Abstract: A video display apparatus includes a cathode ray tube and a high voltage transformer. The high voltage transformer incorporates a high voltage winding for producing an anode voltage in the cathode ray tube. The high voltage winding has a tap which provides a focus voltage for the electron gun assembly of the cathode ray tube. The transformer also includes a primary winding which is included in a resonant circuit. A third winding has a second portion that is wound to be closely coupled to the portion of the high voltage winding not associated with the generation of focus voltage. The third winding is coupled between the primary winding and a capacitor to produce a current that controls a variation of a ratio between the focus voltage and the anode voltage as a function of variation in a beam current in the cathode ray tube.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 15, 2003
Date of Patent:
June 26, 2007
Assignee:
Thomson Licensing
Inventors:
Kevin Michael Williams, Michael Edward Boyer
Abstract: A control system for an apparatus wherein a keyboard for user selection has a plurality of first lines and a plurality of second lines coupled to a programmable microprocessor. The keyboard includes a plurality of switch elements arranged to selectively connect a particular one of the plurality of first lines to a particular one of the set of second lines. The control system is disabled while powering-up so that incompatible keyboard selections cannot be entered by the user.