Patent ID: 8089078

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a first semiconductor region having a first conductivity type; a second semiconductor region and a third semiconductor region which are provided in the first semiconductor region and have a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type; a first semiconductor light emitting element of which first electrode is electrically connected to a main surface of the second semiconductor region, the first electrode carrying a first active layer and a second electrode thereon; a second semiconductor light emitting element of which third electrode is electrically connected to a main surface of the third semiconductor region, the third electrode carrying a second active layer and a fourth electrode thereon; a conductor which electrically connects the second electrode of the first semiconductor light emitting element and the third semiconductor region, and which electrically connects the second electrode and the third electrode through the third semiconductor region; a first pad electrically connected to the first electrode via the second semiconductor region, and electrically connecting the first electrode to one of terminals of a power source; and a second pad electrically connected to the fourth electrode, and electrically connecting the fourth electrode to the other terminal of the power source, wherein the first semiconductor region is an n type semiconductor substrate or an n type semiconductor region; the second and third semiconductor regions are p type semiconductor regions; the first electrode of the first semiconductor light emitting element and the third electrode of the second light emitting element include nitride group chemical semiconductor layers in which n type impurities are doped; and the second electrode of the first semiconductor light emitting element and the fourth electrode of the second semiconductor light emitting element include nitride group chemical layers in which p type impurities are doped.