High resolution, high intensity video projection cathode ray tube provided with a cooled reflective phosphor screen support
First Claim
1. A single-gun projection cathode ray tube for generating a projected high resolution, high light output video image, the cathode ray tube having an axis, a glass faceplate transverse to said axis, an electron gun for generating a high intensity electron beam, a control grid positioned across the path of the electron beam out of said electron gun and connected for receiving video signals, and a phosphor screen interposed between the electron gun and the faceplate and adapted, when impinged upon by the electron beam, to generate optical images for transmission through said faceplate;
- wherein the improvement comprises;
(a) said electron gun is arranged to initially direct said high intensity electron beam along a path transverse to and intersecting said axis at a location remote from said faceplate of the cathode ray tube;
(b) a thermally conductive metal plate-like member is arranged in the cathode ray tube at a location remote from said faceplate and has an optically reflective first surface directed toward both said electron gun and said faceplate;
(c) the phosphor screen is supported by said metal plate-like member on said first surface thereof in a position to be struck by said high intensity electron beam and to generate resultant corresponding optical images, and said optically reflective first surface of said metal plate-like member serves to reflect said optical images developed on said phosphor screen toward said faceplate of the cathode ray tube for passage therethrough to a display screen; and
(d) cooling means are provided in heat exchange relation with said metal plate-like member for conducting heat, generated in said phosphor screen by said high intensity electron beam, away from said phosphor screen;
whereby the arrangement allows a very high intensity electron beam to be used in the cathode ray tube without permitting the electron beam to impinge upon and heat said faceplate and without any risk of overheating or burning of said phosphor screen.
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Abstract
A single gun projection cathode ray tube (CRT) which permits the generation of high brightness image output. The crux of the invention is the provision, in the CRT, of an optically reflecting high thermal conductivity metal plate-like member positioned in the path of the electron beam, the surface of the metal plate-like member, which is directed toward both the electron gun and the faceplate of the CRT, being coated with a monochrome phosphor and being cooled by external means. The CRT is capable of producing monochrome images which are reflected by the phosphor-bearing surface of the metal plate-like member toward the faceplate of the CRT and, upon passing through the faceplate, may be projected directly onto a display screen. Alternatively, the CRT can produce projected field sequential color images when it is used either with a synchronized color wheel or with a synchronized liquid crystal shutter color filter interposed between the metal plate-like member of the CRT and the associated display screen.
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1. A single-gun projection cathode ray tube for generating a projected high resolution, high light output video image, the cathode ray tube having an axis, a glass faceplate transverse to said axis, an electron gun for generating a high intensity electron beam, a control grid positioned across the path of the electron beam out of said electron gun and connected for receiving video signals, and a phosphor screen interposed between the electron gun and the faceplate and adapted, when impinged upon by the electron beam, to generate optical images for transmission through said faceplate;
- wherein the improvement comprises;
(a) said electron gun is arranged to initially direct said high intensity electron beam along a path transverse to and intersecting said axis at a location remote from said faceplate of the cathode ray tube; (b) a thermally conductive metal plate-like member is arranged in the cathode ray tube at a location remote from said faceplate and has an optically reflective first surface directed toward both said electron gun and said faceplate; (c) the phosphor screen is supported by said metal plate-like member on said first surface thereof in a position to be struck by said high intensity electron beam and to generate resultant corresponding optical images, and said optically reflective first surface of said metal plate-like member serves to reflect said optical images developed on said phosphor screen toward said faceplate of the cathode ray tube for passage therethrough to a display screen; and (d) cooling means are provided in heat exchange relation with said metal plate-like member for conducting heat, generated in said phosphor screen by said high intensity electron beam, away from said phosphor screen; whereby the arrangement allows a very high intensity electron beam to be used in the cathode ray tube without permitting the electron beam to impinge upon and heat said faceplate and without any risk of overheating or burning of said phosphor screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
- wherein the improvement comprises;
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