: 7505239

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element; and a multilayer chip varistor, wherein the multilayer chip varistor has: a multilayer body with a varistor portion therein, the varistor portion comprising a varistor layer comprising ZnO as a principal component and exhibiting nonlinear voltage-current characteristics, and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed so as to interpose the varistor layer between the internal electrodes; and a plurality of external electrodes disposed on an outer surface of the multilayer body and connected to respective corresponding internal electrodes out of the plurality of internal electrodes, wherein the semiconductor light emitting element is arranged on the multilayer chip varistor and connected to corresponding external electrodes out of the plurality of external electrodes so as to be connected in parallel to the varistor portion, and wherein the semiconductor light emitting element is arranged to face a surface extending in a direction parallel to a laminate direction of the multilayer body in the multilayer chip varistor.