Patent ID: 7939838

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a substrate having translucency; a semiconductor part formed over said substrate and comprising a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type over said substrate, an optical emission layer over said first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type over said optical emission layer, said semiconductor part including an optical emission region and an optical non-emission region, said optical emission region being defined inside a closed line pattern, in plan view, of a recess that downwardly extends through said second semiconductor layer and said optical emission layer and reaching said first semiconductor layer, and said optical non-emission region being separated from said optical emission region via said recess, wherein an side end of said optical non-emission region opposite to said recess has a downward slope towards said substrate in at least a portion of said side end; an insulating transparent member embedded in said recess; a first electrode electrically connected to said first semiconductor layer and formed on said downward slope of said side end of said optical non-emission region opposite to said recess; and a second electrode formed on said second semiconductor layer in said optical emission region, wherein light emitted from said optical emission layer is output generally downwardly on a side of said substrate.