Patent ID: 6093965
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H01L,Y02E

Abstract:
A gallium nitride-based III-V Group compound semiconductor device, comprising;a substrate having first and second major surfaces;a first semiconductor layer provided on the side of said first major surface of said substrate and comprising an n-type gallium nitride-based III-V Group compound semiconductor, said first semiconductor layer having a planar top shape with four corners;a second semiconductor layer provided on the side of said first major surface of said substrate and comprising a p-type gallium nitride-based III-V Group compound semiconductor, said second semiconductor layer having a planar top shape with four corners, in which a portion of said second semiconductor layer is removed to expose a portion of said first semiconductor layer;a first electrode layer provided on a portion of said first semiconductor layer corresponding to said removed portion of said second semiconductor layer;a light transmitting second electrode layer provided over a surface of said second semiconductor layer; anda wire bonding pad layer provided at one corner portion of said second electrode layer and electrically connected to said second electrode layer;wherein said first electrode layer and said bonding pad are arranged on a diagonal line.