Patent ID: 8604506

Claim:
A surface mounting type light emitting diode comprising: a base member comprising a metallic base member, an insulating portion, and a conducting portion, said insulating portion contacting a vertical surface of said metallic base member, said conducting portion contacting a vertical surface of said insulating portion, and said insulating portion electrically insulating said metallic base member from said conducting portion; a semiconductor light emitting element having a bottom face fixedly bonded to a top face of said metallic base member, the top face being a horizontal surface of said metallic base member; and a metallic reflector joined to the top face of said conducting portion with an insulating adhesive sheet interposed therebetween, so as to surround said semiconductor light emitting element, wherein the metallic base member comprises a center metallic portion and a protruding metallic portion protruding from a vertical surface of the center metallic portion, the semiconductor light emitting element is disposed on the center metallic portion, and a top face and a bottom face of the protruding metallic portion are covered by the insulating portion.