Patent ID: 7488613

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a nitride-based light-emitting device, comprising steps of: growing a nitride-based semiconductor element layer on a growth substrate; forming an electrode on a surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer; bonding a conductive substrate at least containing a single type of metal and a single type of inorganic material having a lower linear expansion coefficient than said metal on a surface of said electrode; and removing said growth substrate from said nitride-based semiconductor element layer to which said conductive substrate is bonded through said electrode, wherein said step of forming said electrode on said surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer includes steps of: forming a protective film on a side surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer, texturing said surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer after forming said protective film, and forming said electrode on said textured surface of said nitride-based semiconductor element layer.