Patent 10186649 was granted and assigned to Nichia on January, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A light emitting device includes a package, a light emitting element, and a sealing member. The package is equipped with a lead and a molded resin that holds the lead. The lead has an upper surface and a lower surface, and has a metal board and a plating layer. The plating layer includes a first plating layer that contains a nickel plating layer, a gold plating layer, and a silver plating layer, that is provided to an upper surface of the metal board, and that is not provided to a lower surface of the metal board. The light emitting element is mounted in the package. The sealing member seals the light emitting element.