Patent ID: 7956372

Claim:
A light emitting device, comprising: a light emitting diode chip; a heat conductive plate which is made of a heat conductive material for mounting said light emitting diode chip; a sub-mount member of a planar plate which is larger than said light emitting chip and smaller than said heat conductive plate, said sub-mount member being disposed between said light emitting chip and said heat conductive plate to relieve a stress acting upon said light emitting diode chip due to a difference between a linear thermal expansion coefficient for said light emitting diode and a linear thermal expansion coefficient for said heat conductive plate; a dielectric substrate stacked on said sub-mount member, said dielectric substrate provided on a surface opposite of said heat conductive plate with a pair of lead patterns for electrical connection with respective electrodes of said light emitting diode chip, said dielectric substrate being formed with a through-hole through which said sub-mount member is exposed; an encapsulation member made of a transparent and elastic material to encapsulate said light emitting diode chip; and a lens superimposed on said encapsulation member; wherein said sub-mount member includes a reflective film disposed around a juncture of said light emitting diode chip to reflect a light emitted from a side face of said light emitting diode chip; and said sub-mount member has a thickness such that said reflective film is located at a distance, from said heat conductive plate, greater than a distance between said heat conductive plate and said dielectric substrate; a frame is provided on a surface of said dielectric substrate to surround said sub-mount member and said light emitting diode chip, said encapsulation member being defined by a transparent material filled inside of said frame, said frame being molded from a transparent resin; and a dome-shaped color conversion member which is disposed on said dielectric substrate to cover said lens, said color conversion member being a molded member molded from a transparent material mixed with a fluorescent material which is excited by a light emitted from said light emitting diode chip and passing through said encapsulation member to radiate a light having a color different from that of the light emitting diode chip, said color conversion member being disposed to form an air layer between said color conversion member and a light emitting face of said lens.