Patent ID: 8921882

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element with an upper, light emitting surface; a translucent material with an upper surface and a lower surface, where light from the light emitting element is incident on the lower surface of the translucent material, and light is emitted to an area outside the light emitting device through the upper surface of the translucent material; and a light reflecting resin that covers at least a part of the translucent material, wherein the translucent material includes a covered region that is covered with the light reflecting resin and a non-covered region that is exposed to the area outside the light emitting device, wherein an area of the non-covered region on the upper surface of the translucent material is smaller than an area of the lower surface of the translucent material, wherein the area of the lower surface of the translucent material is larger than an area of the upper surface of the light emitting element, wherein the lower surface of the translucent material includes a first, bonded surface portion that is joined with the upper surface of the light emitting element, and a second surface portion that is covered by the light reflecting resin outside an upper region of the light emitting element.