Patent ID: 7402841

Claim:
An electrode for use in a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device comprising one and only one continuous light-permeable first layer which is in contact with a surface of a p-contact layer in a gallium nitride-based compound semiconductor light-emitting device and which is capable of providing ohmic contact, and a second layer which is in contact with a part of a surface of said p-contact layer, wherein said first layer comprises a metal, or an alloy of two or more metals, selected from a first group consisting of Au, Pt, Pd, Ni, Co, and Rh, and said second layer comprises an oxide of at least one metal selected from a second group consisting of Ni, Ti, Sn, Cr, Co, Zn, Cu, Mg, and In, and wherein the second layer is parted in plural portions on the surface of the p-contact layer.