Patent ID: 7910935

Claim:
A group-III nitride-based light emitting diode comprising: a substrate; an n-type nitride-based cladding layer formed on the substrate; a nitride-based active layer formed on the n-type nitride-based cladding layer; a p-type nitride-based cladding layer formed on the nitride-based active layer; and a p-type multi-layered ohmic contact layer formed on the p-type nitride-based cladding layer and including thermally decomposed nitride, wherein the p-type multi-layered ohmic contact layer includes an ohmic modification layer formed on the p-type nitride-based cladding layer, a reflective metal layer formed on the ohmic modification layer, and the ohmic modification layer includes any one of transparent conductive oxide nitride (TCON) and thermally decomposed nitride.