Patent ID: 7906788

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a base substrate including an insulating substrate and a plurality of conductive patterns disposed on one main surface of the insulating substrate; and three light emitting elements each including a semiconductor multilayer structure, a first electrode, and a second electrode, and having a rhombus shape with interior angles of approximately 60° and approximately 120° in plan view, wherein each semiconductor multilayer structure includes two conductive layers and a light emission layer sandwiched between the conductive layers, one of the conductive layers extending beyond the light emission layer so that a part of a main surface of the conductive layer facing toward the light emission layer is exposed, in each semiconductor multilayer structure, one of the first and second electrodes is disposed in contact with the exposed surface of the conductive layer, and another one of the first and second electrodes is disposed in contact with a main surface of another one of the conductive layers facing away from the light emission layer, the three light emitting elements are arranged on one main surface of the base substrate having the conductive patterns disposed thereon with the first and second electrodes facing toward the base substrate, so as to together form a substantially regular hexagonal shape in plan view, and in each light emitting element, the first electrode is connected to one of the conductive patterns via a bump, and the second electrode is connected to another one of the conductive patterns via a bump, and a phosphor is disposed to adherently cover the three light emitting elements, wherein the phosphor has a low profile and substantially regular hexagonal shape having a center substantially coinciding with a center of the substantially regular hexagonal shape formed by the three light emitting elements.