US 4,663,562 AGranted

Contrast enhancement structure for color cathode ray tube

AssigneeGeneral Electric Company

InventorsGary Miller, Susan B. Jaffe

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Abstract

A contrast enhancement structure for a full color cathode ray tube utilizes a combination of a louvered ambient light transmission control element in combination with a multi-notch band-pass filter. The louvered control elements provide limited viewing angles for incoming ambient light reducing light dispersion on the cathode ray phosphor surface. The multi-notch band-pass filter provides efficient spectral transmission in the phosphor emitting wavelengths. The combination of the louvered directional control elements for ambient light and a multi-notch band-pass filter matching the spectral emission characteristics of the color phosphor, substantially increases the contrast ratio. In fact, this arrangement provides contrast ratios which are of an order of magnitude larger than those previously possible.

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Dependent claims

In a CRT display with enhanced color contrast ratio, the combination comprising:

(a) CRT display having a plurality of color display elements,
(b) Contrast ratio enhancing assembly means positioned in front of and affixed to the display for preferentially transmitting blue, green and red emissions and attenuating white background light, including:
(1) directional filter means having a predetermined acceptance cone for blocking ambient white light outside of said acceptance cone and transmitting color emissions from said display and direct and reflected ambient white light within said cone, said directional filter means comprising two sets of spaced parallel light-blocking elements placed in generally orthogonal directions, wherein said sets are angularly offset from the scanning directions of the CRT to eliminate Moire patterns when viewing the CRT,
(2) multi-notch filter means having higher transmittance in the blue, green, and red wave lengths whereby ambient white light is attenuated to a greater degree than said color emissions thereby enhancing the contrast ratio of the display.

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