Claims
- 1. A color cathode ray tube having an electron gun comprising a beam forming region for generating a plurality of electron beams from cathodes and directing said plurality of electron beams toward a phosphor screen along initial paths in a horizontal plane, a main lens for focusing said plurality of electron beams on said phosphor screen, at least one multipole lens located between said main lens and said beam forming region, and acting so as to change a cross-sectional shape of said plurality of electron beams with an increasing amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, and at least one correction lens for curvature of an image field located between said main lens and said beam forming region, and for weakening focusing action on said plurality of electron beams horizontally and vertically according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, and said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image field having an electrode constitution in which trajectories of outer electron beams among said plurality of electron beams are deflected one of toward and away from a trajectory of a center electron beam among said plurality of electron beams according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 2. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image field has said electrode constitution in which the trajectories of said outer electron beams are deflected inwardly toward the trajectory of the center electron beam according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 3. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 2, wherein center lines of outer electron beam passage apertures formed in opposite surfaces of two electrodes forming said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image field are displaced from each other in said horizontal plane.
- 4. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein said at least one multipole lens is configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 5. A color cathode ray tube according to one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said at least one multipole lens is a quadrupole electrostatic lens.
- 6. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 5, wherein said quadrupole electrostatic lens comprises plate electrodes.
- 7. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so as to focus said plurality of electron beams strongly in a horizontal direction and weakly in a vertical direction.
- 8. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 1, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 9. A color cathode ray tube having an electron gun comprising a beam forming region for generating a plurality of electron beams from cathodes and directing said plurality of electron beams toward a phosphor screen along initial paths in a horizontal plane, a main lens for focusing said plurality of electron beams on said phosphor screen, at least one multipole lens located between said main lens and said beam forming region, and acting so as to change a cross-sectional shape of said plurality of electron beams with an increasing amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, at least one correction lens for curvature of an image field located between said main lens and said beam forming region, for weakening focusing action on said plurality of electron beams horizontally and vertically according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, and said at least one multipole lens having an electrode constitution in which trajectories of outer electron beams among said plurality of electron beams are deflected one of toward and away from a trajectory of a center electron beam among said plurality of electron beams according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 10. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 9, wherein said at least one multipole lens has said electrode constitution in which the trajectories of said outer electron beams are deflected inwardly toward the trajectory of the center electron beam according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 11. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 9, wherein said at least one multipole lens is configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 12. A color cathode ray tube according to one of claims 9 to 11, wherein said at least one multipole lens is a quadrupole electrostatic lens.
- 13. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 12, wherein said quadrupole electrostatic lens comprises plate electrodes.
- 14. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 9, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so as to focus said plurality of electron beams strongly in a horizontal direction and weakly in a vertical direction.
- 15. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 9, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 16. A color cathode ray tube having an electron gun comprising a beam forming region for generating a plurality of electron beams from cathodes and directing said plurality of electron beams toward a phosphor screen along initial paths in a horizontal plane, a main lens for focusing said plurality of electron beams on said phosphor screen, at least one multipole lens located between said main lens and said beam forming region, and acting so as to change a cross-sectional shape of said plurality of electron beams with an increasing amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, at least one correction lens for curvature of an image field located between said main lens and said beam forming region, and for weakening focusing action on said plurality of electron beams horizontally and vertically according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams, and said at least one multipole lens and said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image filed having an electrode constitution in which trajectories of outer electron beams among said plurality of electron beams are deflected one of toward and away from a trajectory of a center electron beam among said plurality of electron beams according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 17. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein said at least one multipole lens and said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image field have said electrode constitution in which the trajectories of said outer electron beams are deflected inwardly toward the trajectory of the center electron beam according to an increase in an amount of deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 18. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 17, wherein center lines of outer electron beam passage apertures formed in opposite surfaces of two electrodes forming said at least one correction lens for curvature of the image field are displaced from each other in said horizontal plane.
- 19. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein said at least one multipole lens is configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
- 20. A color cathode ray tube according to one of claims 16 to 19, wherein said at least one multipole lens is a quadrupole electrostatic lens.
- 21. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 20, wherein said quadrupole electrostatic lens comprises plate electrodes.
- 22. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so as to focus said plurality of electron beams strongly in a horizontal direction and weakly in a vertical direction.
- 23. A color cathode ray tube according to claim 16, wherein said main lens includes a final lens configured so that a lens strength thereof weakens with increasing deflection of said plurality of electron beams.
Priority Claims (1)
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/808,037, filed Mar. 4, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,739,631 which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/504,139, filed Jul. 19, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,608,284, issued Mar. 4, 1997, the subject matter of which is incorporated by reference herein.
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