| abstract |
The present invention provides a gallium nitride based semiconductor light emitting diode having high transparency, and at the same time, capable of improving contact resistance between a p-type GaN layer and electrode. These objects can be accomplished by forming, on an upper part of a upper clad layer made of p-GaN, an ohmic contact forming layer using MIO, ZIO and CIO (In 2 O 3 including one of Mg, Zn and Cu), and then a transparent electrode layer and a second electrode with ITO thereon, so as to improve contact resistance between the upper clad layer and the second electrode while providing high transparency, wherein the upper clad layer is comprised of a p-type GaN layer and a p-type AlGaN layer sequentially formed on the upper part of the active layer. |