Patent ID: 7642183

Claim:
A method of making a light-emitting diode, the method comprising: providing a substrate; forming a light-emitting structure above the substrate along a vertical axis, the light-emitting structure including a first cladding layer and a second cladding layer; forming a first electrode above the light-emitting structure along the vertical axis, the first electrode coupled to the first cladding layer of the light-emitting structure, the first electrode having a projection extending in a first direction along a horizontal axis perpendicular to the vertical axis; and forming a second electrode on an exposed surface of the second cladding layer, the second electrode having two projections extending in a second direction opposite the first direction along the horizontal axis, wherein a portion of the projection of the first electrode is disposed between and spaced apart from respective portions of the two projections of the second electrode; wherein the portions of the projections of the fist and second electrodes are substantially straight and each defines a narrow width portion; and wherein at least one of the first or second electrodes includes a single enlarged portion at The end of each of the projections, the single enlarged portion having a width dimension that is greater than the narrow width portion of the substantially straight portion of the least one of the first or second electrodes.