Patent ID: 8436395

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a stacked structure unit including: an n-type semiconductor layer; a light emitting portion provided on a part of the n-type semiconductor layer; and a p-type semiconductor layer provided on the light emitting portion, an axis from the p-type semiconductor layer toward the n-type semiconductor being defined as a first axis; a transparent electrode provided on the p-type semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the p-type semiconductor layer; a p-side electrode provided on the transparent electrode and electrically connected to the transparent electrode; and an n-side electrode provided on the n-type semiconductor layer and electrically connected to the n-type semiconductor layer, an axis from the p-side electrode toward the n-side electrode being defined as a second axis, the transparent electrode having a hole provided between the n-side electrode and the p-side electrode, the hole penetrating the transparent electrode along the first axis, a width of the hole along a third axis being longer than a width of the n-side electrode along the third axis and being longer than a width of the p-side electrode along the third axis, the third axis being perpendicular to the second axis and being perpendicular to the first axis, a distance between the hole and the n-side electrode along the second axis being not longer than a distance between the hole and the p-side electrode along the second axis.