How a Color CRT TV Works Beam of electrons are sent from the cathode/anode setup Directed beam...

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How a Color CRT TV Works •Beam of electrons are sent from the cathode/anode setup •Directed beam sweeps the screen many times per second •The eye sees it as continually changing picture •Each “dot” on the screen one of three types of phosphor – chemicals that emit red, green, or blue light when hit with an electron •These combine to make any possible color Diagrams and legends taken from: http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm

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Page 1: How a Color CRT TV Works Beam of electrons are sent from the cathode/anode setup Directed beam sweeps the screen many times per second The eye sees it.

How a Color CRT TV Works

•Beam of electrons are sent from the cathode/anode setup

•Directed beam sweeps the screen many times per second

•The eye sees it as continually changing picture

•Each “dot” on the screen one of three types of phosphor – chemicals that emit red, green, or blue light when hit with an electron

•These combine to make any possible color

Diagrams and legends taken from: http://www.howstuffworks.com/tv.htm

Page 2: How a Color CRT TV Works Beam of electrons are sent from the cathode/anode setup Directed beam sweeps the screen many times per second The eye sees it.

Close Up Pictures of CRT Screen

Hexagon Screen Pattern Rectangular Grid Pattern

Each of the screens has a repeating pattern of red, green, and blue phosphors that together can make any

color.

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Picture taken from content.answers.com/.../img/CDE/DOTPITCH.GIF

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Spectra Taken from a CRT TV

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This data was taken from a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 74SB-BK Computer Monitor