Electron gun with a multi-media monitor
AssigneeSamsung SDI Co., Ltd.
InventorsMin-Cheol Bae, Jong-Hoon Choi
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Abstract
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor with a low cathode voltage and improved focusing performance. The electron gun, which includes a cathode, a control electrode, a screen electrode, and a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam, is designed to satisfy the condition that a value of β is greater than or equal to 0.222 or a value of k is greater than or equal to 0.11, where β=T1/D, k=T1/L, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, D denotes a diameter of an electron beam aperture of the control electrode, and L denotes the distance between a beam-entering surface of the control electrode and a beam-emitting surface of the screen electrode.
Claims26
An electron gun for a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that a value of β is greater than or equal to 0.222, where β=T1/D, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, and D denotes a diameter of an electron beam aperture of the control electrode.
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that 0.222≦β<0.316, where β=T1/D, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, and D denotes a diameter of an electron beam aperture of the control electrode,
- wherein a zero voltage is applied to the control electrode, a voltage of approximately 600V is applied to the screen electrode, and a cathode spot cutoff voltage of 50-80V is applied to the cathode.
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that a value of M is greater than or equal to 0.222, where M is the quotient of dividing T1 by DS=2×(A/C)0.5, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, A denotes an area of an electron beam aperture of the control electrode, and C denotes the circumference of the electron beam aperture of the control electrode.
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that 0.222≦M<0.316, where M is the quotient of dividing T1 by DS=2×(A/C)0.5, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, A denotes an area of an electron beam aperture of the control electrode, and C denotes the circumference of the electron beam aperture of the control electrode,
- wherein a zero voltage is applied to the control electrode, a voltage of approximately 600V is applied to the screen electrode, and a cathode spot cutoff voltage of 50-80V is applied to the cathode.
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that a value of k is greater than or equal to 0.11, where k=T1/L, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, and L denotes the distance between a beam-entering surface of the control electrode and a beam-emitting surface of the screen electrode.
An electron gun used with a multi-media monitor, the electron gun comprising:
- a cathode;
- a control electrode;
- a screen electrode;
- and
- a plurality of focusing electrodes to focus and accelerate an electron beam and satisfy the condition that 0.11≦k<0.135, where k=T1/L, T1 denotes a thickness of the control electrode, and L denotes the distance between a beam-entering surface of the control electrode and a beam-emitting surface of the screen electrode, wherein a zero voltage is applied to the control electrode, a voltage of approximately 600V is applied to the screen electrode, and a cathode spot cutoff voltage of 50-80V is applied to the cathode.
A method of providing an electron gun with a cathode, a control electrode, a screen electrode, and a plurality of focusing electrodes, and used with a multi-media monitor, the method comprising:
- decreasing a cathode spot cutoff voltage to within a range of 50-80V;
- and
- varying the thickness of the control electrode and a diameter of an electron beam aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.