Patent ID: 7242140

Claim:
A light emitting apparatus, comprising: an organic electroluminescence element including: a substrate; a first electrode having a light transmission property; a second electrode having a light reflection property; a light emitting layer sandwiched between the first and second electrodes, and the light emitting layer being disposed only inside a boundary defined by overlapping areas of the first and second electrodes; a semi-reflection film that reflects at least a part of light; a plurality of pixel apertures on which the light emitting layer is disposed; spaces between the pixel apertures on which the light emitting layer is not disposed; resin banks disposed at the spaces; the first electrode is disposed between the light emitting layer and the semi-reflection film; a transparent layer and a reflection layer formed on the spaces between the pixels; a thickness of the transparent layer being set such that a phase of a third reflection light is deviated from a phase of a fourth reflection light at an angle of about 180°; the third reflection light being incident on the light emitting apparatus, reflected by the semi-reflection film and exits from the spaces between the pixel; and the fourth reflection light being transmitted through the semi-reflection film and the transparent layer, and reflected by the reflection layer; and a thin film transistor, the reflection layer functioning as an electrode of the thin film transistor.