Patent ID: 7511424

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element, a package comprised at least partially of metal on which said light emitting element is mounted, and a resin layer coated on said light emitting element, wherein said light emitting element is eutectic bonded to a metal portion of said package, and said resin layer comprises a cured product of a composition comprising: (i) an organopolysiloxane with a polystyrene equivalent weight average molecular weight of at least 5Ã—10 3 , represented by an average composition formula (1): R 1 a (OX) b SiO (4âˆ’aâˆ’b)/2 (1) wherein each R 1 represents, independently, an alkyl group, alkenyl group or aryl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, each X represents, independently, a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkoxyalkyl group or acyl group of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a represents a number within a range from 1.05 to 1.5, b represents a number that satisfies 0<b<2, and 1.05<a+b<2, and (ii) a condensation catalyst.