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US 4,395,243 AGranted
Method of fabricating cathode-ray tube
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsNoboru Toyama, Yoshinori Oyamada
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Abstract
In a method of fabricating a cathode-ray tube, an evacuated and sealed bulb provided with a phosphor screen and an electron gun including a cathode is subjected to a process of flashing a getter attached to the inner wall of the bulb. Thereafter, the bulb is subjected to a scanning process of causing the electron gun to emit an electron beam therefrom while deflecting the electron beam. The scanning process is followed by an aging process for the cathode of the electron gun.
Claims6
A method of fabricating a cathode-ray tube, comprising the sequential steps of:
- (a) preparing an evacuated and sealed bulb with a funnel portion thereof having a phosphor screen formed thereon and a neck portion thereof having an electron gun mounted therein including a decomposed and activated oxide cathode and an assembly of grids, a getter being attached to a predetermined portion of the interior of said bulb;
- (b) flashing said getter to deposit a film of getter material on the inner surface of said bulb, so that a large part of gas molecules remaining in said bulb are absorbed by said getter material film;
- (c) causing said cathode to emit an electron beam while deflecting said electron beam by means of deflecting means arranged around said bulb to scan a region between said cathode and said phosphor screen with said electron beam, so that gas molecules still remaining in said bulb are decomposed by said electron beam;
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- (d) heating said cathode to emit a predetermined electron current therefrom for aging thereof.
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