Patent ID: 8420417

Claim:
A method of making a light emitting device, comprising: forming a first semiconductor layer; forming an active layer adjacent to the first semiconductor layer; forming a second semiconductor layer adjacent to the active layer, wherein the active layer is provided between the first and second semiconductor layers; forming a transparent conductive layer comprising a first transparent conductive region contacting a first region of the second semiconductor layer and a second transparent conductive region contacting a second region of the second semiconductor layer; forming a conductive support layer on the transparent conductive layer, wherein the second region is made from a material which extends between the first region and the conductive support layer; and forming an electrode adjacent the first semiconductor layer to allow at least a portion of the electrode to vertically align with the second region, wherein the first and second semiconductor layers are of different conductivity types, wherein one of the first or second transparent conductive regions makes ohmic-contact with the second semiconductor layer and the other of the first or second transparent conductive regions make schottky-contact with the second semiconductor layer, and wherein an upper surface of the first transparent conductive region is partially overlapped with and coupled to a bottom surface of the second transparent conductive region.