Vehicle lamp using light emitting diode

摘要

In a light emitting diode 1 having a light emitting chip 2 and a lens portion 3 for containing the chip 2, the lens portion 3 has a direct light area 5 for use in emitting the light emitted from the chip 2 outside as direct light and a reflected light area 6 for use in emitting the light emitted from the chip 2 and passed through the lens portion 3 toward a reflective member 7 provided outside the lens portion 3, in which the direct light area 5 is formed so as to have a configuration irrotationally symmetric around the optical axis of an element, and the peripheral portion of the direct light area 5 or the side portion of the lens portion 3 is used as the reflected light area 6, which is formed so as to have a configuration rotationally symmetric around the optical axis of the element.