Patent ID: 8680551

Claim:
A vertically conducting LED comprising in a layered arrangement: a metal p-contact; a highly thermally conductive submount on said metal p-contact, wherein said highly conductive submount has a thermal conductivity of at least 100 W/m 0 K; a p-type layer on said thermally conductive submount, said p-type layer comprising Al 1-x-y In y Ga x N wherein 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1; a quantum well layer on said p-type layer, said quantum well layer comprising Al 1-x-y In y Ga x N wherein 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1; an n-type layer on said quantum well layer, said n-type layer comprising Al 1-x-y In y Ga x N wherein 0≦x≦1 and 0≦y≦1; a metal n-contact in electrical contact on said n-type layer; and an n-type contact layer on said metal n-contact; wherein said vertically conducting LED has a peak emission at 200-365 nm.