AKB apparatus with hot start flash prevention

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1993-08-31

1994-09-06

Groody, James J.

Television

Cathode-ray tube display automatic black level bias control

348380, H04N 568

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053452674

ABSTRACT:
A receiver includes a kinescope, a driver amplifier and an integrated automatic kinescope bias (AKB) circuit. A soft start circuit includes a timing capacitor, external to the integrated circuit, and a control circuit within the integrated circuit which limits the AKB current adjustment range during turn-on to a time determined by the external capacitor. The capacitor is effectively isolated from the integrated circuit to prevent discharge thereof by protection diodes of the IC whereby the time constant of the overall AKB circuit is substantially the same for both hot start conditions and cold start conditions thereby avoiding undesirable visual start-up artifacts such as black level and contrast shifts during warm-up of the kinescope for either a cold start condition or a hot start condition.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4450476 (1984-05-01), Tallant, II
patent: 4562479 (1985-12-01), McDonald
patent: 4587566 (1986-05-01), Hinn
patent: 4660093 (1987-04-01), Craig et al.
patent: 4675547 (1987-06-01), Eichenwald
patent: 4748497 (1988-05-01), Sengoku
patent: 4894725 (1990-01-01), Sendelweck

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