"Cathode Ray Tube (Crt)"
Abstract:
A Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) includes a panel having long and short axes and a tube axis perpendicular to the long and short axes, the panel including an inner phosphor screen. A funnel is attached to the panel, the funnel including a cone having a deflection unit arranged on an outer circumference thereof. A neck is attached to the funnel and has an electron gun arranged therein. The cone has a cross-section taken perpendicular to the tube axis with a shape varied from a circle to a non-circle having a maximum diameter in the directions except for the directions of the long and the short axes of the panel while proceeding from the neck to the panel, and with the cross-section of the cone on the tube axis by a point thereof, the inner and the outer surfaces of the cone in the directions of the long and the short axes are convex toward the tube axis.
Specification
CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0001] The present invention relates to a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT), and in
particular, to a shape of a cone for a CRT having a deflection unit.
Description of Related Art
[0002] A CRT is an electronic tube which deflects electron beams emitted
from an electron gun to a phosphor screen in the horizontal and vertical directions,
and lands those electron beams on that screen, thereby striking the phosphors and
displaying the desired images. The deflection of the electron beams is effected
by a deflection unit, which is mounted around the outer circumference of a funnel
(practically, the outer circumference of a cone forming the vacuum tube), and
generates horizontal and vertical magnetic fields.
[0003] The CRT has been mainly used in color televisions and computer
monitors, and have recently been used for a high-grade product, such as an
HDTV.
[0004] In order to improve the definition of the CRT, that is, in order use the
CRT for HDTV or other OA equipment, or to enhance the brightness of the CRT,
the deflection frequency of the deflection yoke must be increased, which results in
the deflection power being elevated so that the leakage of magnetic fields and the
power consumption are increased.
[0005] Such a problem made due to the elevation of the deflection power is a
critical factor in improving the definition of the CRT.
[0006] In this connection, a technique of enhancing the deflection efficiency of
the deflection yoke for the electron beams by reducing the diameter of a neck of
the vacuum tube and the neck-sided outer diameter of the funnel is conventionally
used in manufacturing the CRT. However, with the technique, a so-called Beam
Strike Neck (BSN) phenomenon occurs where the electron beams to be directed
toward the corners of the screen collide against the neck-sided inner wall of the
funnel, and the desired image is not obtained.
[0007] As the trajectories of the electron beams have not conventionally
measured in a suitable manner, the manufacturing of the CRT depends largely
upon the occasional experiences of the manufacturer or through trial and error. In this situation, it becomes difficult to effectively solve the BSN problem of the electron beams.
[0008] The technique of lowering the deflection power simply to maximize the deflection efficiency by reducing the neck-sided outer diameter of the funnel is limited due to the BSN problem of the electron beams.
[0009] Accordingly, efforts have been made to appropriately form the cone of the funnel mounted with the deflection unit in CRTs (such that the section thereof vertical to the tube axis is rectangular-shaped), and solve the BSN problem of the electron beams while lowering the deflection power.
[0010] That is, the shape of the cone is improved such that the deflection unit for forming a deflection magnetic field comes closer to the scanning trajectories of the electron beams, thereby reducing the deflecting sensitivity and lowering the power consumption.
[0011] With the CRT having a rectangular-shaped cone, the inner and outer surfaces of the cone are convex to the outside of the tube axis of the CRT. When a deflection unit is mounted around the rectangular-shaped cone, the shape of the cone becomes to be a factor of preventing the electron beams from coming closer to the scanning trajectories of the electron beams. This is because the cone is simply formed with a rectangular section without considering the BSN margin of the electron beams in the horizontal, the vertical and the diagonal directions of the electron beams scanned toward the phosphor screen from the electron gun. [0012] Accordingly, with a CRT having such a rectangular-shaped cone, the shape of the cone causes a problem in minimizing the deflection power.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0013] It is an object of the present invention to provide a Cathode Ray Tube
(CRT) which minimizes the deflection power and lowers the power consumption by
improving the shape of a cone mounted with a deflection unit.
[0014] The present invention provides a Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) including: a
panel having long and short axes and a tube axis perpendicular to the long and
short axes, the panel including an inner phosphor screen; a funnel attached to the
panel, the funnel including a cone having a deflection unit arranged on an outer
circumference thereof; and a neck attached to the funnel and having an electron
gun arranged therein; wherein the cone has a cross-section taken perpendicular to
the tube axis with a shape varied from a circle to a non-circle having a maximum
diameter in the directions except for the directions of the long and the short axes of
the panel while proceeding from the neck to the panel, and with the cross-section of the
cone on the tube axis by a point thereof, the inner and the outer surfaces of the cone in
the directions of the long and the short axes are convex toward the tube axis.
[0015] Inner and outer surfaces of the cone are preferably convex at centers
thereof toward the tube axis.
[0016] A radius of curvature Rh of an arc determining inner and the outer
surfaces of the cone in a direction of the long axis of the panel preferably satisfies
the inequality: 300mm.
4. The CRT of claim 3, wherein Rh increases while proceeding from the panel to the neck.
5. The CRT of claim 1, wherein a radius of curvature Rv of an arc determining inner and the outer surfaces of the cone in a direction of the short axis of the panel satisfies the inequality: 650mm
Documents
Application Documents
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Name |
Date |
| 1 |
2690-del-2005-form-5.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 2 |
2690-del-2005-form-3.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 3 |
2690-del-2005-form-26.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 4 |
2690-del-2005-form-2.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 5 |
2690-del-2005-form-18.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 6 |
2690-del-2005-form-1.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 7 |
2690-del-2005-drawings.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 8 |
2690-del-2005-description (complete).pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 9 |
2690-del-2005-correspondence-others.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 10 |
2690-del-2005-claims.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 11 |
2690-del-2005-abstract.pdf |
2011-08-21 |
| 12 |
2690-DEL-2005_EXAMREPORT.pdf |
2016-06-30 |