Rca Inc.

Rca Licensing Corporation

Eric F Hockings

Stanley Bloom

Roger Casanova Alig

Carmen A Catanese

A color display system includes a cathode-ray tube and yoke. The yoke is a self-converging type that produces an astigmatic magnetic deflection field within the tube. The cathode-ray tube has an electron gun for generating and directing three electron beams along paths toward a screen of the tube. The electron gun includes electrodes that comprise a beam-forming region and electrodes that form a main focusing lens, and features electrodes for forming a multipole lens between the beam-forming region and the main focusing lens in each of the electron beam paths. Each multipole lens is oriented to provide a correction to an associated electron beam to at least partially compensate for the effect of the astigmatic magnetic field on the associated beam. There are two multipole lens electrodes. A first multipole lens electrode is connected to a main focusing lens electrode, and a second multipole lens electrode is located between the first multipole lens electrode and the beam-forming region and facing the first multipole lens electrode.

Color display system

A color display system includes a cathode-ray tube and yoke. The yoke is a non-converging type. The cathode-ray tube has an electron gun for generating and directing three electron beams, a center beam and two outer beams, along paths toward a screen of the tube. The electron gun includes electrodes that comprise a beam-forming region and electrodes that form a main focusing lens. The main focusing lens is formed by at least two focusing electrodes. The focusing electrode closest to the beam-forming region includes at least two spaced parts. Each spaced part forms a portion of a dipole lens structure in the path of an outer electron beam. Means are provided for applying to at least one of the spaced parts a dynamic signal which is related to the deflection of the electron beams.

A color display system includes a cathode-ray tube and self-converging yoke that produces an astigmatic magnetic deflection field within the tube. The tube has an electron gun for generating and directing three electron beams along paths toward a screen. The gun includes beam-forming region electrodes, main focusing lens electrodes, and two electrodes for forming a multipole lens between the beam-forming region and the main focusing lens in each of the electron beam paths. Each multipole lens is oriented to provide a correction to an associated electron beam to at least partially compensate for the effect of the astigmatic magnetic deflection field on that beam. A first multipole lens electrode is located between the beam-forming region electrodes and the main focusing lens electrodes. A second multipole electrode is connected to a main focusing lens electrode and located between the first multipole lens electrode and the main focusing lens, adjacent to the first multipole lens electrode. Means are included for applying a fixed focus voltage to the second multipole lens electrode and a dynamic voltage signal, related to the deflection of the electron beams to the first multipole lens electrode. Each multipole lens is located sufficiently close to the main focusing lens to cause the strength of the main focusing lens to vary as a function of voltage variation of the dynamic voltage signal.

A color display system includes a cathode-ray tube and yoke. The yoke is a non-converging type. The cathode-ray tube has en electron gun assembly for generating and directing three electron beams, located at the corners of an equilateral triangle, along paths toward a screen of the tube. The electron gun assembly comprises three electron guns each including electrodes that comprise a beam-forming region and electrodes that form a main focusing lens in the path of each electron beam. The main focusing lens is formed by at least two focusing electrodes. The focusing electrode closest to the beam-forming region includes a separated part adjacent to the paths of each of the electron beams. Each separated part forms a portion of the dipole lens structure in the path of an electron beam. Means are provided for applying dynamic signals to the separated parts which are related to the deflection of the electron beams. The dipole lens structures establish electrostatic dipole fields in the path of the three electron beams that cause the beams to converge at the screen for all angles of deflection.

Color display system with electrostatic convergence means

The novel CRT includes a color-selection structure which comprises a first electrode having a plurality of column and row elements forming a plurality of apertures, and a second electrode including an array of conductors electrically insulated from the first electrode. The plurality of apertures in the first electrode comprise alternate columns of first and second apertures. The first apertures have a width less than the width of the second apertures which are intersected by the conductors of the second electrodes to form first and second windows. The CRT also includes a viewing screen comprising an array of substantially parallel phosphor stripes of three different emission colors arranged in cyclic order in adjacent triads. Each of the triads of phosphor stripes is associated with a column of first and second windows and a column of first apertures. The column of first apertures is aligned with one of the phosphor stripes of the triad and is flanked on one side by a column of first windows and on the other side by a column of second windows. A method of producing an image screen using the novel color-selection structure is also disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing the conductors of the second electrode of the color-selection structure with an opaque light blocking structure to temporarily close the first and second windows, (b) projecting light through the first apertures of the first electrode whereby to photodeposit the screen, and (c) then removing the opaque light blocking structure from the conductors of the second electrode to open the first and second windows.

Cathode-ray tube having a focusing color-selection structure and a

A cathode-ray tube includes a display screen having an array of phosphor stripes of three different emission colors arranged in cyclic order in adjacent triads. The tube further includes an electron gun for producing three convergent inline electron beams directed toward the display screen. A color selection structure is positioned between the display screen and the electron gun. The color selection structure includes a metal masking plate having therein an array of apertures arranged in columns that are substantially parallel to the phosphor stripes. The color selection structure further includes beam-influencing strips of insulation disposed on the masking plate which, in combination with the masking plate, define an array of windows for transmitting therethrough portions of the electron beams. A high voltage contact is provided for applying a potential to the metal masking plate and to the display screen. The strips of insulation are parallel to the phosphor stripes of the display screen. The strips of insulation are charged to a focusing potential by secondary electrons incident thereon and emanating from the display screen as a result of impingement thereon of the electron beams from the electron gun.

Color selection means having a charged insulator portion for a

The novel method of fabricating a color-selection electrode for a cathode-ray tube comprises a combination of step including providing substantially orthogonal sets of support members which cross at a multiplicity of locations to form an apertured array. At least one of the sets of support members are insulators. The method includes coating the array with a continuously conductive metal film except at the multiplicity of crossings and providing electrical terminals for each of the sets of coated members. A structure utilizing the novel method is also described.

Method of fabricating a metalized electrode assembly

CPT comprises a deflection-and-focus color-selection masking structure, a screen of parallel phosphor stripes, and means for producing three convergent in-line electron beams directed towards the target. When the CPT is operated, pairs of beamlets transmitted through windows in adjacent apertures in the masking structure are deflected towards one another to excite the same phosphor stripe and, also, are focused (compressed) in the narrow width direction of the phosphor stripes and defocused (stretched) in the length direction of the phosphor stripes.

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Princeton, NJ, United States of America

Eric F Hockings