| abstract |
A light emitting diode comprising an LED chip having anlight emitting layer made of a nitride compoundnsemiconductor and a light transmitting resin that includesna fluorescent material which absorbs at least a part ofnlight emitted by the LED chip and emits light of andifferent wavelength, wherein the fluorescent materialnincludes a fluorescent particles of small particle size andna fluorescent particles of large particle size, thenfluorescent particles of large particle size beingndistributed in the vicinity of the LED chip in the lightntransmitting resin to form a wavelength converting layer,nthe fluorescent particles of small particle size beingndistributed on the outside of the wavelength convertingnlayer in the light transmitting resin. |