Traveling wave push-pull electron beam deflector with pitch compensation

A deflection structure for a cathode-ray tube having means therein for producing a beam of electrons, said structure comprising a spaced-apart pair of traveling wave type deflection members disposed on opposite sides of the beam's path, each member including a plurality of deflection plate segments arranged in spaced, edge-to-edge relation in a row extending generally along said path, the plate segments being electrically connected in series by a plurality of lead portions joining successive pairs of said segments, the deflection members each including a divergent section adjoining the output end thereof in which the plate segments are spaced at progressively increasing distances from said path in the direction of the beam's travel,

• characterized in that said deflection members have different pitches produced by different numbers of plate segments therein.

An electron beam deflection structure for a cathode-ray tube having means therein for producing such a beam, comprising

• an asymmetrical pair of deflection members disposed in confronting relation on opposite sides of the path of said beam, with each having an input end and output end, each member including a section adjoining its output end that diverges from the beam path in the direction of beam travel, and
• means for applying to the input ends of said members deflection voltage signals of opposite phase.