Process of analysis of the convergence of a cathode-ray tube with three ganged guns and a device forming a pick-up allowing implementation of this process
AssigneeVideocolor
InventorClaude Pons
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InventorClaude Pons
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A process of analysis of convergence along two orthogonal components of the three guns in a color television tube with ganged guns involves, for example, placing an analysis slit 20 in front of the screen of the cathode-ray tube in order to observe at least three luminophore columns 15 of different colors in full width, of causing a luminous line of a single color to pass by, turning on only the corresponding gun in front of said slit, and of measuring the current in the deviator of the cathode-ray tube for which the maximum light intensity is observed through the slit, and of beginning these operations again for each of the three colors, the measured values making it possible to deduce the convergence gaps of the beams at the placement of the slit. The invention allows automatic convergence correction of the cathode-ray tube.
Process for analysis of the convergence of the three beams of a color cathode-ray tube with three ganged guns and shadow mask perforated with holes, preferably oblong, equipped with a deviator having horizontal and vertical deflection coilings, characterized by the fact that, for determining the projection of the convergence gaps between the three beams along at least one reference axis in a deviation direction preferably perpendicular to this reference axis, it consists of turning on only one of the three guns and applying a slowly variable signal to at least one of the deflection coilings and a scanning signal to at least the other deflection coiling so as to produce on the screen a luminous line moving slowly parallel to said reference axis, of measuring the light intensity through an analysis slit located parallel to the direction of the luminous line formed on the screen at the point where it is wished to determine the convergence characteristics, of fixing the values of the current in said coilings when the light intensity perceived through said slit is maximum, of repeating the same operations for the other two guns, and of calculating said projections of the convergence gaps according to said reference axis, knowing at least the three values of the aforementioned current and the deflection sensitivities of the cathode-ray tube in said area of the screen.
Device forming a pick-up for analysis of the convergence of the three beams of a color cathode-ray tube with three ganged guns and a shadow mask perforated with holes, preferably oblong, equipped with two deviator means, horizontal and vertical, and in which the screen has luminophore columns in the three basic colors arranged in a predetermined repetitive order, for implementation of the process according to one of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that it includes a housing equipped with an opening to be positioned against the outer surface of said cathode-ray tube opposite an area on this screen for which it is wished to determine the convergence characteristics of said guns, at least one photoelectric cell and at least one analysis slit or selection window positioned between said opening and said photoelectric cell.
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