Patent ID: 8021901

Claim:
A method of fabricating a vertical structure nitride semiconductor light emitting device, the method comprising: forming a light emitting structure including an n-type nitride semiconductor layer, an active layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer sequentially disposed on a sapphire substrate; dividing the light emitting structure into a plurality of individualized light emitting structures each having a cross section and a size of a wanted final light emitting device by partially removing the light emitting structure; forming metal layers respectively on upper surfaces of the individualized light emitting structures; separating the sapphire substrate from the individual light emitting structures by irradiating a laser beam onto a lower surface of the sapphire substrate, whereby the individualized light emitting structures are completely separated in the size of the final light emitting device; and forming a bonding pad on a surface of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer from which the sapphire substrate is removed, wherein the step of forming metal layers comprises: forming a mask pattern higher than the individual light emitting structures between the plurality of individualized light emitting structures; forming the metal layers on the individualized light emitting structures so that the metal layer has a shape identical to that of the upper surface of the individual light emitting structure by using the mask pattern; and removing the mask pattern.