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Variable horizontal deflection circuit capable of providing east-west pincushion correction

US4429257A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 29, 1982
Grant dateJan 31, 1984
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Expiry dateSep 29, 2002

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N3/233
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A controllable switch operated at the horizontal deflection rate is coupled to a horizontal deflection winding to generate scanning current during a trace interval of a deflection cycle. A deflection retrace capacitor forms a retrace resonant circuit with the deflection winding during the retrace interval. A supply inductance such as a winding of a horizontal output transformer is coupled either conductively or magnetically to a source of supply energy. A second capacitor is coupled to the supply inductance and to the controllable switch and forms a second resonant circuit with the supply inductance within the retrace interval to generate a pulse voltage. The pulse voltage energizes a load circuit such as the ultor high voltage circuit. A modulation inductance is coupled to a source of modulation signals and to the deflection winding and supplies a modulation current to the retrace resonant circuit to modulate the amplitude of the scanning current without modulating the amplitude of the supply inductance pulse voltage. The modulation may occur at a vertical rate to provide east-west pincushion distortion correction.

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