Abstract:
In a color picture tube having an apertured beam selecting grill or mask through one or more electron beams are made to land on predetermined color phosphors applied to the face plate of the tube, thermal expansion of the grill or mask is compensated for, so as to avoid mislanding of the beam or beams, by providing an auxiliary magnetic deflection means located in back of the main magnetic deflection or scanning means and operative in dependence on the operation of the main deflection means to produce magnetic flux in opposition thereto. The current flowing in the auxiliary magnetic deflection means is decreased with increasing temperature by means of a thermosensitive magnetic means so as to similarly decrease the magnetic flux opposing that of the main deflection means, whereby the effective center of deflection of the beam or beams is shifted rearwardly in response to increasing temperature.