US4937661A
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Projection television display tube and device having band pass interference filter
Assignee: Philips North America LLC
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Filing: 1988-07-11
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Granted: 1990-06-26
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Expires: 2008-07-11
Abstract
Abstract Projection-television display tube includes a band pass or Fabry-Perot interference filter between the display window and the luminescent screen, resulting in the elimination of undesirable luminescent emissions both above and below the wavelength region of interest. A three-tube color projection display device includes such a filter in at least the green emitting display tube.
Inventors
- 👤 Andre Van der Voort
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 08:18
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01J; H01J29/00; H01J29/02; H01J29/10; H01J29/18; H01J29/28; H01J29/185
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
129 words
A projection television display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, said display screen comprising a layer of a luminescent material and an aluminum backing layer, the tube further comprising multilayer interference filter between the luminescent material layer and the display window, the filter comprising a number of layers having a high (H) refractive index and a low (L) refractive index, characterized in that the interference filter is a band pass filter in which the filter layers are arranged in the sequence 1 2 2 1 . . . 2 1 2 2 1 where 1 and 2 are high (H) and low (L), or low (L) and high (H) refractive index layers, respectively.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
129 words
A projection television display tube comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, said display screen comprising a layer of a luminescent material and an aluminum backing layer, the tube further comprising multilayer interference filter between the luminescent material layer and the display window, the filter comprising a number of layers having a high (H) refractive index and a low (L) refractive index, characterized in that the interference filter is a band pass filter in which the filter layers are arranged in the sequence 1 2 2 1 . . . 2 1 2 2 1 where 1 and 2 are high (H) and low (L), or low (L) and high (H) refractive index layers, respectively.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The projection television display tube of claim 1 in which the filter is composed of at least 9 layers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The projection television display tube of claim 2 in which the filter is composed of from 11 to 41 layers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
15 words
The projection television display tube of claim 1 in which the display window is flat.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
54 words
The projection television display tube of claim 1 in which the display window is curved and has an angle of curvature φ where φ is the angle between a line normal to the center of the display screen and a line normal to the part of the display screen farthest remote from the center.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
The projection television display tube of claim 5 in which φ is from about 5 to 25 degrees.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
63 words
The projection television display tube of claim 1 in which the filter layers have an approximate optical thickness nd =1/4λ D , where n is the refractive index of the layer material, d is the physical thickness of the layer, and λ D is the central wavelength of the pass band at an angle of incidence of the phosphor emission of 0 degrees.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
The projection television display tube of claim 1 in which the luminescent material is a Tb-activated phosphor emitting green.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
The projection television display tube of claim 8 in which the phosphor is YAG:Tb.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
15 words
The projection television display tube of claim 9 in which λ D about 552 nm.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
115 words
A three-tube color projection television display device having red, blue and green emitting display tubes, the tubes each comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, said display screen comprising a layer of a luminescent material, characterized in that at least one of the tubes comprises a band pass or filter between the luminescent material layer and the display window, in which the filter layers are arranged in the sequence 1 2 2 1 . . . 2 1 2 2 1 where 1 and 2 are high (H) and low (L), or low (L) and high (H) refractive index layers, respectively.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
115 words
A three-tube color projection television display device having red, blue and green emitting display tubes, the tubes each comprising in an evacuated envelope a display screen on the inside of a display window in the wall of the envelope, said display screen comprising a layer of a luminescent material, characterized in that at least one of the tubes comprises a band pass or filter between the luminescent material layer and the display window, in which the filter layers are arranged in the sequence 1 2 2 1 . . . 2 1 2 2 1 where 1 and 2 are high (H) and low (L), or low (L) and high (H) refractive index layers, respectively.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
22 words
The projection television display tube of claim 11 in which the tube comprising the band pass filter is the green emitting tube.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
19 words
The projection television display tube of claim 12 in which the remaining tubes also include a band pass filter.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The projection television display tube of claim 12 in which the remaining tubes include an SWP filter.
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