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US4680640A
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Apparatus for reducing beam current measurement errors
Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1986-02-27
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Granted: 1987-07-14
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Expires: 2006-02-27
Abstract
Abstract Errors occurring in the beam current measurement in a video output stage can be reduced by increasing the recharging rate of the capacitive load of a video amplifier, constituted by the picture display tube of a picture display arrangement, with the aid of a bias current or a quiescent current which is subtracted again from the current applied to an input of the beam current measuring circuit which is controlled by the video amplifier.
Inventors
- 👤 Pieter G. Blanken
- 👤 Pieter van der Zee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 19:30
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/22; H04N5/00; H04N5/44; H04N5/57; H04N5/59; H04N5/14; H04N5/16; H04N5/165
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A picture display device comprising a picture display tube a cathode of which is coupled to the emitter of an emitter-follower drivable by a video amplifier, a negative feedback signal input of the video amplifier being coupled to an input of the emitter-follower and the collector of the emitter-follower being coupled to an input of a beam current measuring circuit, while an anti-blocking circuit is coupled to the cathode of the picture display tube to prevent blocking of the beam current measuring circuit due to leakage currents in the picture display tube, characterized in that the anti-blocking circuit is a circuit producing an emitter-follower current of the order of magnitude of at least approximately one hundred micro-amperes, while a current source is coupled to the input of the beam current measuring ciruit for draining the emitter-follower current produced by the anti-blocking circuit.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A picture display device comprising a picture display tube a cathode of which is coupled to the emitter of an emitter-follower drivable by a video amplifier, a negative feedback signal input of the video amplifier being coupled to an input of the emitter-follower and the collector of the emitter-follower being coupled to an input of a beam current measuring circuit, while an anti-blocking circuit is coupled to the cathode of the picture display tube to prevent blocking of the beam current measuring circuit due to leakage currents in the picture display tube, characterized in that the anti-blocking circuit is a circuit producing an emitter-follower current of the order of magnitude of at least approximately one hundred micro-amperes, while a current source is coupled to the input of the beam current measuring ciruit for draining the emitter-follower current produced by the anti-blocking circuit.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
81 words
A picture display device as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the emitter-follower forms part of a complementary emitter-follower circuit which includes a further emitter-follower which is complementary to said emitter-follower, a bias voltage circuit means coupled to the bases of the emitter-followers and the current source is a current mirror circuit an input of which is coupled to an output of a further current mirror circuit an input of which is coupled to the collector of the complementary emitter-follower.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
40 words
A picture display device as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that the input of a negative feedback circuit is coupled to an output of a preamplifier-controllable complementary emitter-follower circuit including said bias voltage circuit means for the bases thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
78 words
A picture display device as claimed in claim 2 or 3, characterized in that the input of the further current mirror circuit is connected to a second negative feedback circuit of an amplifier whose output is connected via a unidirectionally conducting element to the second negative feedback circuit and a further input of said amplifier to a junction between a current source and an impedance which is similar to an input impedance of the further current mirror circuit.
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