NITRIDE SEMICONDUCTOR LIGHT EMITTING DEVICE INCLUDING ELECTRODES OF A MULTILAYER STRUCTURE

摘要

A nitride semiconductor LED comprises a substrate; an n-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the substrate; an active layer formed on a predetermined region of the n-type nitride semiconductor layer; a p-type nitride semiconductor layer formed on the active layer; a p-electrode formed on the p-type nitride semiconductor layer; and an n-electrode formed on the n-type nitride semiconductor layer in which the active layer is not formed. The p-electrode and n-electrode are formed to have such a multilayer structure that an ohmic contact layer, a compound layer containing aluminum or silver, and a degradation preventing layer are sequentially laminated.