Patent ID: 7755095

Claim:
A semiconductor light emitting device comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor multilayer structure formed on one of a plurality of main surfaces of the substrate, the semiconductor multilayer structure including a light emitting layer; a first electrode and a second electrode formed on the semiconductor multilayer structure, power being supplied to the semiconductor multilayer structure through the first electrode and the second electrode causing the light emitting layer to emit light; and a phosphor film covering at least an entire main surface of the semiconductor multilayer structure which faces away from the substrate, wherein the semiconductor multilayer structure is divided into a plurality of portions by a division groove, and each of the plurality of portions is an independent light emitting element, each of a plurality of light emitting elements have a diode structure, and includes an anode electrode and a cathode electrode, and an insulating film is formed on a side surface of each of the plurality of light emitting elements, the plurality of light emitting elements are connected in series such that a cathode electrode of a light emitting element is connected to an anode electrode of a different light emitting element using a wire formed by a thin metal film formed on the insulating film, and one of an anode electrode of one of the plurality of light emitting elements at a higher potential end of an array of the plurality of light emitting elements is the first electrode, and one of a cathode electrode of one of the plurality of light emitting elements at a lower potential end of the array of the plurality of light emitting elements is the second electrode.