Patent ID: 7371593

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: providing a housing having a cavity, a power feed line, and a light emitting element electrically connected to the power feed line; forming a wavelength conversion layer in the cavity, the wavelength conversion layer including particles of a wavelength conversion material and further including a first wavelength conversion layer and a second wavelength conversion layer, the cavity including a lower cavity and an upper cavity, wider than the lower cavity, and positioned at a step portion of the housing that widens outward above the lower cavity, wherein forming a wavelength conversion layer includes, applying and hardening a second material to form the second wavelength conversion layer in the cavity such that, at least a portion of an upper surface of the light emitting element is exposed, a surface of the second wavelength conversion layer is formed in a bowl shape with the surface rising up towards a periphery of the second wavelength conversion layer, and an outer peripheral edge of the surface of the second wavelength conversion layer is located over the step portion, and applying and hardening a first material to substantially fill a remainder of the cavity therewith, thereby forming the first wavelength conversion layer.