Patent ID: 8211721

Claim:
A method of making quasi-vertical light emitting devices, the method comprising: growing a plurality of semiconductor layers on a growth substrate; etching the semiconductor layers to produce device isolation trenches forming a plurality of separable semiconductor devices and a plurality of holes; drilling a plurality of blind holes in the substrate at the location of each of the plurality of holes in the semiconductor layers, the blind holes drilled to a predetermined depth, wherein the drilling defines blind hole walls and a blind hole end in each of the blind holes; depositing n-semiconductor metal in each of the blind holes; forming an n-electrode contact in each of the blind holes by plating each of the blind holes with an n-electrode metal, the n-electrode metal connected to the n-semiconductor metal; thinning the substrate to expose the n-electrode metal as an n-electrode; and depositing bonding metal to the n-electrode for packaging.