Line sawtooth deflection current generator

Claim 1

A circuit arrangement for generating from a supply voltage source a sawtooth deflection current through a line deflection coil, said circuit comprising a line deflection circuit including switching means operating at line frequency for periodically applying a voltage to said line deflection coil for the production of said deflection current, and modulating means adapted to be coupled to said deflection coil circuit for modulating the magnitude of the voltage across the deflection coil during the line scan period thereby modulating the amplitude of the deflection current, said modulating means including a stage operating in the switching mode, and a switch controlled by periodic pulses for alternately driving said switch into conduction and cutting it off and adjusting the duration of the controlling pulses depending on the voltage present at the modulating means output terminals; a scan capacitor, said supply voltage source being adapted to be coupled to said scan capacitor for supplying a part of the voltage applied to the line deflection coil, said modulating means providing a pulse-shaped current switched between two values to the scan capacitor an inductance means coupled to said modulations means for smoothing the switching frequency, and a winding coupled to the scan capacitor, said winding being magnetically coupled to the line deflection circuit.