Cathode-ray tube having electrostatic focusing and electrostatic deflection in one lens

Claim 1

A cathode ray tube comprising: a. means for producing an electron beam; b. a target for intercepting said electron beam; c. electrostatic focusing means for focusing said electron beam onto said target, said focusing means being disposed between said electrode beam producing means and said target and comprising three electrodes, a first and second ones of said electrodes having respective integral structures and the third one of said electrodes being disposed between said first and second electrodes and comprising at least two pairs of separate longitudinal segments arranged in orthogonal coordinates x and y perpendicular to and intersecting at the axis of said focusing means, said segments being mutually electrically insulated from each other and extending parallel to the axis of said focusing means, said first, second and third electrodes being cylindrical and having substantially equal diameters; d. means for applying a higher focusing potential V' f to said first and second electrodes and a lower focusing potential V f to each segment of said third electrode, and e. means for superimposing deflection potentials upon said lower focusing potential to produce on each segment a combined voltage V R,φ = +V x cosφ + V Y sin φ + V f , where R is the radius and φ is an angle of deflection assigned to respective segments with respect to said coordinates.