Patent ID: 9070833
Filing Date: 2015-06-30
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A light emitting device comprising: a semiconductor layer; a strip-shaped electrode formed on the semiconductor layer and including at least one closed opening having a rectangular shape in a plan view, wherein a current flowing through the strip-shaped electrode causes light to be emitted from the light emitting device; a strip-shaped current blocking structure disposed directly underneath the strip-shaped electrode; a first row of a plurality of current blocking structures formed along a periphery of the closed opening; and a second row of a plurality of current blocking structures formed parallel to the first row such that the first row is disposed between the second row and the strip-shaped current blocking structure, wherein a proportion of a region covered by the plurality of current blocking structures decreases in a direction away from the strip-shaped current blocking structure in the plan view, and the plurality of current blocking structures are formed inside the closed opening in the plan view.