Patent ID: 8786056
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first electrode layer disposed on at least one nitride semiconductor layer; a seed layer disposed on the first electrode layer; and a plating layer disposed on the seed layer opposite to the at least one nitride semiconductor layer, wherein the nitride semiconductor layer includes a plurality of grooves formed in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of grooves formed in a lateral direction, wherein the plating layer includes a plurality of plating substrates and a plurality of cross-shaped spaces, wherein the plating substrates are partially separated from one another by legs of the cross-shaped spaces, wherein the plating substrates are partially connected to one another via a part of the plating layer disposed between legs of the cross-shaped spaces, and wherein each plating substrate is substantially rectangular with a tab projecting from at least one side of the plating substrate wherein an entirety of a surface of the plating layer that faces the nitride semiconductor layer, including a surface of the part of the plating layer disposed between the legs of the cross-shaped spaces, is in a single plane.