Patent ID: 7911136

Claim:
An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; an organic light emitting device formed on the substrate and adapted to display an image; a sealing member formed on the organic light emitting device; a quarter-wave layer formed on one of the substrate, the organic light emitting device, or the sealing member; and a linear polarizing layer formed on one of the substrate, the organic light emitting device, the sealing member, or the quarter-wave layer, wherein a distance between the linear polarizing layer and a location at which the image is displayed is smaller than a distance between the quarter-wave layer and the location at which the image is displayed, and wherein the linear polarizing layer comprises a plurality of electrode units, each of the electrode units having a first surface facing incoming external light and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface having a width smaller than a width of the second surface.