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US3377500A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Flat cathode-ray display tube

Assignee: Fairchild Semiconductor Corp
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Filing: 1966-06-20
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Granted: 1968-04-09
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Expires: 1986-06-20
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Burns Joseph

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-26 08:59
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J31/00; H01J31/08; H01J31/10; H01J31/12; H01J31/123; H01J31/124

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 153 words
A FLAT CATHODE-RAY DISPLAY TUBE COMPRISING AN ENVELOPE INCLUDING A BODY PORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELEPIPED CONFIGURATION HAVING A THICKNESS WHICH IS A MINOR FRACTION OF ITS LENGTH AND WIDTH AND A TAPERED TUBULAR NECK PORTION EXTENDING THEREFROM WITH ITS AXIS LYING APPROXIMATELY IN THE MEDIAN PLANE OF SAID BODY PORTION; A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND A PHOSPHORESCENT SCREEN DISPOSED ON ONE OF THE MAJOR WALLS OF SAID BODY PORTION; A SCREEN ELECTRODE ADJACENT SAID FILM, SAID FILM BEING DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO OPERATE AT A POTENTIAL SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE; MEANS INCLUDING SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRIC FIELD SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT SAID BODY PORTION; MEANS IN SAID NECK PORTION FOR DEVELOPING AND INJECTING A CATHODE-RAY BEAM INTO THE ELECTRIC FIELD REGION; AND MEANS FOR DEFLECTING SAID BEAM IN TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS PRIOR TO INJECTION INTO SAID REGION TO SCAN A RASTER ON SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE AND ON SAID PHOSPHORESCENT SCREEN.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 153 words
A FLAT CATHODE-RAY DISPLAY TUBE COMPRISING AN ENVELOPE INCLUDING A BODY PORTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLELEPIPED CONFIGURATION HAVING A THICKNESS WHICH IS A MINOR FRACTION OF ITS LENGTH AND WIDTH AND A TAPERED TUBULAR NECK PORTION EXTENDING THEREFROM WITH ITS AXIS LYING APPROXIMATELY IN THE MEDIAN PLANE OF SAID BODY PORTION; A TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM AND A PHOSPHORESCENT SCREEN DISPOSED ON ONE OF THE MAJOR WALLS OF SAID BODY PORTION; A SCREEN ELECTRODE ADJACENT SAID FILM, SAID FILM BEING DESIGNED AND INTENDED TO OPERATE AT A POTENTIAL SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER THAN SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE; MEANS INCLUDING SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE FOR ESTABLISHING AN ELECTRIC FIELD SUBSTANTIALLY THROUGHOUT SAID BODY PORTION; MEANS IN SAID NECK PORTION FOR DEVELOPING AND INJECTING A CATHODE-RAY BEAM INTO THE ELECTRIC FIELD REGION; AND MEANS FOR DEFLECTING SAID BEAM IN TWO ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS PRIOR TO INJECTION INTO SAID REGION TO SCAN A RASTER ON SAID SCREEN ELECTRODE AND ON SAID PHOSPHORESCENT SCREEN.

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1971-04-09 1971-10-09 1972-04-09 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1975-04-09 1975-10-09 1976-04-09 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1979-04-09 1979-10-09 1980-04-09 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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