Chip type light emitting diode and method of manufacture thereof

A chip type light emitting diode and a method of manufacture thereof are disclosed. The chip type light emitting diode can be mounted together with other electronic components on a mother board in the same process at one time and which is very useful as a light source for a liquid crystal backlight. The chip type light emitting diode has a base portion mounted to one surface side of the mother board, a body portion extending from the base portion and adapted to pass through a hole in the mother board, and a light emitting portion provided on the body portion to emit light on the other surface side of the mother board. The base portion is provided with a pair of external connection electrodes electrically connected to the light emitting portion. The light emitting portion is sealed with a resin sealant block. In one example, when the base portion is mounted to the back surface side of the mother board, the light emitting portion is so arranged that its light emitting direction matches the light conduction direction of the liquid crystal backlight arranged on the mother board. The method of manufacturing a chip type light emitting diode performs a plurality of steps to form a plurality of chip type light emitting diodes on a single collective circuit board and a final step of dividing the collective circuit board into individual chip type light emitting diodes.