Patent ID: 8368089

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a semiconductor layer including a light emitting layer, a first major surface, and a second major surface opposite to the first major surface; a first electrode provided on the second major surface in a region including the light emitting layer; a second electrode provided on the second major surface outside an outer circumference of the light emitting layer; a transparent layer provided on the first major surface of the semiconductor layer, the transparent layer being transparent with respect to light emitted by the light emitting layer and having a trench provided outside the outer circumference of the light emitting layer; a fluorescent material layer provided in the trench and on the transparent layer, the fluorescent material layer including a first fluorescent material particle provided in the trench and a second fluorescent material particle provided on the transparent layer, a particle size of the first fluorescent material particle being smaller than a width of the trench, a particle size of the second fluorescent material particle being larger than the width of the trench and larger than the particle size of the first fluorescent material particle.