Exposure equipment for display tube fabrication

A method for exposure for use during fabrication of a display tube having a display area, a vertical deflection point of an electron beam, and a horizontal deflection point of the electron beam, said method comprising:

• generating a light from a light source;
• gathering the light from the light source;
• integrating the light gathered from the light source so as to form light having uniform intensity;
• radiating the light having uniform intensity;
• focusing the radiated light to form a spot of light having a specific size;
• projecting the spot of light onto the display area of the display tube by diffusing the spot of light from a first virtual origin and a second virtual origin such that the first virtual origin corresponds in position to the vertical deflection point of the display tube, and such that the second virtual origin corresponds in position to the horizontal deflection point of the display tube.

Exposure equipment for use in fabrication of a display tube having an exposure area, said exposure equipment comprising:

• a light source for generating light;
• a light gathering device for gathering the light generated by said light source, said light gathering device having a location within said exposure equipment selected so as to minimize the size of said exposure equipment;
• an optical integrator;
• an optical fiber for transmitting the light gathered by said light gathering device from said location of said light gathering device to said optical integrator, and for preventing optical interference, wherein said optical integrator is operable to receive the light at one end of said optical integrator, to integrate the light, and to radiate uniform light from another end of said optical integrator;
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• a lens system for forming virtual focuses and for diffusing and projecting the uniform light from said virtual focuses to the exposure area of the display tube.