Patent ID: 8253156

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive support member; an ohmic contact layer on the conductive support member; a reflective layer on the ohmic contact layer, wherein the reflective layer includes a plurality of alternating layers having different refractive indexes; a second type semiconductor layer on the reflective layer; an active layer on the second type semiconductor layer; and a first type semiconductor layer on the active layer, wherein the ohmic contact layer is contacted with a lower surface of the reflective layer and a lower surface of the second type semiconductor layer, wherein the reflective layer includes a plurality of reflective layer portions spaced apart from each other with ohmic contact portions of the ohmic contact layer disposed between the plurality of reflective layer portions, wherein the plurality of the reflective layer portions include a plurality of openings, and wherein a first portion of the ohmic contact portions is directly contacted with the lower surface of the reflective layer and a second portion of the ohmic contact portions is directly contacted with the lower surface of the second type semiconductor layer through the plurality of the openings.