Line output circuit for generating a line frequency sawtooth current

Claim 1

A line output circuit for generating a line frequency sawtooth current having a scan period and a flyback period through a line deflection coil for deflecting an electron beam in a cathode ray display tube, said circuit comprising the series arrangement of a line deflection coil and a trace capacitor which series arrangement is connected across the terminals of a controlled switch, a flyback capacitor also being connected across the terminals of said controlled switch, one terminal of the controlled switch being additionally connected to the primary winding of a transformer which winding is additionally connected to a supply terminal for a source of direct voltage, said transformer having a secondary winding one end of which is connected to a rectifier for generating, during the flyback period, the EHT supply for the final anode of a display tube, the circuit being tuned during the flyback period to a fundamental frequency and an odd harmonic thereof with the flyback period substantially corresponding to the duration of a half-cycle at the fundamental frequency, said controlled switch being conducting during the scan period and being rendered non-conducting at the end of the scan period to initiate the flyback period, characterised in that said circuit additionally comprises a first variable inductor included in said series arrangement for varying the width of the line scan on display and a second variable inductor connected in series with a winding of said transformer, the adjustment providing a variation in the inductance of said first inductor being ganged with that for the second conductor and arranged such that as the inductance of the first inductor is increased, the inductance of the second inductor is also increased and vice versa, whereby an alteration in the desired relationship between the said odd harmonic and the flyback period produced by a change in the inductance of said first inductor is substantially compensated for by the simultaneous change in the inductance of said second inductor.