Patent ID: 7892874

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a nitride-based light emitting device, comprising steps of: forming an isolation layer on a growth substrate and forming a nitride-based semiconductor element layer on said isolation layer; forming a trench in a separation region of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer; forming a protective film to cover a side surface and a part of the upper surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer exposed by said trench; forming a p-side electrode having a thickness greater than a thickness of said protective film, on another part of the upper surface, on which no protective film is formed, of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer; bonding a conductive substrate on said p-side electrode; and removing said growth substrate located under said isolation layer from said nitride-based semiconductor element layer located on said isolation layer, in a state where said conductive substrate is bonded on said p-side electrode.