Horizontal focus controlling apparatus for cathode-ray tube

Claim 2

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, comprising: a predetermined signal generator configured to divide a sawtooth signal into signal portions in a manner in which at least one of said signal portions coincides with the phase of a flyback pulse signal; a parabola signal generator configured to generate a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal responsive to at least one of said signal portions and said sawtooth signal.

Claim 3

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 1, wherein said parabola signal generator generates a second sawtooth signal having no falling section, generates an inverse sawtooth signal, and multiplies the second sawtooth signal and the inverse sawtooth signal.

Claim 4

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 1, wherein said portions are two in number.

Claim 5

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 1, wherein said portions are three in number.

Claim 6

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 4 wherein said portions are a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal.

Claim 7

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 5, wherein the predetermined signal generator includes: a select signal generator configured to generate first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the falling portion, the rising portion before the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and the rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, respectively.

Claim 8

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 6, wherein said parabola signal generator is configured to generate the parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by generating a second sawtooth signal responsive to the first, second or third select signal.

Claim 11

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 8, wherein generating a parabola signal includes generating a second sawtooth signal having no falling section, generating an inverse sawtooth signal, and multiplying the second sawtooth signal and the inverse sawtooth signal.

Claim 12

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 8, wherein said portions are two in number.

Claim 13

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 8, wherein said portions are three in number.

Claim 14

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 11, wherein said portions are a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal.

Claim 15

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 12, further comprising the step of: generating first, second and third select signals which are synchronized with the falling portion, the rising portion before the central point of the positive pulse of a flyback pulse signal, and the rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, respectively.

Claim 16

A method for controlling the horizontal focus of a cathode-ray tube as recited in claim 13, further comprising the step of: controlling the parabola signal so that the parabola signal is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal according to selections of the first, second or third select signal.

Claim 17

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal responsive to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals and the sawtooth signal.

Claim 18

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal responsive to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals and the sawtooth signal.

Claim 19

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal according to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals; wherein said select signal generating means comprises: a signal generator for generating a pulse signal which is synchronized with a falling portion of the sawtooth signal as the first select signal; a comparator for outputting a signal which results when the sawtooth signal is compared with a threshold voltage corresponding to a predetermined position of the sawtooth signal; a first NOR gate for performing a logic NOR operation with respect to the compared signal and the pulse signal and outputting the result as the second select signal; a second NOR gate for performing a logic NOR operation with respect to the output signal of said first NOR gate and the pulse signal and outputting the result as the third select signal.

Claim 20

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal according to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals; wherein said select signal generating means comprises: a signal generator for generating a pulse signal which is synchronized with a falling portion of the sawtooth signal as the first select signal; a comparator for outputting a signal which results when the sawtooth signal is compared with a threshold voltage corresponding to a predetermined position of the sawtooth signal; a first NOR gate for performing a logic NOR operation with respect to the compared signal and the pulse signal and outputting the result as the second select signal; a second NOR gate for performing a logic NOR operation with respect to the output signal of said first NOR gate and the pulse signal and outputting the result as the third select signal.

Claim 21

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal according to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals; wherein said parabola signal generating means comprises: reference voltage generating means for generating a reference voltage for controlling a direct current offset; first amplifying means for amplifying the sawtooth signal by a predetermined unit of gain during a section selected by the first select signal; second amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the second select signal; third amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the third select signal; fourth amplifying means for inverting and amplifying the output signal of one of said first, second and third amplifying means by a gain based on the ratio of the rising section to the falling section of the sawtooth signal during the section in which the first select signal is activated and by a predetermined unit of gain during the other sections and outputs the result; inverting means for inverting the output of said fourth amplifying means; and multiplying means for generating the parabola signal by multiplying the output signal of said fourth amplifying means by the output of said inverting means.

Claim 22

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube for generating a parabola signal applied to control the horizontal focus, said apparatus comprising: select signal generating means for dividing the period of a sawtooth signal into a falling portion, a rising portion located before a central point of a positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal, and a rising portion after the central point of the positive pulse of the flyback pulse signal and generating first, second, and third select signals synchronized with the respective portions; and parabola signal generating means for generating a parabola signal which is synchronized with the flyback pulse signal by controlling the sawtooth signal according to the selections of the first, second, or third select signals; wherein said parabola signal generating means comprises: reference voltage generating means for generating a reference voltage for controlling a direct current offset; first amplifying means for amplifying the sawtooth signal by a predetermined unit of gain during a section selected by the first select signal; second amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the second select signal; third amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the third select signal; fourth amplifying means for inverting and amplifying the output signal of one of said first, second and third amplifying means by a gain based on the ratio of the rising section to the falling section of the sawtooth signal during the section in which the first select signal is activated and by a predetermined unit of gain during the other sections and outputs the result; inverting means for inverting the output of said fourth amplifying means; and multiplying means for generating the parabola signal by multiplying the output signal of said fourth amplifying means by the output of said inverting means.

Claim 23

A horizontal focus controlling apparatus for a cathode-ray tube as claimed in claim 16, wherein said parabola signal generating means comprises: reference voltage generating means for generating a reference voltage for controlling a direct current offset; first amplifying means for amplifying the sawtooth signal by a predetermined unit of gain during a section selected by the first select signal; second amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the second select signal; third amplifying means for controlling the direct current offset of the sawtooth signal according to the input reference voltage and the input sawtooth signal and then inverting and amplifying it by a predetermined unit of gain during the section selected by the third select signal; fourth amplifying means for inverting and amplifying the output signal of one of said first, second and third amplifying means by a gain based on the ratio of the rising section to the falling section of the sawtooth signal during the section in which the first select signal is activated and by a predetermined unit of gain during the other sections and outputs the result; inverting means for inverting the output of said fourth amplifying means; and multiplying means for generating the parabola signal by multiplying the output signal of said fourth amplifying means by the output of said inverting means.