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Convergence correction apparatus

Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1993-10-21
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Granted: 1995-12-05
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Expires: 2013-10-21
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Abstract

Abstract A convergence correction apparatus comprises: a scanning waveform generating section (6) for generating a scanning waveform in synchronization with a sync signal for scanning an electron beam in a cathode ray tube (8); an amplitude control section (7) for controlling a raster size according to a scanning waveform generated by the scanning waveform generating means (6) with receipt of a control signal; and a convergence correction waveform generating section (5) for generating a correction waveform for performing a convergence correction according to the scanning waveform and the control signal. Therefore, the apparatus can automatically follow signal sources having different input scanning frequencies and different aspect ratios thereby to obviate the need for complicated adjustment in each mode and remarkably reducing the time necessary for the adjustment.

Inventors

  • 👤 Susumu Tsujihara
  • 👤 Ikunori Inoue

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04N; H04N9/00; H04N9/12; H04N9/16; H04N9/28; H04N3/00; H04N3/10; H04N3/16; H04N3/22; H04N3/23; H04N3/233

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 143 words
A convergence correction apparatus comprising: scanning waveform generating means for generating a scanning waveform with receipt of a sync signal for scanning an electron beam in a cathode ray tube; control means, which receives the scanning waveform and a control signal, for controlling a raster size in response to the scanning waveform; and correction waveform generating means, which receives the scanning waveform and the control signal, for generating a correction waveform in response to the scanning waveform and the control signal, wherein said correction waveform generating means further includes a feedback control means to generate the correction waveform having a sawtooth waveform component and a parabola waveform component where the sawtooth waveform component is proportional to a change in amplitude of the control signal and the parabola waveform component is proportional to the square of the chance in amplitude of the control signal.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 143 words
A convergence correction apparatus comprising: scanning waveform generating means for generating a scanning waveform with receipt of a sync signal for scanning an electron beam in a cathode ray tube; control means, which receives the scanning waveform and a control signal, for controlling a raster size in response to the scanning waveform; and correction waveform generating means, which receives the scanning waveform and the control signal, for generating a correction waveform in response to the scanning waveform and the control signal, wherein said correction waveform generating means further includes a feedback control means to generate the correction waveform having a sawtooth waveform component and a parabola waveform component where the sawtooth waveform component is proportional to a change in amplitude of the control signal and the parabola waveform component is proportional to the square of the chance in amplitude of the control signal.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 31 words
The convergence correction apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said correction waveform generation means generates a divisional correction waveform by detecting a scanning center position according to the sawtooth waveform.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 173 words
A convergence correction apparatus comprising: scanning waveform generating means for generating a scanning waveform with receipt of a sync signal for scanning an electron beam in a cathode ray tube; control means for controlling the amplitude of the scanning waveform generated by said scanning waveform generating means thereby to control the raster size with receipt of a control signal; fundamental correction waveform generating means for receiving the scanning waveform and the control signal and for generating a fundamental correction waveform for correcting the convergence in response to the scanning waveform and the control signal; memory means for storing amplitude control data for controlling the amplitude of the fundamental correction waveform generated by said fundamental correction waveform generating means; multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion means for effecting a multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion of the fundamental correction waveform with the amplitude control data supplied from said memory means; and correction waveform generating means for generating a correction waveform for correcting the convergence according to the digital-to-analog converted signal output by said multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 173 words
A convergence correction apparatus comprising: scanning waveform generating means for generating a scanning waveform with receipt of a sync signal for scanning an electron beam in a cathode ray tube; control means for controlling the amplitude of the scanning waveform generated by said scanning waveform generating means thereby to control the raster size with receipt of a control signal; fundamental correction waveform generating means for receiving the scanning waveform and the control signal and for generating a fundamental correction waveform for correcting the convergence in response to the scanning waveform and the control signal; memory means for storing amplitude control data for controlling the amplitude of the fundamental correction waveform generated by said fundamental correction waveform generating means; multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion means for effecting a multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion of the fundamental correction waveform with the amplitude control data supplied from said memory means; and correction waveform generating means for generating a correction waveform for correcting the convergence according to the digital-to-analog converted signal output by said multiplication type digital-to-analog conversion means.

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