Patent ID: 8188506

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device, comprising: a conductive support member; a light emitting structure under the conductive support member, wherein the light emitting structure comprises a second conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer under the second conductive semiconductor layer, and a first conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer; an electrode layer having a first portion on the light emitting structure, the first portion of the electrode layer disposed between the conductive support member and the light emitting structure; and an insulating layer along a circumference of a top surface of the light emitting structure and under a second portion of the electrode layer, the second portion of the electrode layer disposed between the conductive support member and the insulating layer, wherein the insulating layer includes a protrusion protruding from an undersurface of the insulating layer through the second conductive semiconductor layer and the active layer into an upper part of the first conductive semiconductor layer.