A semiconductor light emitting device includes: a nitride semiconductor light emitting element including a nitride semiconductor substrate having a polar or semipolar surface and a nitride semiconductor multilayer film stacked on the polar or semipolar surface; and a mounting section to which the element is mounted. The nitride semiconductor multilayer film includes an electron block layer. The electron block layer has a smaller lattice constant than the nitride semiconductor substrate. The mounting section includes at least a first mounting section base. The first mounting section base is located close to the nitride semiconductor light emitting element. The first mounting section base has a lower thermal expansion coefficient than the nitride semiconductor multilayer film. The first mounting section base has a lower thermal conductivity than the nitride semiconductor multilayer film.

A light-emitting device includes: a base material; an electrode that is disposed on a front surface of the base material, that has a light-emitting element on a front surface of the electrode, and that is electrically connected to the light-emitting element; a connection portion disposed at a position separated from the electrode on the front surface of the base material and connected to a conductive portion having a reference potential; and a heat transfer member that includes a contact surface along the front surface of the base material, the contact surface being in contact with a front surface of the electrode and a front surface of the connection portion, the heat transfer member being configured to transfer heat from the electrode to the connection portion.

A mounting device for mounting electronic components, wherein the mounting device comprises a stack, in particular a layer stack configured as alternating sequence of at least one support structure for providing mechanical support and a plurality of thermally conductive and electrically insulating structures.

A support structure for electrically-powered light radiation sources, e.g. LED sources, includes a ribbon-like flexible substrate with a front surface having, distributed therealong, mounting locations for light radiation sources. The ribbon-like substrate has a back surface with a plurality of thermally dissipative elements coupled to said back surface at locations opposed mounting locations of the light radiation sources on the front surface.

A light emitting device achieving a high heat dissipation effect and a high light utilization efficiency includes an aluminum substrate, a high heat dissipation ceramic layer on the aluminum substrate, an etching frame on the high heat dissipation ceramic layer, and a highly reflective ceramic layer on the high heat dissipation ceramic layer and the etching frame.

A light emitting diode assembly according to an embodiment includes a base film having first and second surfaces opposite to each other; first and second conductive layers on the first and second surfaces of the base film, respectively; a first coverlay on the first conductive layer, the first coverlay including an open portion exposing the first conductive layer; a second coverlay on the second conductive layer, the second coverlay including a heat radiation opening; and a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) on the first coverlay, the plurality of LEDs contacting the first conductive layer exposed through the open portion of the first coverlay.

Solid state lighting devices and associated methods of thermal sinking are described below. In one embodiment, a light emitting diode (LED) device includes a heat sink, an LED die thermally coupled to the heat sink, and a phosphor spaced apart from the LED die. The LED device also includes a heat conduction path in direct contact with both the phosphor and the heat sink. The heat conduction path is configured to conduct heat from the phosphor to the heat sink.

A thermally conductive polymer article is disclosed, made from a polymer resin and thermally conductive additives, wherein the article has undergone laser structuring and plasma metallization and, preferably, surface-mount technology (SMT) by non-lead reflow soldering, to provide an integrated circuit. The article can be in the shape of a printed circuit board or a LED lighting component among other possibilities. The thermally conductive additive can be either electrically insulative or electrically conductive, or both types can be used. The thermally conductive polymer compound can be extruded, molded, calendered, thermoformed, or 3D-printed before taking shape as a heat dissipating, laser structured, and plasma metalized polymer article.

A light-emitting element mounting substrate includes a substrate including an insulating resin material, a first conductor layer formed on a first main surface of the substrate, a second conductor layer formed on a second main surface of the substrate on the opposite side to the first main surface, metal blocks positioned such that the metal blocks are penetrating through the first conductor layer, substrate and second conductor layer, and through hole conductors formed to extend adjacent to the metal blocks respectively such that the through hole conductors electrically connect the first conductor layer and the second conductor layer. The first conductor layer has an element mounting portion formed such that a light-emitting element is mounted to a first conductor layer side on the element mounting portion, and the metal blocks are positioned such that the metal blocks have end portions in the element mounting portion of the first conductor layer.

A semiconductor light emitting device comprising a light emitting layer disposed between an n-type region and a p-type region is combined with a ceramic layer which is disposed in a path of light emitted by the light emitting layer. The ceramic layer is composed of or includes a wavelength converting material such as a phosphor. Luminescent ceramic layers according to embodiments of the invention may be more robust and less sensitive to temperature than prior art phosphor layers. In addition, luminescent ceramics may exhibit less scattering and may therefore increase the conversion efficiency over prior art phosphor layers.