Samsung Sdi Co., Inc.

Jong-Han Lee

Sang-Ho Chun

Hyang-Jin Ko

Jun-Jong Lee

Young-Bin Im

A mask assembly is formed to have a tension mask with a screen part for transmitting electron beams. The mask assembly is intended for use with a cathode ray tube. The screen part includes real slots, dummy slots, real bridges, dummy bridges, and strip parts. The screen part has a first portion and a second portion. The first portion has real bridges, dummy bridges, and dummy slots. The second portion has real bridges and real slots, but no dummy bridges and no dummy slots. The second portion of the screen part can be said to be associated with a center region that traditionally has degraded images due to undesired black lines. The second portion of the screen part is formed to have real bridges, real slots, no dummy bridges, and no dummy slots in order to provide improved clarity. The mask assembly has a tension mask which extends in either a longitudinal or transverse direction, and a mask frame for reinforcing the structural strength while maintaining an extended state of the tension mask.

Cathode ray tube having mask assembly for displaying clearer images

Disclosed are a shrinkage band and a cathode ray tube (CRT) comprising the same. The shrinkage band includes includes a pair of spaced apart parallel first sides, a pair of spaced apart parallel second sides perpendicular to the first sides, the second sides being longer than the first sides, and corner portions connecting the first and second sides such that the corner portions are provided at four corners of the shrinkage band, wherein the shrinkage band is configured to go around an outer circumference of a CRT face panel skirt to apply tension to the face panel, and wherein the first sides, the second sides, and the corner portions of the shrinkage band comprise two materials each having a different permeability.

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Suwon, South Korea

Jong-Han Lee