Patent ID: 7714343
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor multilayer structure including a light emitting layer; an upper electrode formed on one surface of the semiconductor multilayer structure; an interface electrode formed at a region on another surface of the semiconductor multilayer structure except a region right under the upper electrode, the interface electrode having a center that coincides with a center of the upper electrode and at least a part having a similar shape to a shape of an outer periphery of the upper electrode; a current blocking layer formed at another region on said another surface of the semiconductor multilayer structure except the region where the interface electrode is formed, for transmitting a light emitted from the light emitting layer; a reflecting layer electrically connected to the interface electrode, for reflecting a light transmitted through the current blocking layer that is a part of the light emitted from the light emitting layer to a side of said one surface of the semiconductor multilayer structure; and an electrically conductive supporting substrate electrically connected to the semiconductor multilayer structure at an opposite side of the reflecting layer with respect to the semiconductor multilayer structure.