Patent ID: 7965036

Claim:
An LED device comprising: a first type semiconductor layer; a light-emitting layer disposed on the first type semiconductor layer; a second type semiconductor layer disposed on the light-emitting layer; a first electrode pad having upper and sidewall surfaces, disposed on and directly contacting the first type semiconductor layer, a second electrode pad having upper and sidewall surfaces, disposed on the second type semiconductor layer, for an external electrical connection of the LED device; and a phosphor layer, which converts primary light emitted from the light-emitting layer to light of one or more different wavelengths, disposed on an area of the second type semiconductor layer, other than on the upper surface of the first electrode pad, wherein at least a portion of the first electrode pad is at a level that is at or higher than an upper surface of the phosphor layer in a direction from the first type semiconductor layer to the second type semiconductor layer, and wherein all the upper surfaces of the second electrode pad is at a level that is at or higher than all the upper surface of the phosphor layer in the direction from the first type semiconductor layer to the second type semiconductor layer.