Patent ID: 7847306

Claim:
A light emitting diode device, for mounting on a surface, comprising a semiconductor substrate having a layer of p-type semiconductor material adjoining a layer of n-type semiconductor material and a light emitting region occupying a plane between the p- and n-type materials, a light transmissive substrate on which the semiconductor substrate is formed, the light transmissive substrate having a perimeter greater than a perimeter of the semiconductor substrate, a first terminal electrically connected to the p-type semiconductor material layer and a second terminal electrically connected to the n-type semiconductor material layer, each of said terminals comprising a contact pad which overlaps with the perimeter of the semiconductor substrate and which extends to at least the perimeter of the light transmissive substrate to thereby be exposed to enable the diode device to be electrically bonded to an electrical circuit on the mounting surface, wherein the light emitting diode device is fabricated for mounting with the plane occupied by the light emitting region substantially perpendicular to a plane occupied by the mounting surface and wherein a primary light emission direction of the light emitting region is parallel to the plane occupied by the mounting surface.