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Self biasing protection arrangement for a cathode ray tube

US5036260A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 30, 1990
Grant dateJul 30, 1991
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Expiry dateApr 30, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/40
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A source of kine supply voltage is coupled to a video amplifier that drives a cathode of a cathode ray tube of a projection television receiver via a self biasing diode. When, due to, for example, a fault condition, the kine supply voltage is lost, the self biasing diode decouples the cathode of the cathode ray tube from a supply return terminal of an ultor supply voltage to form a high impedance, low capacitance at the cathode of the cathode ray tube. A beam current develops a self biasing voltage at the cathode of the cathode ray tube that substantially reduces the beam current to provide protection against a damage to a screen of the cathode ray tube.

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