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Circuit and method for correcting side pincushion distortion and regulating picture width

US4309640A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 25, 1980
Grant dateJan 5, 1982
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Expiry dateJan 25, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N3/22
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit within a cathode-ray tube electromagnetic deflection system for correcting side pincushion distortion and regulating picture width independent of changes in the video line rate. The circuit employs a predistorted AC reference signal and a second DC reference signal in a closed-loop manner to cause a deflection current to describe precisely an ideal waveform defining simultaneously both pincushion correction and picture width regulation.

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