Patent ID: 8742433

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting apparatus having a light emitting direction, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices located adjacent the substrate, each having an upper surface and side surfaces, the light emitting devices being spaced from each other with a gap between side surfaces of adjacent semiconductor light emitting devices, the semiconductor light emitting device having a semiconductor layer; and a wavelength conversion layer which contains a wavelength conversion material for wavelength conversion of at least part of light emitted by the semiconductor light emitting devices, the wavelength conversion layer having a constant thickness over the semiconductor layer in a cross-section along a direction in which the plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices are arranged, the wavelength conversion layer being located adjacent to the upper surface of the semiconductor light emitting device so as to be in contact therewith with or without an adhesive, the wavelength conversion layer bridging the upper surfaces of adjacent semiconductor light emitting devices such that the wavelength conversion layer forms bridge structures located between adjacent semiconductor light emitting devices as viewed from the light emitting direction of the apparatus, the bridge structures being spaced from the substrate in the light emitting direction of the apparatus by an area of the gap that does not include the wavelength conversion layer, where the area of the gap extends from and abuts the side surfaces of adjacent semiconductor light emitting devices, wherein the gap between the semiconductor light emitting devices is completely filled with a filling member which is a white resin including a reflective member, the filling member has an uppermost surface in the light emitting direction that is located higher than the upper surface of the semiconductor light emitting device and is thus located further from the substrate than is the upper surface of the semiconductor light emitting device, and a thickness of the wavelength conversion layer located at each of the gaps is different from a thickness of the wavelength conversion layer located at the upper surface of the semiconductor light emitting device in the light emitting direction.