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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 18, 2004
Charles Guan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Charles Guan, San Francisco, CA (US);
National Semiconductor Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Based, in part, on an input video signal, an autobias circuit generates red, green, and blue channel video signals, which are received by external drivers to drive cathodes in a CRT. The autobias circuit also provides gain and bias control signals based on a sense current. The external drivers generate the sense current such that the sense current is proportional to the sum of the beam currents flowing from the cathodes. The sense current has an error caused by current flowing through external recharge resistors. A correction current (Ivideo) is subtracted from the sense current to compensate. The correction current is generated according to the equation Ivideo=(Vs/Rkin)*[(Vref/Rext)/(Vref/Rin)], where Vkin and Rin are matched internal monolithic resistors, Rext is the resistance of another external resistor that is matched to the external recharge resistors, and Vs is the sum of the red, green, and blue channel video signals.