Patent ID: 8564010

Claim:
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) comprising: a strip-shaped electrode, wherein current flow through the strip-shaped electrode causes light to be emitted from the LED; a strip-shaped current blocking structure disposed directly underneath the strip-shaped electrode, wherein the strip-shaped current blocking structure extends in a first direction, wherein a first square area A, a second square area B, and a third square area C abut one another and extend in the order A, B, C in a row in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and away from the strip-shaped current blocking structure, wherein each of A, B and C is a square area of 400 square microns; and a plurality of current blocking structures, wherein at least a first one of the plurality of current blocking structures covers at least part of A, wherein at least a second one of the plurality of current blocking structures covers at least part of B, wherein at least a third one of the plurality of current blocking structures covers at least part of C, wherein the plurality of current blocking structures covers X percent of A, covers Y percent of B, and covers Z percent of C, and wherein X>Z.