Patent ID: 7786491
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
1. A semiconductor light-emitting device, comprising: a substrate; a plurality of semiconductor layers grown on the substrate and including an active layer; and a first electrode formed on the semiconductor layers, wherein the substrate includes a first opening in which at least a portion of the semiconductor layers is exposed, the first electrode covers at least a portion of the first opening in the substrate and faces a portion of the substrate surrounding the first opening, the first electrode is electrically connected to one of the semiconductor layers of a first conductivity type, the semiconductor light-emitting device further comprises a second electrode electrically connected to another of the semiconductor layers of a second conductivity type, the substrate and the another of the semiconductor layers of the second conductivity type includes a second opening, the second opening is located at a different portion of the substrate from the portion of the substrate at which the first opening is located, and the second electrode penetrates the substrate and the another of the semiconductor layers of the second conductivity type through the second opening.