Light emitting apparatus having sidewall with a groove

Abstract

A light-emitting device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a substrate; a plurality of light-emitting diode chips positioned on the substrate; a plurality of light-transmitting layers positioned on the top surfaces of the plurality of light-emitting diode chips; a sidewall portion surrounding the plurality of light-emitting diode chips and the plurality of light-transmitting layers; and a first groove positioned on the top surface of at least a portion of the sidewall portion positioned between the light-transmitting layers, wherein the first groove has a width smaller than a shortest width from an adjacent light-transmitting layer to the first groove and has a depth smaller than the thickness of the closest light-transmitting layer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.