Patent ID: 8637893

Claim:
A light emitting device package comprising: a light emitting structure layer including a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer formed under part of the first conductive semiconductor layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer under the active layer; an insulating layer disposed on a lateral surface of the active layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer and partially disposed under the second conductive semiconductor layer; an electrode disposed under the first conductive semiconductor layer and electrically insulated from the active layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer by the insulating layer; and a metallic support layer disposed under the second conductive semiconductor layer, the insulating layer, and the electrode, wherein the metallic support layer includes a first conductive part electrically connected to the electrode, a second conductive part electrically connected to the second conductive semiconductor layer, and an insulating part disposed between the first and the second conductive parts and electrically insulating the first conductive part from the second conductive part, wherein the insulating part surrounds a lateral surface of the first and the second conductive parts and the insulating part is contacted with the first and the second conductive parts, wherein the first conductive part and the second conductive part have a width gradually increasing from a first surface to a second surface facing the insulating layer and the electrode, and wherein the insulating part has a width gradually decreasing from the first surface to the second surface facing the insulating layer and the electrode.