Shadow mask for color CRT and method for forming same

Details Shadow mask for color CRT and method for forming same Shadow mask for color CRT and method for forming same

1998-07-14

1999-11-23

Ramsey, Kenneth J.

Electric lamp and discharge devices

Cathode ray tube

Shadow mask, support or shield

445 30, 445 47, H01J 2907, H01J 900

Patent

active

059906073

ABSTRACT:
A shadow mask, or color selection electrode, in a color cathode ray tube (CRT) is in the form of a thin metal foil and includes a large number of apertures through which electron beams are directed onto the phosphorescent coating on the CRT's display screen for forming a video image. The apertured shadow mask is also used with a light source during CRT manufacture to form a large number of spaced phosphor elements in the phosphorescent coating. Ideally, all of the beam passing apertures and phosphor elements are circular in cross-section, but the shadow mask is stretched and maintained under high tension when mounted in the CRT causing some of the apertures, particularly those adjacent its four corners, to also become stretched and assume an oval shape. This is avoided in the present shadow mask by providing the areas in the vicinity of four corners of the shadow mask with oval apertures which are elongated in a direction generally transverse to the mechanical forming direction, or the direction of greatest tension when the mask is stretched and mounted in a color CRT. After installation in a CRT, the oval apertures assume a circular shape because of the greater tension applied along the short axis of each aperture. The remaining apertures in the center portion of the mask retain their circular shape after installation because they are under less tension than the outer apertures.

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