LIGHT EMITTING ELEMENT HOUSING PACKAGE AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a package for housing a light emitting element which is capable of reflecting light emitted from the light emitting element well so as to radiate it uniformly outside with high efficiency and enables a light emitting device to display stable optical properties where light intensity, a radiation angle of light, and a light intensity distribution hardly changes with a temperature change. SOLUTION: The light emitting element housing package 1 is equipped with a ceramic base 2 equipped with a mounting part 2a where the light emitting element 5 is mounted at the center of its top surface, and a ceramic frame 3 which is stacked up on the peripheral part of the top surface of the base 2 surrounding the mounting part 2a. A cylindrical metal member 7 is equipped with a flange at its upper end and provided with an inner surface 7a that is tilted so as to set its lower opening smaller than its upper opening, and is provided inside the frame 3. The metal member 7 is arranged so as to make its lower opening surround the mounting part 7a, and its flange is bonded on the top surface of the frame 3. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI