Patent ID: 6893889

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a gallium nitride-based semiconductor light emitting device, said method comprising the steps of: sequentially forming, over a substrate, a first conductivity type clad layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity type clad layer; forming a transparent electrode over the second conductivity type clad layer; forming a first photoresist film on the transparent electrode such that the transparent electrode is exposed in a predetermined region corresponding to one lateral end portion thereof; removing respective portions of the transparent electrode, the second conductivity type clad layer, and the active layer corresponding to the predetermined region, thereby partially exposing the first conductivity type clad layer; removing the first photoresist film; and forming first and second bonding electrodes on predetermined portions of the transparent electrode and the second conductivity type clad layer, respectively, by the steps of: forming a passivation layer over a light emitting structure obtained after completion of the formation of the transparent electrode; forming a second photoresist film on the passivation layer such that the passivation layer is exposed in electrode forming regions where the first and second bonding electrodes are to be formed, respectively; removing, by etching, portions of the passivation layer in the electrode forming regions; forming the first and second bonding electrodes in the electrode forming regions from which the passivation layer has been removed, respectively; and removing the second photoresist film.