Abstract: Disclosed are a light guide plate for a non-contact type coordinate input system, a system including the same, and a non-contact type coordinate input method using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a light guide plate for a non-contact type coordinate input system, which eliminates inconvenience of a conventional contact-type coordinate input system inputting coordinates through direct contact, and which can reduce use of sensors and optical loss as much as possible. The present invention also relates to a system including the same, and a non-contact type coordinate input method using the same.

Abstract: An illuminant substrate includes a substrate, first and second light emitting members provided on the substrate, a first anode covering the first light emitting member, a second anode covering the second light emitting member, a resistor located between the first and second light emitting members and electrically connecting the first and second anodes, and a rib laminated on the resistor. A side face of the resistor facing the first light emitting member projects toward the first light emitting member further than a side face of the rib facing the first light emitting member, and a side face of the resistor facing the second light emitting member projects toward the second light emitting member further than a side face of the rib facing the second light emitting member.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluorescent screen forming method, a fluorescent screen forming apparatus and a cathode-ray tube. In the fluorescent screen forming method according to the present invention, a transfer roller lowers a transfer sheet to somewhere above the inner surface of the panel and the transfer roller moves up to the end edge positions of the inner surface of the panel, whereafter the transfer roller moves downwards onto the end edges of the inner surface of the panel in unison with the transfer film to start pressing the transfer film. Therefore, the transfer roller can reach the end edges of the panel, and hence component layers of a fluorescent screen can be transferred up to the end edges of the inner surface of the panel. A fluorescent screen forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a transfer film supply means, a transfer roller, and a control means, wherein operations of the above-mentioned transfer method are executed.

Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for providing error correction in an imaging system. The system includes an error determination unit for determining an amount of error associated with a spot at (x,y) in a binary pattern to be imaged, a determination unit for determining the location of a nearest exposed spot at (xi, yi) for each spot at (x,y), and a dose modification unit for modifying an exposure dose at the nearest exposed spot at (xi, yi) for each spot at (x,y).

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a process for manufacturing a fluorescent film wherein the order of coating the fluorescent films of a color Braun tube and the thickness of the film are adjusted to reduce the amount of red fluorescent material employed for red fluorescent film without deteriorating the quality of the red fluorescent film, thereby lowering the cost for manufacturing. The process first forms the red fluorescent film on the panel of a color Braun tube and then forms the blue and green fluorescent films subsequently thereafter.

Abstract: A reflection-type light diffuser is fabricated on a glass substrate, which has a pixel matrix array disposed thereon. The pixel matrix array includes a plurality of adjacent pixel regions, and each of the pixel regions has a pair of side edges that are parallel and opposite. A photoresist pattern is formed on the glass substrate, and the photoresist pattern includes a plurality of wave-shaped straight protrusions formed on the side edges of each of the pixel regions and a plurality of bump structures formed on each of the pixel regions. A reflective metal layer is formed on the photoresist pattern.

Abstract: A resin composition (A) layer, comprising an acrylic polymer (a) having a weight average molecular weight of 10000 to 300000 and an acid number of 80 to 250 mgKOH/g and a fluorescent substance (b), and a photosensitive resin composition (B) layer are formed inside the cell, and then they are exposed, developed and baked. By the process of the present invention the fluorescent substance can be effectively and uniformly formed on the side and bottom wall of the cell.

Abstract: A method for photo-imageable lacquer deposition for a display device. In one embodiment, a layer of photo-imageable lacquer is deposited on top of a faceplate of a display device. Portions of the lacquer layer are removed and selected portions of the lacquer layer remain deposited in the sub-pixel areas of the faceplate.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for producing a pattern on a transparent substrate, particularly a glass or glass-ceramic substrate. According to the invention, there is deposited on at least one area of one face of the substrate, a first layer of a photosensitive resin comprising at least one sensitizing agent and at least one photosensitive compound essentially composed of a polymer with an average degree of cross-linking d° such that it is able to absorb solid particles. Certain areas of said first layer are exposed to light, particularly in order to increase, in a controlled manner, the average degree of cross-linking do of said polymer so as to modulate its absorption capacity. On the first layer is deposited at least one second layer of a mineral-particle-based composition. The substrate is subjected to at least one treatment cycle, particularly in order to fix said mineral particles. The invention also concerns the substrate produced by this method and its applications.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a luminescent screen assembly, having a light-absorbing matrix with a plurality of substantially equally-sized openings therein, on an inner surface of a faceplate panel of a cathode-ray tube (CRT) is provided. The tube has a color selection electrode spaced from the inner surface of the faceplate panel in which the color selection electrode has a plurality of strands interleaved with slots. The method includes the steps of providing a first photoresist layer, whose solubility is altered when exposed to light, such that greater dosages of light reduce the solubility thereof. The first photoresist layer is applied to the inner surface of the faceplate panel. The first photoresist layer is exposed to light from a light source, located relative to a central source position, as well as two symmetrical source positions relative to the central source position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of manufacturing a cathode ray tube, comprising a step of automatically setting peculiar information to a panel of a cathode ray tube, a step of performing a plurality of treatments on an inner surface of the panel of the cathode ray tube, thereby forming a phosphor film pattern on the inner surface, a step of automatically measuring a condition set in the phosphor film pattern forming step, a step of automatically storing a measurement value obtained in the measuring step such that the value is coupled with the peculiar information, a step of inspecting the panel obtained in the treatment step to determine whether or not the panel is defective, and a step of automatically storing a defectiveness code coupling with the peculiar information if the panel is determined to be defective.

Abstract: A phosphor pattern for a field emission display panel (FED) is provided. The phosphor pattern is formed by a process which comprises the steps of: (I) forming (A) a photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor on a substrate to which a conductive layer is formed; (II) selectively irradiating active light to (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor; (III) selectively removing (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer to which active light has been selectively irradiated by development to form a pattern; and (IV) calcining the pattern to remove unnecessary portion to form the phosphor pattern. Also provided are this process for forming the phosphor pattern, a photosensitive element for a FED and a FED display panel.

Abstract: A photosensitive layer of or for a cathode ray tube is illuminated by means of a laser illumination arrangement. The laser illumination arrangement comprises a homogenizer which serves to reduce the coherence of the laser beam.

Abstract: A phosphor pattern for a field emission display panel (FED) is provided. The phosphor pattern is formed by a process whichh comprises the steps of: (I) forming (A) a photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor on a substrate to which a conductive layer is formed; (II) selectively irradiating active light to (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor, for forming a pattern; (III) selectively removing (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer to which active light has been selectively irradiated by development, to form the pattern; and (IV) calcining the pattern to remove an unnecessary portion, to form the phosphor pattern. Also provided ar this process for forming the phosphor pattern, a photosensitive element for a FED and a field emission display panel.

Abstract: Methods of forming face plate assemblies are described. In one implementation, a substrate is patterned with photoresist and a first phosphor-comprising material is formed over first surface areas of the substrate. The photoresist is stripped leaving some of the first phosphor-comprising material over substrate areas other than the first areas. Photoresist is again formed over the substrate and processed to expose second substrate areas which are different from the first substrate areas. In a preferred aspect, processing the photoresist comprises using a heated aqueous developing solution comprising an acid, e.g. lactic acid, effective to dislodge and remove first phosphor-comprising material from beneath the developed photoresist. A second phosphor-comprising material is formed over the substrate and the exposed second areas, with trace deposits being left over other substrate areas.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor pattern which comprises a calcination product of a phosphor pattern precursor containing

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor pattern which comprises a substrate having unevenness and a phosphor layer formed on the inner surface of a concave portion of the substrate, wherein the phosphor pattern thickness ratio (x)/(y) satisfies a range of 0.1 to 1.5, where when the length from the bottom of the concave portion to the top of a convex portion is L (&mgr;m), (x) is a thickness of the phosphor pattern formed on an uneven wall surface at a position of 0.9×L from the bottom of the concave portion toward the top of the convex portion, and (y) is a thickness of the phosphor pattern formed on the uneven wall surface at a position of 0.4×L from the bottom of the concave portion toward the top of the convex portion, and processes for preparing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor pattern which comprises a substrate having unevenness and a phosphor layer formed on the inner surface of a concave portion of the substrate, wherein the phosphor pattern thickness ratio (x)/(y) satisfies a range of 0.1 to 1.5, where when the length from the bottom of the concave portion to the top of a convex portion is L (&mgr;m), (x) is a thickness of the phosphor pattern formed on an uneven wall surface at a position of 0.9×L from the bottom of the concave portion toward the top of the convex portion, and (y) is a thickness of the phosphor pattern formed on the uneven wall surface at a position of 0.4×L from the bottom of the concave portion toward the top of the convex portion, and processes for preparing the same.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor composition comprising an inorganic phosphor, capable of emitting blue color upon ultraviolet irradiation, and copper or a copper compound; a phosphor paste comprising the phosphor composition dispersed in a dispersing medium; and a photosensitive dry film formed from the phosphor paste.

Abstract: Photosensitive compositions prepared without use of a chromium compound. The compositions exhibit high resolution and satisfactory sensitivity, and do not cause environmental pollution. The photosensitive compositions contain a water-soluble azide compound which serves as a photocrosslinking agent and poly(N-vinylacetamide) that is photocrosslinkable in the presence of the water-soluble azide compound.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor pattern which comprises a calcination product of a phosphor pattern precursor containing

Abstract: Disclosed are a process for preparing a phosphor pattern for a field emission display panel which comprises the steps of: (I) forming (A) a photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor on a substrate to which a conductive layer is formed; (II) irradiating active light to (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer containing a phosphor imagewisely; (III) selectively removing (A) the photosensitive resin composition layer to which active light has been imagewisely irradiated by development to form a pattern; and (IV) calcining the pattern to remove unnecessary portion to form a phosphor pattern, a photosensitive element for a FED display panel, phosphor pattern for a FED display panel, and a FED display panel.

Abstract: Disclosed are a phosphor pattern which comprises a calcination product of a phosphor pattern precursor containing (A) an organic material containing at least one selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal and an alkaline earth metal; and (B) a phosphor wherein an amount of the alkali metal or the alkaline earth metal is 2% by weight or less based on the amount of (B) the phosphor, a process for preparing the same, an organic alkali developing solution for forming the same, an emulsion developing solution for forming the same and a back plate for plasma display using the same.

Abstract: A method of electrophotographically manufacturing a viewing screen including a filter layer of pigment particles for a cathode-ray tube (CRT), which comprises the steps of first-coating of volatilizable conductive layer, second-coating the conductive layer with a volatilizable photoconductive layer, first-establishing a uniform electrostatic charge over the whole surface of the photoconductive layer, first-exposing selected areas of the photoconductive layer to a light source, first-developing the discharged, exposed areas with one kind of charged pigment particles, and fixing the developed pigment particles to the photoconductive layer to form a filter layer beneath one of first to third color-emitting phosphor particles. Then, the one of first to third color-emitting phosphor particles is formed on the filter layer by a electrophotographically manufacturing method.

Abstract: A method for forming a planar aluminum layer in a flat panel display structure. In one embodiment, the present invention creates a flat panel display structure having a raised black matrix defining wells within the matrix. The present embodiment then deposits a non-conformal layer of acrylic-containing aluminizing lacquer over a layer of phosphors residing within the wells of the black matrix. In so doing, the lacquer layer forms a substantially planar surface on top of the phosphors. The present invention then deposits a layer of catalyst material over the layer of lacquer so that the aluminizing lacquer can be burned off completely and cleanly at a relatively low temperature. The catalytic layer conforms to the planar surface of the lacquer layer. The present invention then deposits an aluminum layer over the catalytic layer. The aluminum layer, in turn, conforms to the planar surface of the catalytic layer. Finally, the present invention bakes off the non-conformal lacquer layer.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a phosphor screen of a cathode ray tube, a first photo-resist layer is coated on an inner surface of a panel of the cathode ray tube except at predetermined locations. A second photo-resist layer dispersed with pigment particles is coated on the first photo-resist layer and at the predetermined locations. The second photo-resist layer is exposed at the predetermined locations from an opposite side of the panel. The first photo-resist layer is dissolved and the second photo-resist layer is removed from the first photo-resist layer so as to form a color filter layer at the predetermined locations. A phosphor layer is formed on the color filter layer.

Abstract: A method for creating a faceplate of a display provides a faceplate substrate with a faceplate interior side and a faceplate exterior side. A plurality of barriers are formed on the faceplate interior side, with the barriers defining a plurality of subpixel volumes. Phosphor containing photopolymerizable material mixtures of red, green and blue, are deposited into subpixel volumes, and create a faceplate interior side/phosphor interface. At least a portion of the phosphor containing photopolymerizable material mixture is exposed with sufficient actinic light through the faceplate interior side/phosphor interface to polymerize a selected depth of the phosphor containing photopolymerizable material mixture in the subpixel volumes, and form a polymerized phosphor containing material in a plurality of subpixel volumes. Non-polymerized phosphor containing photopolymerizable material is removed from the polymerized phosphor containing material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a luminescent screen structure 22 with a light-absorbing matrix 23, having a plurality of substantially equally sized openings therein, on an inner surface of a CRT faceplate panel 12. A color selection electrode 24 is spaced a distance, Q, from the inner surface. The method includes providing a first photoresist layer 50, whose solubility is altered when it is exposed to light, on the inner surface of the faceplate panel 12. The first photoresist layer 50 is exposed to light from two symmetrically located source positions +G and -G, relative to a central source position, 0. Then the more soluble regions 54 of the photoresist layer 50 are removed, overcoated with a light-absorbing material 58 and developed to remove the retained, less soluble regions 52 of the first photoresist layer with the light-absorbing material thereon. First guardbands 60 of light-absorbing material remain on the interior surface of the faceplate panel 12.

Abstract: A process is described for forming an emissive or phosphor screen. The process comprises the steps of:a) providing a thermal mass donor element comprising a substrate with a front side and a back side, with a coating of emissive material or phosphor adhered to said front side of said substrate,b) placing said coating of emissive material or phosphor adjacent to a support layer,c) addressing said mass donor element with coherent radiation to heat at least a portion of said coating of emissive material or phosphor to locally transfer at least some of said emissive material or phosphor to said support layer,d) repeating step c) a sufficient number of times to provide a coating of transferred emissive material or phosphor on said support layer in an area of at least 1 square centimeter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for forming a fluorescent film for a display and a method of forming a fluorescent film for forming a display surface of a display unit. The composition for forming a fluorescent film for a display has an aqueous medium in which photosensitive resin having a styryl pyridium photosensitive group having an internal salt structure and a fluorescent material which easily reacts with acid are dispersed. The composition is applied to the display surface of a display unit so that a fluorescent layer is formed. Then, the fluorescent material layer is developed to form the fluorescent material layer into a predetermined pattern, and then the fluorescent material layer formed into the predetermined pattern is baked so that a fluorescent film is formed.

Abstract: There is disclosed a display screen obtained such that a first pigment layer and a resist layer are exposed and developed, then a second pigment layer is formed on the photoresist pattern, and the resultant structure is coated with a resist decomposition agent to remove the photoresist pattern and the second pigment layer formed on the photoresist pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed are a shadow mask, a cathode ray tube having the above shadow mask and a method for manufacturing a screen using the shadow mask. The shadow mask can concentrate electron beams and thereby largely increase luminance even with low electric power without deteriorating the purity of colors. The shadow mask has a first and a second thin metal plates. A first and a second voltages are applied to the first and the second thin metal plates and concentrate the electron beams passing through the first and the second electron beam passing holes respectively formed in the metal plates. The screen is manufactured with a controlled size of a developed area by controlling time using the shadow mask and an electrophotographical process.

Abstract: For the manufacture of a color screen for a cathode ray tube a process is described which uses a single photolithographic mask for defining multiple patterns, so that said single mask may be used for determining the different areas where several different phosphor layers will be located. Masks used for conventional photolithographic processes normally comprise a pattern of regions that are either fully transparent or fully opaque to the radiation used for exposing the resist. The mask used as part of the present invention includes regions that are neither fully transparent nor fully opaque, having, instead, a grey scale of optical densities. Through careful control of both exposure and development time, selected parts of a layer of a positive photoresist, that were exposed through successively denser regions of the mask, can be successively removed.

Abstract: The novel method for producing a coded marking on a CRT faceplate panel having an exterior and an interior surface with a viewing area surrounded by a periphery and having a luminescent screen with a plurality of different light-emitting phosphors separated by light-absorbing material includes the steps of: depositing a suitable photoresist on the interior surface of the panel to form a layer that extends across the viewing area and onto the periphery; illuminating areas of the photoresist on both the viewing area and the periphery with actinic radiation to selectively change the solubility of the photoresist; developing the photoresist to remove the more soluble areas, thereby exposing underlying portions of the interior surface of the panel while leaving retained areas of less soluble photoresist. The retained areas of the photoresist and the exposed portions of the interior surface of the panel are then overcoated with a light-absorbing material which is dried to form a coating.

Abstract: An exposure system including a master mask used for exposing a glass panel to form a plurality of phosphor stripes or dots on an inner surface of the glass panel wherein the master mask and/or a light source are movable for correction of an exposure position, thereby eliminating the need to attach and remove a color selecting mechanism to and from the glass panel when the glass panel is exposed to form a fluorescent screen on the inner surface of the glass panel.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a phosphor screen (22) on an interior surface (23) of a faceplate panel (12) is characterized by the steps of: forming a light-absorbing matrix (24) on an interior surface (23) of the faceplate panel (12); applying an aqueous surfactant solution thereto to solubilize oily contaminants and emulsify undissolved oily contaminants of the matrix (24); and serially applying three light-emitting phosphors (G, B, R) to the interior surface (23) of the faceplate panel (12) to form the phosphor screen (22).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a flat display.The flat display is obtained by sealing an electro luminescent display which emit red and green light to a plasma display panel which emit blue light. One discharge space formed in the plasma display panel holds the red and green luminescent patterns in the electro luminescent display in common.

Abstract: A high efficiency field emission display, and a method for manufacturing such a display, having reduced driver circuit requirements, and which may be operated over a range of anode voltages while efficiently using existing phosphors, is described. A field emission display having a baseplate and an opposing face plate, includes a glass plate acts as a base for the faceplate. There is a patterned layer, having openings, of black matrix material over the glass plate. A plurality of phosphorescent elements are formed in and adjacent to the openings in the black matrix layer. A metal film overlays a portion of the top surface of each of the phosphorescent elements. The metal film may be patterned in a mesh or in other shapes, and provides for the highly efficient operation of the display of the invention. The baseplate, formed on a substrate, is mounted opposite and parallel to the faceplate, and has a conductive layer over the substrate.

Abstract: A phosphor screen (10) formed of respective color phosphor layers (9R), (9G), (9B) and respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) is formed on the inner surface of the panel (1). In that case, the respective color filter layers (4R), (4G), (4B) are respectively formed between the inner surface of the panel (1) and the phosphor layers (9R), (9G) and (9B). Therefore, the color cathode ray tube can be made high in contrast and in brightness.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method of electro-photographically manufacturing a luminescent screen assembly for a color CRT 10 on an interior surface of a faceplate panel 12 is described. A volatilizable, organic conductive (OC) layer 32 is provided on the interior surface of the panel and a volatilizable, organic photoconductive (OPC) layer 34 overlies the OC layer. The method includes the steps of: establishing a substantially uniform electrostatic charge on the OPC layer; exposing selected areas of the OPC layer to visible light to affect the charge thereon; developing the selected areas of the OPC layer with a triboelectrically charged dry-powdered, screen structure materials; fixing the screen structure materials to the underlying OPC layer with a suitable fixative; filming the screen structure materials; aluminizing the screen; and baking the aluminized screen.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a method of electrophotographically manufacturing a luminescent screen assembly on an interior surface of a faceplate panel 12 of a color CRT 10 comprises the steps of coating the interior surface of the panel with a volatilizable, organic conductive material to form an organic conductive (OC) layer 32, and overcoating the OC layer 32 with a volatilizable, photoconductive material to form an organic photoconductive (OPC) layer 34. Then, a substantially uniform voltage is established on the OPC layer 34, and selected areas of the OPC layer 34 are exposed to visible light to affect the voltage thereon, without affecting the voltage on the unexposed area of the OPC layer 34. Next, triboelectrically charged, light-absorbing screen structure material is deposited onto the unexposed area of the OPC layer 34 to form a substantially continuous matrix 23 of light-absorbing material having open areas therein.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a phosphor screen of a cathode ray tube which includes the steps of forming a light absorbing pattern on an inner surface of a panel of the cathode ray tube, applying a slurry of first phosphor on the inner surface of the panel, rotating the panel for drying the slurry of first phosphor around a first axis of rotation, exposing the first phosphor selectively so as to form a first phosphor pattern, applying a slurry of second phosphor on the inner surface of the panel, rotating the panel for drying the slurry of second phosphor around a second axis of rotation, exposing the second phosphor selectively so as to form a second phosphor pattern, applying a slurry of third phosphor on the inner surface of the panel, rotating the panel for drying the slurry of third phosphor around a third axis of rotation, and exposing the third phosphor selectively so as to form a third phosphor pattern, wherein the first, second and third axes of rotation are parallel to one another.

Abstract: At least partly overlapping patterns are formed on a substrate. The substrate is provided with a photosensitive layer which becomes tacky under the influence of light. The layer is exposed according to a pattern. A powder is provided on the exposed portions of the layer. The powder adheres to the exposed portions. Subsequently, the layer is again exposed according to a pattern which at least partly overlaps the first pattern. It has been found that a second powder adheres to the powder which has been provided first. In this manner, several powder layers can be provided on top or: each other on one photosensitive layer. This saves time.

Abstract: Respective phosphor layers (3R), (3G) and (3B) and a light absorption layer (2) are formed on the inner surface of a panel. An intermediate layer (11) is selectively formed on the surfaces of the respective phosphor layers by using a water soluble liquid having photosensitivity and containing water dispersion vinyl polymer emulsion and partial saponification polyvinyl acetate-system photosensitizer and then a metal-backing layer (12) is formed. A color purity of a phosphor screen can be increased and a brightness thereof can be improved.

Abstract: In a cathode-ray tube phosphor, a layer consisting of a substantially uniform SiO.sub.2 film or an organic film consisting essentially of at least one type of a polymer selected from the group consisting of an acrylic resin, gelatin, alginic acid, chitosan, and a urea resin is formed as a first layer on the surface of a phosphor particle, and a layer containing at least one type of a metal selected from the group consisting of Zn, Al, and an alkali earth metal and at least one member selected from the group consisting of a colloidal silica, an alumina sol, and a titania sol each having a particle size of 50 nm or less is formed as a second layer on the first layer. This phosphor is excellent in oxidation resistance and dispersibility.

Abstract: A method for fabricating a cathode ray tube is described. The method comprises the steps of selectively forming a resist layer corresponding to a pattern of a fluorescent material on an inner surface of the panel of a cathode ray tube, and applying a slurry of a light-absorbing material on the entire inner surface of the panel including the resist layer to form a light-absorbing layer. An inorganic pigment slurry is applied over the entire inner surface of the panel to form an inorganic pigment layer on the light-absorbing layer and then subjected to reverse development to selectively remove the resist layer along with the light-absorbing layer and the white pigment layer, thereby forming a matrix pattern. Finally, a fluorescent material is applied to individual removed portions of the matrix pattern to form a fluorescent pattern. Monochromatic or color cathode ray tubes are obtained with an improved luminance and a colorimetric purity by a simple procedure.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a color cathode ray tube utilizing an external surface exposure process, a fluorescent slurry to be applied to a panel contains a photosensitive resin composition composed of an aqueous emulsion of polyvinyl compound resin containing a saponified polyvinyl acetate with an addition-condensed photosensitive group as a protective colloid and an aqueous solution of a saponified polyvinyl acetate with an addition-condensed photosensitive group. Accordingly, a resistance of a fluorescent layer formed on the panel against an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide is improved, and an anti-fogging performance of the fluorescent layer is also improved.

Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a color cathode ray tube, a photosensitive layer is formed on a inner surface of a panel and a shadow mask is mounted in the panel. The photosensitive layer is exposed to a light beam which is emitted from a light source and passes through a lens system, a shutter and apertures of the shadow mask to form a pattern corresponding to the apertures of the shadow mask in an exposure step. In the exposure step, the shutter is moved along the inner surface of the panel and the light source is also moved in synchronism with the movement of the shutter. Thus, the light beam is so shifted as to satisfy the .gamma.-.DELTA.p characteristic of the cathode ray tube, which reflects the angle of deflection .gamma. of the electron beam and the corresponding displacement of the center (F) of the deflection .DELTA.p from where the center of deflection would be when the angle of deflection is zero.

Abstract: A method of electrophotographically manufacturing a luminescent screen on an interior concave surface of a CRT faceplate panel having a major axis with a first center of curvature and a minor axis with a second center of curvature, the method including the steps of utilizing a charging apparatus for uniformly charging a photoconductive layer disposed on the concave surface of the faceplate panel by providing a corona voltage from a corona generator to at least one corona charger which has an arcuately-shaped charging electrode, the corona charger has a center of curvature substantially concentric with a center of curvature of the concave surface of the panel, a support arm attached to the corona charger is pivotably located at the other center of curvature, the corona charger substantially conforms to, and is spaced from the photoconductive layer on the concave surface, and moving the corona charger across the concave surface.

Abstract: A manufacturing method of phosphor film of a color cathode ray tube comprising the steps of: forming a photoresist layer on the inner surface of panel provided with black matrix; drying the photoresist layer and exposing it to the light to form a predetermined pattern; spraying phosphor powder, in such a manner that the sprayed area is in the form of stripe having shorter width than the length of the sides of the bottom surface of panel and said sprayed area is moved along the vertical direction or the horizontal direction over the bottom surface of said panel; developing the desired phosphor stripe, in such a manner that compressed air or developing water is supplied on the inner surface of the panel coated with phosphor powder. In the method, the occurrence of the variation of the luminance of the screen due to the local variation of the thickness of the phosphor layer, is prevented, thereby achieving high quality image of the cathode ray tube.