LIGHT EMITTING DIODE WITH A STEP SECTION BETWEEN THE BASE AND THE LENS OF THE DIODE

[Problem to be Solved]It is to be made easy to arrange light emitting diodes, each including a lens having a hemispherical light emitting surface, and cover the base of the light emitting diodes with resin material. [Solution] A light emitting diode 1 has a light emitting element 2, a lead section 3 that supplies power to the light emitting element 2, a base 4 that covers the lead section 3, a lens 5 having a convex light emitting surface and connected to the base 4 to cover the light emitting element 2, and a step section 6 disposed such that it surrounds the outer side of the lens 5, part of the step 6 having a different width. The step section 6 has a height that defines the amount of resin material enough to cover the lead section 3. There is also provided a light emitting diode display device 10 using a plurality of such light emitting diodes.