PROTECTION ELEMENT AND LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE USING SAME

A protective element includes a semiconductor substrate, connecting electrodes, bottom electrodes, and a protection circuit. The connecting electrodes are provided on a mount surface of the semiconductor substrate on which a light-emitting element for flip-chip mounting is mounted so as to be each connected to an electrode of the light-emitting element. The protection circuit is provided in the semiconductor substrate so as to be connected through the connecting electrodes to the light-emitting element. The bottom electrodes are provided on a surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the mount surface, are each connected to a corresponding one of the connecting electrodes, and are configured so as to be each connected to an electrode on the mounting base.