US Patent 9577152 Light emitting element

A light emitting element having; a first and a second conductivity type semiconductor layers, a first and a second electrodes formed on the first and second conductivity type semiconductor layer, the first and the second electrodes being disposed on the same face side of the first conductivity type semiconductor layer and the second conductivity type semiconductor layer, in plan view, the first electrode having a first connecting portion, a first extending portion, and two second extending portions, the second electrode having a second connecting portion and two third extending portions, the first extending portion of the first electrode extending linearly from the first connecting portion toward the second connecting portion, and the two second extending portions extending parallel to the first extending portion on two sides of the first extending portion, the two third extending portions of the second electrode extending parallel to the first extending portion between the first extending portion and the two second extending portions.