Structure of electron gun for cathode ray tube
View Patent ↗The present invention relates in general to a cathode ray tube, more particularly, to a structure of an electron gun for enhancing resolution of a cathode ray tube. The structure of an electron gun for a cathode ray tube of the invention is effective for enhancing the resolution of the screen without an application of a dynamic voltage.
1. A cathode ray tube comprising:
a panel having a fluorescent screen formed on an inner surface;
a funnel connected to the panel;
an electron gun for emitting electron beams;
a deflection yoke for deflecting the electron beams in horizontal and vertical directions; and
a shadow mask with a color selecting function,
wherein the electron gun comprises a triode unit for generating electron beams, pre-focus lenses for preliminary focusing and accelerating the electron beams generated by the triode unit, and a main lens for finally focusing and accelerating the focused and accelerated electron beams through the pre-focus lenses,
wherein a control electrode forming the triode unit has horizontally elongated electron beam passing holes, and an accelerating electrode forming the triode unit has vertically elongated electron beam passing holes or vertically elongated slots that are formed around the electron beam passing holes,
wherein a vertical size of the electron beam passing hole on the control electrode is 40–70% of a horizontal size of the electron beam passing hole on the control electrode,
wherein a horizontal size of the electron beam passing hole on the accelerating electrode is 80–90% of a vertical size of the electron beam passing hole on the accelerating electrode, and wherein a horizontal direction crossover of the electron beam is formed between the accelerating electrode and a first pre-focus electrode, or after the first pre-focus electrode, and a vertical direction crossover of the electron beam is formed between the control electrode and the accelerating electrode.
2. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein the horizontal size of the electron beam passing hole on the control electrode is 0.6 mm–0.8 mm, and the vertical size of the electron beam passing hole is 0.3 mm–0.45 mm.
3. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein the horizontal size of the electron beam passing hole on the accelerating electrode is 0.56 mm–0.7 mm, and the vertical size of the electron beam passing hole is 0.6 mm–0.8 mm.
4. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein an electron beam passing hole on a second pre-focus electrode forming the pre-focus lens has a circular shape.
5. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein a static voltage is applied to the pre-focus forming electrodes and to the main lens forming electrodes, respectively.
6. The cathode ray tube according to claim 5 , wherein an applied voltage to a first pre-focus electrode among the pre-focus lens forming electrodes is 20–30% of an applied voltage to an anode.
7. The cathode ray tube according to claim 5 , wherein an applied voltage to a second pre-focus electrode among the pre-focus lens forming electrodes is 400V–1000V.
8. The cathode ray tube according to claim 5 , wherein an applied voltage to a main focus electrode among the main lens forming electrodes is 20–30% of an applied voltage to an anode.
9. The cathode ray tube according to claim 5 , wherein an applied voltage to an anode among the main lens forming electrodes is 22 kV–35 kV.
10. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein a static voltage is applied to the accelerating electrode forming the triode unit.
11. The cathode ray tube according to claim 10 , wherein an applied voltage to the accelerating electrode is 400V–1000V.
12. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein astigmatism at a center of a screen is greater than 600V.
13. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein a main focus electrode forming the main lens comprises at least two auxiliary electrodes.
14. The cathode ray tube according to claim 13 , wherein electron beam passing holes formed on each of the auxiliary electrodes are in a vertically elongated shape.
15. The cathode ray tube according to claim 13 , wherein one of the auxiliary electrodes disposed closer to a second pre-focus electrode has keyhole shaped electron beam passing holes.
16. The cathode ray tube according to claim 13 , wherein one of the auxiliary electrodes disposed closer to a second pre-focus electrode is in a cap shape.
17. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein an auxiliary electrode is formed on an anode forming the main lens.
18. The cathode ray tube according to claim 17 , wherein the auxiliary electrode is formed of one electron beam passing hole.
19. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein an astigmatism correction electrode is formed on an anode forming the main lens or on a shield cup.
20. The cathode ray tube according to claim 19 , wherein the astigmatism correction electrode is formed of an electron beam passing hole, and includes a protruded plate portion at an upper and a lower part of the electron beam passing hole.
21. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein the electrodes forming the triode unit are in a plate shape.
22. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein thicknesses of the control electrode, the accelerating electrode, and a first pre-focus electrode forming a pre-focus lens satisfy a relation of thickness of the control electrode<thickness of the accelerating electrode<thickness of the first pre-focus electrode.
23. The cathode ray tube according to claim 22 , wherein the first pre-focus electrode is formed of at least two plate-shape electrodes being coupled together.
24. The cathode ray tube according to claim 23 , wherein among the plate-shape electrodes, a distance between centers of outside electron beam passing holes on a plate-shape electrode is different from a distance between centers of outside electron beam passing holes on a different plate-shape electrode.
25. The cathode ray tube according to claim 27 , wherein among the plate-shape electrodes, a distance between centers of outside electron beam passing holes on a plate-shape electrode formed on an accelerating electrode side is greater than a distance between center of outside electron beam passing holes on a different plate-shape electrode.
26. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein among the electrodes forming the pre-focus lens, a gap between a first pre-focus electrode and a second pre-focus electrode is 1.05 mm–1.4 mm.
27. The cathode ray tube according to claim 1 , wherein a gap between a second pre-focus electrode among the electrodes forming the pre-focus lens and the main lens is 1.05 mm–1.4 mm.