Patent ID: 7928449

Claim:
A light emitting device comprising: a second electrode layer; a second conduction type semiconductor layer on the second electrode layer; an active layer on the second conduction type semiconductor layer; a first conduction type semiconductor layer on the active layer; a first electrode layer on the first conduction type semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer being disposed on a peripheral portion of an upper surface of the second electrode layer, the insulating layer being disposed under a lower surface of the second conduction type semiconductor layer, wherein the insulating layer is disposed between the second electrode layer and the second conduction type semiconductor layer at the peripheral portion of the upper surface of the second electrode layer, wherein the upper surface of the second electrode layer contacts to the lower surface of the second conduction type semiconductor layer at a central portion of the upper surface of the second electrode layer, and wherein a lateral surface of the insulating layer is adjacent to a lateral surface of the second electrode layer.