Patent ID: 8455913

Claim:
A method comprising: providing light emitting diode (LED) layers grown on a growth substrate, the LED layers comprising a first epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type, a second epitaxial layer of a second conductivity type, and an active layer disposed between the first and second epitaxial layers, wherein a primary emission surface on a first side of the first epitaxial layer is substantially parallel to the active layer, the LED layers forming at least one individual LED; providing at least one package substrate comprising a support surface having one or more electrical contact pads thereon for electrical connection to the first and second epitaxial layers and a region surrounding the electrical contact pads that is unaffected by the bonding process; placing the LED layers attached to the growth substrate on the package substrate such that the second epitaxial layer is facing a contact pad on the package substrate; bonding the second epitaxial layer to the first contact pad using localized pressure; and removing the growth substrate.