Abstract: The electron lens of an electrostatically focusing type image pickup tube comprises three coaxially arranged cylindrical electrodes and the inner diameters thereof are decreased from the side of a target toward an electron gun. The electron lens is assembled by successively fitting the three electrodes over a mandrel, the outer diameter thereof varying stepwisely in accordance with the inner diameters of the three electrodes, and then interconnecting the three electrodes by axially extending insulating supporting rods.

Abstract: A cathode ray tube is provided with a rectangular box-shaped lens intermediate the tube's screen and beam deflection plates for amplifying beam deflections in both the horizontal and vertical axes. In one form, useful in either monoaccelerator or PDA tubes, the lens includes four tubular elements disposed end-to-end and spaced apart a sufficient distance to isolate them electrically. The adjacent ends of each pair of the elements are oppositely curved to provide electron lenses having vertical cylindrical mid-surfaces. The radii of the cylindrical surfaces and the voltages applied to each element are adjusted to provide a lens system that produces minimum distortion and optimum linearity in the resultant display.

Abstract: An improved matrix lens for use in an electron beam optical system of the type having first means for forming a narrow beam of electrons, coarse deflection means associated with the first means for scanning the electron beam to each lenslet of a matrix array of individual lenslets each focussing the beam upon a predetermined portion of a target surface, and fine deflection means cooperating with the matrix lenslet array for scanning the electron beam to each of a plurality of locations in a two dimensional array defined upon the target surface, the improvement herein utilizing a single plate having multiple apertures for forming the matrix lens means and accelerator means utilized with all of the apertures of the lens means for uniform acceleration of the electron beam. An improved fine deflection means utilizes a magnetic deflector positioned adjacent to the under surface of the target and remote from the matrix lens.

Abstract: In an in-line type electron gun assembly wherein the grid electrodes of respective electron guns having the same function and constituting a main lens are formed into an integral grid structure, the grid structure is made up of two electrode members which are bonded together. The two electrode members are respectively provided with aligned three openings at corresponding positions. These openings are provided with long and short sleeves alternately such that the sum of the lengths of the long and short sleeves of the opposing openings of the first and second electrode members is equal to a predetermined length.

Abstract: In a cathode ray tube in which an electron gun directs one or more electron beams against a phosphor screen through an electron focusing lens, preferably of the unipotential type, constituted by a plurality of tubular electrodes arranged coaxially in succession along the tube axis with a relatively low potential being applied to one of the electrodes and a relatively high potential being applied to the other electrodes, and in which each electron beam is deflected, after passing through the focusing lens, so as to scan the screen in line-scanning and vertical directions; distortion of the landing spot of each beam on the screen, particularly when deflected toward the peripheral portions of the screen, is removed or compensated by forming the tubular electrode which is maintained at the relatively low potential of two axially divided tubular electrode portions having respective end plates or walls extending across their adjacent ends and formed with aligned apertures for the passage through the latter of each