Patent ID: 8384099

Claim:
A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a carrier; a semiconductor light-emitting structure bonded to said carrier and comprising an active layer sandwiched between a first GaN layer comprising a p-type GaN layer and a second GaN layer comprising an n-type GaN layer, said active layer emitting light of a predetermined wavelength in said active layer when electrons and holes from said n-type GaN layer and said p-type GaN layer, respectively, combine therein; and a first electrode attached to a surface of said first GaN layer that is not adjacent to said active layer and a second electrode attached to said second GaN layer; wherein said second GaN layer has a thickness greater than 0.5 μm and an average thickness less than 1.25 μm; and wherein said carrier is bonded to said first electrode; and wherein said carrier comprises a layer of electrically conducting material.