Patent ID: 8183582

Claim:
A bare die light emitting semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having a bottom face; a bottom die electrode disposed on the bottom face; a top face having a top face area bounded by a top face edge; a top die electrode disposed on the top face; and a semiconductor material electrically connected at a bottom side to the bottom die electrode through the substrate and electrically connected at a top side to the top face, the bottom side and the top side being on opposite sides of the semiconductor material, the semiconductor material having a p-n semiconductor junction between the top face and the bottom face; wherein the top die electrode is configured to inhibit contact between an external top planar electrode and the top face edge, and the top die electrode is disposed as a raised structure near the top face edge so that the raised structure inhibits contact between the external top planar electrode and the top face edge to facilitate avoidance of electrical shorting between the top planar electrode and the bottom die electrode, and to facilitate electrical current flow through the p-n semiconductor junction.