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Th

e b

asi

c fa

ctors

wit

h w

hic

h t

he t

ele

vis

ion

syst

em

mu

st d

eal fo

r su

ccess

ful tr

an

smis

sion

an

d r

ece

pti

on

of

pic

ture

s are

:

(a)

Gro

ss S

tru

ctu

re:

Geom

etr

ic f

orm

an

d a

spect

rati

o o

f th

e p

ictu

re.

(b)

Ima

ge

Con

tin

uit

y:

Sca

nn

ing a

nd

its

sequ

en

ce.

(c)

Nu

mber

of

Sca

nn

ing L

ines

: R

eso

luti

on

of

pic

ture

deta

ils.

(d)

Fli

cker

: In

terl

ace

d s

can

nin

g.

(e)

Fin

e S

tru

ctu

re:

Vert

ical

an

d h

ori

zon

tal

reso

luti

on

.

(f)

Ton

al

Gra

da

tion

: P

ictu

re b

righ

tness

tra

nsf

er

chara

cteri

stic

s of

the s

yst

em

.

� ��������������

Th

e f

ram

e a

dop

ted

in

all

tele

vis

ion

syst

em

s is

rect

an

gu

lar

wit

h w

idth

/heig

ht

rati

o,

i.e.

, asp

ect

rati

o =

4/3

. T

here

are

man

y r

easo

ns

for

this

ch

oic

e. In

hu

man

aff

air

s m

ost

of

the m

oti

on

occ

urs

in t

he h

ori

zon

tal

pla

ne a

nd

so a

larg

er

wid

th i

s d

esi

rable

. T

he e

yes

can

vie

w w

ith

more

ease

an

d c

om

fort

wh

en

th

e w

idth

of

a p

ictu

re i

s m

ore

th

an

its

heig

ht.

Th

e u

sage o

f re

ctan

gu

lar

fram

e in

moti

on

pic

ture

s w

ith

a w

idth

/heig

ht

rati

o o

f 4/3

is

an

oth

er

imp

ort

an

t re

aso

n for

ad

op

tin

g

this

sh

ap

e a

nd

asp

ect

rati

o.

Th

is e

nable

s d

irect

tele

vis

ion

tra

nsm

issi

on

of

film

pro

gra

mm

es

wit

hou

t w

ast

age o

f an

y f

ilm

are

a.

It i

s n

ot

nece

ssary

th

at

the s

ize o

f th

e p

ictu

re p

rod

uce

d o

n t

he r

ece

iver

scre

en

be s

am

e

as

that

bein

g t

ele

vis

ed

bu

t it

is

ess

en

tial th

at

the a

spect

rati

o o

f th

e t

wo b

e s

am

e, oth

erw

ise t

he

scen

e d

eta

ils

wou

ld l

ook

too t

hin

or

too w

ide. T

his

is

ach

ieved

by s

ett

ing t

he m

agn

itu

des

of

the

curr

en

t in

th

e d

efl

ect

ion

coil

s to

corr

ect

valu

es,

both

at

the T

V c

am

era

an

d r

ece

ivin

g p

ictu

re

tube.

An

oth

er

imp

ort

an

t re

qu

irem

en

t is

th

at

the s

am

e c

oord

inate

s sh

ou

ld b

e s

can

ned

at

an

y

inst

an

t both

by t

he c

am

era

tu

be b

eam

an

d t

he p

ictu

re t

ube b

eam

in

th

e r

ece

iver.

Syn

chro

niz

ing

pu

lses

are

tra

nsm

itte

d a

lon

g w

ith

th

e p

ictu

re in

form

ati

on

to a

chie

ve e

xact

con

gru

en

ce b

etw

een

tran

smit

ter

an

d r

ece

iver

scan

nin

g s

yst

em

s.

� ���� ����������

Wh

ile t

ele

vis

ing p

ictu

re e

lem

en

ts o

f th

e fra

me b

y m

ean

s of th

e s

can

nin

g p

roce

ss, it

is

nece

ssary

to p

rese

nt

the p

ictu

re t

o t

he e

ye i

n s

uch

a w

ay t

hat

an

ill

usi

on

of

con

tin

uit

y i

s cr

eate

d a

nd

an

y

��2An

alys

is an

d Sy

nthe

sis o

fTe

levisi

on P

ictur

es

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oti

on

in

th

e s

cen

e a

pp

ears

on

th

e p

ictu

re t

ube s

creen

as

a s

mooth

an

d c

on

tin

uou

s ch

an

ge. T

o

ach

ieve t

his

, ad

van

tage is

tak

en

of ‘p

ers

iste

nce

of vis

ion

’ or

stora

ge c

hara

cteri

stic

s of th

e h

um

an

eye.

Th

is a

rise

s fr

om

th

e f

act

th

at

the s

en

sati

on

pro

du

ced

wh

en

nerv

es

of

the e

ye’s

reti

na a

re

stim

ula

ted

by i

nci

den

t li

gh

t d

oes

not

cease

im

med

iate

ly a

fter

the l

igh

t is

rem

oved

bu

t p

ers

ists

for

abou

t 1/1

6th

of

a s

eco

nd

. T

hu

s if

th

e s

can

nin

g r

ate

per

seco

nd

is

mad

e g

reate

r th

an

six

teen

,

or

the n

um

ber

of

pic

ture

s sh

ow

n p

er

seco

nd

is

more

th

an

six

teen

, th

e e

ye i

s able

to i

nte

gra

te

the c

ha

ngin

g l

evels

of

bri

gh

tness

in

th

e s

cen

e.

So w

hen

th

e p

ictu

re e

lem

en

ts a

re s

can

ned

rap

idly

en

ou

gh

, th

ey a

pp

ear

to t

he e

ye a

s a c

om

ple

te p

ictu

re u

nit

, w

ith

non

e o

f th

e i

nd

ivid

ual

ele

men

ts v

isib

le s

ep

ara

tely

.

In p

rese

nt

da

y m

oti

on

pic

ture

s tw

en

ty-f

ou

r st

ill

pic

ture

s of

the s

cen

e a

re t

ak

en

per

seco

nd

an

d l

ate

r p

roje

cted

on

th

e s

creen

at

the s

am

e r

ate

. E

ach

pic

ture

or

fram

e i

s p

roje

cted

ind

ivid

uall

y a

s a s

till

pic

ture

, bu

t th

ey a

re s

how

n o

ne a

fter

the o

ther

in r

ap

id s

ucc

ess

ion

to

pro

du

ce t

he i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uou

s m

oti

on

of

the s

cen

e b

ein

g s

how

n.

A s

hu

tter

in t

he p

roje

ctor

rota

tes

in f

ron

t of

the l

igh

t so

urc

e a

nd

all

ow

s th

e f

ilm

to b

e p

roje

cted

on

th

e s

creen

wh

en

th

e

film

fra

me i

s st

ill,

bu

t bla

nk

s ou

t an

y l

igh

t fr

om

th

e s

creen

du

rin

g t

he t

ime w

hen

th

e n

ext

film

fram

e is

bein

g m

oved

in

to p

osi

tion

. A

s a r

esu

lt, a r

ap

id s

ucc

ess

ion

of

stil

l-fi

lm f

ram

es

is s

een

on

the s

creen

. W

ith

all

lig

ht

rem

oved

du

rin

g t

he c

han

ge f

rom

on

e f

ram

e t

o t

he n

ext,

th

e e

ye s

ees

a r

ap

id s

equ

en

ce o

f st

ill

pic

ture

s th

at

pro

vid

es

the i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uou

s m

oti

on

.

Sca

nn

ing

. A

sim

ilar

pro

cess

is

carr

ied

ou

t in

th

e t

ele

vis

ion

syst

em

. T

he s

cen

e is

scan

ned

rap

idly

both

in

th

e h

ori

zon

tal an

d v

ert

ical d

irect

ion

s si

mu

ltan

eou

sly t

o p

rovid

e s

uff

icie

nt

nu

mber

of

com

ple

te p

ictu

res

or

fram

es

per

seco

nd

to g

ive t

he i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uou

s m

oti

on

. In

stead

of

the 2

4 a

s in

com

merc

ial

moti

on

pic

ture

pra

ctic

e,

the f

ram

e r

ep

eti

tion

rate

is

25 p

er

seco

nd

in

most

tele

vis

ion

syst

em

s.

Horiz

on

tal

sca

nn

ing

. F

ig.

2.1

(a

) sh

ow

s th

e t

race

an

d r

etr

ace

of

severa

l h

ori

zon

tal

lin

es.

Th

e l

inear

rise

of

curr

en

t in

th

e h

ori

zon

tal

defl

ect

ion

coil

s (F

ig. 2.1

(b))

defl

ect

s th

e b

eam

acr

oss

th

e s

creen

wit

h a

con

tin

uou

s, u

nif

orm

moti

on

for

the t

race

fro

m l

eft

to r

igh

t. A

t th

e

peak

of

the r

ise, th

e s

aw

tooth

wave r

evers

es

dir

ect

ion

an

d d

ecr

ease

s ra

pid

ly t

o its

in

itia

l valu

e.

Th

is f

ast

revers

al

pro

du

ces

the r

etr

ace

or

flyback

. T

he s

tart

of

the h

ori

zon

tal

trace

is

at

the l

eft

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du

ces

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ace

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Note

, th

at

‘up

’ on

th

e s

aw

tooth

wave c

orr

esp

on

ds

to h

ori

zon

tal

defl

ect

ion

to t

he r

igh

t.

Th

e h

eavy lin

es

in F

ig. 2.1

(a

) in

dic

ate

th

e u

sefu

l sc

an

nin

g t

ime a

nd

th

e d

ash

ed

lin

es

corr

esp

on

d

to t

he r

etr

ace

tim

e.

Verti

ca

l sca

nn

ing

. T

he s

aw

tooth

cu

rren

t in

th

e v

ert

ical

defl

ect

ion

coil

s (s

ee F

ig.

2.2

)

moves

the e

lect

ron

beam

fro

m t

op

to b

ott

om

of

the r

ast

er

at

a u

nif

orm

sp

eed

wh

ile t

he e

lect

ron

beam

is

bein

g d

efl

ect

ed

hori

zon

tall

y.

Th

us

the b

eem

pro

du

ces

com

ple

te h

ori

zon

tal

lin

es

on

e

belo

w t

he o

ther

wh

ile m

ovin

g f

rom

top

to b

ott

om

.

As

show

n in

Fig

. 2.2

(c)

, th

e t

race

part

of th

e s

aw

tooth

wave for

vert

ical sc

an

nin

g d

efl

ect

s

the b

eam

to t

he b

ott

om

of

the r

ast

er.

Th

en

th

e r

ap

id v

ert

ical

retr

ace

retu

rns

the b

eam

to t

he

top

. N

ote

th

at

the m

axim

um

am

pli

tud

e o

f th

e v

ert

ical

sweep

cu

rren

t bri

ngs

the b

eam

to t

he

bott

om

of

the r

ast

er.

As

show

n i

n F

ig.

2.2

(b)

du

rin

g v

ert

ical

retr

ace

th

e h

ori

zon

tal

scan

nin

g

con

tin

ues

an

d s

evera

l li

nes

get

scan

ned

du

rin

g t

his

peri

od

. B

eca

use

of

moti

on

in

th

e s

cen

e

bein

g t

ele

vis

ed

, th

e i

nfo

rmati

on

or

bri

gh

tness

at

the t

op

of

the t

arg

et

pla

te o

r p

ictu

re t

ube

scre

en

norm

all

y c

han

ges

by t

he t

ime t

he b

eam

retu

rns

to t

he t

op

to r

eco

mm

en

ce t

he w

hole

pro

cess

. T

his

in

form

ati

on

is

pic

ked

up

du

rin

g t

he n

ext

scan

nin

g c

ycl

e a

nd

th

e w

hole

pro

cess

is

rep

eate

d 2

5 t

imes

to c

au

se a

n i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uit

y.

Th

e a

ctu

al

scan

nin

g s

equ

en

ce i

s h

ow

ever

a lit

tle m

ore

com

ple

x t

han

th

at

just

desc

ribed

an

d is

exp

lain

ed

in

a late

r se

ctio

n o

f th

is c

hap

ter.

It m

ust

how

ever

be n

ote

d,

that

both

du

rin

g h

ori

zon

tal

retr

ace

an

d v

ert

ical

retr

ace

in

terv

als

the s

can

nin

g b

eam

s at

the c

am

era

tu

be a

nd

pic

ture

tu

be a

re b

lan

ked

an

d n

o p

ictu

re in

form

ati

on

is e

ith

er

pic

ked

up

or

rep

rod

uce

d. In

stead

, on

a t

ime d

ivis

ion

basi

s, t

hese

sh

ort

retr

ace

in

terv

als

are

uti

lized

for

tran

smit

tin

g d

isti

nct

narr

ow

pu

lses

to k

eep

th

e s

weep

osc

illa

tors

of

the p

ictu

re

tub

e d

efl

ect

ion

cir

cuit

s o

f th

e r

ece

iver

in s

yn

chro

nis

m w

ith

th

ose o

f th

e c

am

era

at

the

tran

smit

ter.

Th

is e

nsu

res

exact

corr

esp

on

den

ce i

n s

can

nin

g a

t th

e t

wo e

nd

s an

d r

esu

lts

in

dis

tort

ion

less

rep

rod

uct

ion

of

the p

ictu

re d

eta

ils.

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Most

sce

nes

have b

righ

tness

gra

dati

on

s in

th

e v

ert

ical

dir

ect

ion

. T

he a

bil

ity o

f th

e s

can

nin

g

beam

to a

llow

rep

rod

uct

ion

of

ele

ctri

cal si

gn

als

acc

ord

ing t

o t

hese

vari

ati

on

s an

d t

he c

ap

abil

ity

of

the h

um

an

eye t

o r

eso

lve t

hese

dis

tin

ctly

, w

hil

e v

iew

ing t

he r

ep

rod

uce

d p

ictu

re, d

ep

en

ds

on

the t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

em

plo

yed

for

scan

nin

g.

It i

s p

oss

ible

to a

rriv

e a

t so

me e

stim

ate

s of

the n

um

ber

of

lin

es

nece

ssary

by c

on

sid

eri

ng

the b

ar

patt

ern

sh

ow

n in

Fig

. 2.3

(a

), w

here

alt

ern

ate

lin

es

are

bla

ck a

nd

wh

ite. If

th

e t

hic

kn

ess

of

the s

can

nin

g b

eam

is

equ

al

to t

he w

idth

of

each

wh

ite a

nd

bla

ck b

ar,

an

d t

he n

um

ber

of

scan

nin

g l

ines

is c

hose

n e

qu

al

to t

he n

um

ber

of

bars

, th

e e

lect

rica

l in

form

ati

on

corr

esp

on

din

g

to t

he b

righ

tness

of each

bar

wil

l be c

orr

ect

ly r

ep

rod

uce

d d

uri

ng t

he s

can

nin

g p

roce

ss. O

bvio

usl

y

the g

reate

r th

e n

um

ber

of

lin

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into

wh

ich

th

e p

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ivid

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in

th

e v

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pla

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th

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l n

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of

lin

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tha

t n

eed

be e

mp

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is

lim

ited

by t

he r

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g c

ap

abil

ity o

f th

e h

um

an

eye a

t th

e m

inim

um

vie

win

g d

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nce

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Th

e m

axim

um

nu

mber

of alt

ern

ate

lig

ht

an

d d

ark

ele

men

ts (li

nes)

wh

ich

can

be r

eso

lved

by t

he e

ye i

s giv

en

by

Nv =

1 αρ

wh

ere

Nv =

tota

l n

um

ber

of li

nes

(ele

men

ts) to

be r

eso

lved

in

th

e v

ert

ical d

irect

ion

, α =

min

imu

m

reso

lvin

g a

ngle

of

the e

ye e

xp

ress

ed

in

rad

ian

s, a

nd

ρ =

D/H

= v

iew

ing-d

ista

nce

/pic

ture

heig

ht.

For

the e

ye t

his

reso

luti

on

is

dete

rmin

ed

by t

he s

tru

ctu

re o

f th

e r

eti

na, a

nd

th

e b

righ

tness

level

of

the p

ictu

re.

it h

as

been

dete

rmin

ed

exp

eri

men

tly t

ha

t w

ith

rea

son

ab

le b

righ

tness

vari

ati

on

s an

d a

min

imu

m v

iew

ing d

ista

nce

of

fou

r ti

mes

the p

ictu

re h

eig

ht

(D/H

= 4

), t

he

an

gle

th

at

an

y t

wo a

dja

cen

t ele

men

ts m

ust

su

bte

nd

at

the e

ye f

or

dis

tin

ct r

eso

luti

on

is

ap

pro

xim

ate

ly o

ne m

inu

te (

1/6

0 d

egre

e).

Th

is i

s il

lust

rate

d i

n F

ig.

2.3

(b).

Su

bst

itu

tin

g t

hese

valu

es

of α

an

d ρ

we g

et

Nv =

1

180

160

4860

(/

/)

π×

×≈

Th

us

if t

he t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

scan

nin

g l

ines

is c

hose

n c

lose

to 8

60 a

nd

th

e s

can

nin

g b

eam

as

illu

stra

ted

in

Fig

. 2.3

(a

) ju

st p

ass

es

over

each

bar

(lin

e)

sep

ara

tely

wh

ile s

can

nin

g a

ll t

he lin

es

from

top

to b

ott

om

of

the p

ictu

re f

ram

e,

a d

isti

nct

pic

k u

p o

f th

e p

ictu

re i

nfo

rmati

on

resu

lts

an

d t

his

is

the b

est

th

at

can

be e

xp

ect

ed

fro

m t

he s

yst

em

. T

his

perh

ap

s exp

lain

s th

e u

se o

f 819

lin

es

in t

he o

rigin

al

Fre

nch

TV

syst

em

.

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pra

ctic

e h

ow

ever,

th

e p

ictu

re e

lem

en

ts a

re n

ot

arr

an

ged

as

equ

all

y s

pace

d s

egm

en

ts

bu

t h

ave r

an

dom

dis

trib

uti

on

of

bla

ck,

gre

y a

nd

wh

ite d

ep

en

din

g o

n t

he n

atu

re o

f th

e p

ictu

re

deta

ils

or

the s

cen

e u

nd

er

con

sid

era

tion

. S

tati

stic

al

an

aly

sis

an

d s

ubje

ctiv

e t

est

s ca

rrie

d o

ut

to

dete

rmin

e t

he a

vera

ge n

um

ber

of

eff

ect

ive l

ines

suggest

th

at

abou

t 70 p

er

cen

t of

the t

ota

l

lin

es

or

segm

en

ts g

et

sep

ara

tely

sca

nn

ed

in

th

e v

ert

ical

dir

ect

ion

an

d t

he r

em

ain

ing 3

0 p

er

cen

t get

merg

ed

wit

h o

ther

ele

men

ts d

ue t

o t

he b

eam

sp

ot

fall

ing e

qu

all

y o

n t

wo c

on

secu

tive

lin

es.

Th

is i

s il

lust

rate

d i

n F

ig.

2.3

(c)

. T

hu

s th

e e

ffect

ive n

um

ber

of

lin

es

dis

tin

ctly

reso

lved

,

i.e.

, Nr =

Nv ×

k, w

here

k is

the r

eso

luti

on

fact

or

wh

ose

valu

e lie

s betw

een

0.6

5 t

o 0

.75. A

ssu

min

g

the v

alu

e o

f k =

0.7

we g

et,

Nr

= N

v ×

k =

860 ×

0.7

= 6

02.

How

ever,

th

ere

are

oth

er

fact

ors

wh

ich

als

o i

nfl

uen

ce t

he c

hoic

e o

f to

tal

nu

mber

of

lin

es

in a

TV

syst

em

. T

est

s co

nd

uct

ed

wit

h m

an

y o

bse

rvers

have s

how

n t

hat

thou

gh

th

e e

ye c

an

dete

ct t

he e

ffect

ive s

harp

ness

pro

vid

ed

by a

bou

t 800 s

can

nin

g l

ines,

bu

t th

e i

mp

rovem

en

t is

not

very

sig

nif

ican

t w

ith

lin

e n

um

bers

gre

ate

r th

an

500 w

hil

e v

iew

ing p

ictu

res

havin

g m

oti

on

.

Als

o t

he c

han

nel

ban

dw

idth

in

crease

s w

ith

in

crease

in

nu

mber

of

lin

es

an

d t

his

not

on

ly a

dd

s

to t

he c

ost

of th

e s

yst

em

bu

t als

o r

ed

uce

s th

e n

um

ber

of te

levis

ion

ch

an

nels

th

at

can

be p

rovid

ed

in a

giv

en

VH

F o

r U

HF

tra

nsm

issi

on

ban

d.

Th

us

as

a c

om

pro

mis

e b

etw

een

qu

ali

ty a

nd

cost

,

the t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

incl

usi

ve o

f th

ose

lost

du

rin

g v

ert

ical

retr

ace

has

been

ch

ose

n t

o b

e

625 i

n t

he 6

25-B

mon

och

rom

e T

V s

yst

em

. In

th

e 5

25 l

ine A

meri

can

syst

em

, th

e t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

has

been

fix

ed

at

525 b

eca

use

of

a s

om

ew

hat

hig

her

scan

nin

g r

ate

em

plo

yed

in

th

is

syst

em

. � �þ ¡�ÿ�A

lth

ou

gh

th

e r

ate

of

24 p

ictu

res

per

seco

nd

in

moti

on

pic

ture

s an

d t

hat

of

scan

nin

g 2

5 f

ram

es

per

seco

nd

in

tele

vis

ion

pic

ture

s is

en

ou

gh

to c

au

se a

n i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uit

y, th

ey a

re n

ot

rap

id

en

ou

gh

to a

llow

th

e b

irgh

tness

of

on

e p

ictu

re o

r fr

am

e t

o b

len

d s

mooth

ly i

nto

th

e n

ext

thro

ugh

the t

ime w

hen

th

e s

creen

is

bla

nk

ed

betw

een

su

ccess

ive f

ram

es.

Th

is r

esu

lts

in a

defi

nit

e

flic

ker

of

ligh

t th

at

is v

ery

an

noyin

g t

o t

he o

bse

rver

wh

en

th

e s

creen

is

ma

de a

ltern

ate

ly

bri

gh

t an

d d

ark

.

Th

is p

roble

m i

s so

lved

in

moti

on

pic

ture

s by s

how

ing e

ach

pic

ture

tw

ice,

so t

hat

48

vie

ws

of

the s

cen

e a

re s

how

n p

er

seco

nd

alt

hou

gh

th

ere

are

sti

ll t

he s

am

e 2

4 p

ictu

re f

ram

es

per

seco

nd

. A

s a r

esu

lt o

f th

e i

ncr

ease

d b

lan

kin

g r

ate

, fl

ick

er

is e

lim

inate

d.

Inte

rla

ced

sca

nn

ing. In

tele

vis

ion

pic

ture

s an

eff

ect

ive r

ate

of 50 v

ert

ical sc

an

s p

er

seco

nd

is u

tili

zed

to r

ed

uce

fli

cker.

Th

is i

s acc

om

pli

shed

by i

ncr

easi

ng t

he d

ow

nw

ard

rate

of

travel

of

the s

can

nin

g e

lect

ron

beam

, so

th

at

every

alt

ern

ate

lin

e g

ets

sca

nn

ed

in

stead

of every

su

ccess

ive

lin

e.

Th

en

, w

hen

th

e b

eam

reach

es

the b

ott

om

of

the p

ictu

re f

ram

e,

it q

uic

kly

retu

rns

to t

he

top

to s

can

th

ose

lin

es

that

were

mis

sed

in

th

e p

revio

us

scan

nin

g.

Th

us

the t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

are

div

ided

in

to t

wo g

rou

ps

call

ed

‘fi

eld

s’. E

ach

fie

ld i

s sc

an

ned

alt

ern

ate

ly.

Th

is m

eth

od

of

scan

nin

g i

s k

now

n a

s in

terl

ace

d s

can

nin

g a

nd

is

illu

stra

ted

in

Fig

. 2.4

. It

red

uce

s fl

ick

er

to

an

acc

ep

table

level

sin

ce t

he a

rea o

f th

e s

creen

is

covere

d a

t tw

ice t

he r

ate

. T

his

is

lik

e r

ead

ing

alt

ern

ate

lin

es

of

a p

age f

rom

top

to b

ott

om

on

ce a

nd

th

en

goin

g b

ack

to r

ead

th

e r

em

ain

ing

lin

es

dow

n t

o t

he b

ott

om

.

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In t

he 6

25 l

ime m

on

och

rom

e s

yst

em

, fo

r su

ccess

ful

inte

rlace

d s

can

nin

g, th

e 6

25 l

ines

of

each

fra

me o

r p

ictu

re a

re d

ivid

ed

in

to s

ets

of

312.5

lin

es

an

d e

ach

set

is s

can

ned

alt

ern

ate

ly t

o

cover

the e

nti

re p

ictu

re a

rea. T

o a

chie

ve t

his

th

e h

ori

zon

tal

sweep

osc

illa

tor

is m

ad

e t

o w

ork

at

a f

requ

en

cy o

f 15625 H

z (

312.5

× 5

0 =

15625)

to s

can

th

e s

am

e n

um

ber

of

lin

es

per

fram

e

(15625/2

5 =

625 l

ines)

, bu

t th

e v

ert

ical

sweep

cir

cuit

is

run

at

a f

requ

en

cy o

f 50 i

nst

ead

of

25

Hz.

Note

th

at

sin

ce t

he b

eam

is

now

defl

ect

ed

fro

m t

op

to b

ott

om

in

half

th

e t

ime a

nd

th

e

hori

zon

tal

osc

illa

tor

is s

till

op

era

tin

g a

t 15625 H

z,

on

ly h

alf

th

e t

ota

l li

nes,

i.e

., 3

12

.5 (

62

5/2

=

312.5

) get

scan

ned

du

rin

g e

ach

vert

ical

sweep

. S

ince

th

e f

irst

fie

ld e

nd

s in

a h

alf

lin

e a

nd

th

e

seco

nd

fie

ld c

om

men

ces

at

mid

dle

of

the l

ine o

n t

he t

op

of

the t

arg

et

pla

te o

r sc

reen

(se

e

Fig

.2.4

), t

he b

eam

is

able

to s

can

th

e r

em

ain

ing 3

12.5

alt

ern

ate

lin

es

du

rin

g i

ts d

ow

nw

ard

jou

rney.

In a

ll t

hen

, th

e b

eam

sca

ns

625 l

ines

(312.5

× 2

= 6

25)

per

fram

e a

t th

e s

am

e r

ate

of

15625 l

ines

(312.5

× 5

0 =

15625)

per

seco

nd

. T

here

fore

, w

ith

in

terl

ace

d s

can

nin

g t

he f

lick

er

eff

ect

is

eli

min

ate

d w

ith

ou

t in

creasi

ng t

he s

peed

of

scan

nin

g, w

hic

h i

n t

urn

does

not

need

an

y

incr

ease

in

th

e c

han

nel

ban

dw

idth

.

It m

ay b

e n

ote

d t

hat

the f

ram

e r

ep

eti

tion

rate

of

25 (

rath

er

than

24 a

s u

sed

in

moti

on

pic

ture

s) w

as

chose

n t

o m

ak

e t

he f

ield

fre

qu

en

cy e

qu

al

to t

he p

ow

er

lin

e f

requ

en

cy o

f 50 H

z.

Th

is h

elp

s in

red

uci

ng t

he u

nd

esi

red

eff

ect

s of

hu

m d

ue t

o p

ick

up

fro

m t

he m

ain

s, b

eca

use

then

su

ch e

ffect

s in

th

e p

ictu

re s

tay s

till

, in

stead

of

dri

ftin

g u

p o

r d

ow

n o

n t

he s

creen

. In

th

e

Am

eri

can

TV

syst

em

, a f

ield

fre

qu

en

cy o

f 60 w

as

ad

op

ted

beca

use

th

e s

up

ply

fre

qu

en

cy i

s

60

Hz i

n U

SA

. T

his

bri

ngs

the t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

scan

ned

per

seco

nd

((5

25/2

) ×

60 =

15750)

lin

es

to p

ract

icall

y t

he s

am

e a

s in

th

e 6

25 l

ine s

yst

em

.

Sca

nn

ing p

erio

ds.

Th

e w

avesh

ap

es

of

both

hori

zon

tal

an

d v

ert

ical

sweep

cu

rren

ts a

re

show

n i

n F

ig. 2.5

. A

s sh

ow

n t

here

th

e r

etr

ace

tim

es

involv

ed

(both

hori

zon

tal

an

d v

ert

ical)

are

du

e t

o p

hysi

cal

lim

itati

on

s of

pra

ctic

al

scan

nin

g s

yst

em

s an

d a

re n

ot

uti

lized

for

tran

smit

tin

g

or

rece

ivin

g a

ny v

ideo s

ign

al.

Th

e n

om

inal d

ura

tion

of th

e h

ori

zon

tal li

ne a

s sh

ow

n in

Fig

.2.5

(a)

is 6

4 µ

s (1

06/1

5625 =

64 µ

s), ou

t of

wh

ich

th

e a

ctiv

e lin

e p

eri

od

is

52 µ

s an

d t

he r

em

ain

ing 1

2 µ

s

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th

e lin

e b

lan

kin

g p

eri

od

. T

he b

eam

retu

rns

du

rin

g t

his

sh

ort

in

terv

al to

th

e e

xtr

em

e left

sid

e

of

the f

ram

e t

o s

tart

tra

cin

g t

he n

ext

lin

e.

Sim

ilarl

y w

ith

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ical

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ori

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lin

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on

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dom

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trib

uti

on

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bla

ck a

nd

wh

ite

are

as

in t

he p

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re.

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us

for

equ

al

vert

ical

an

d h

ori

zon

tal

reso

luti

on

, th

e s

am

e r

eso

luti

on

fact

or

may b

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sed

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ive n

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tin

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en

ts i

n a

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zon

tal

lin

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ical

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ori

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hese

533 s

qu

are

s or

pic

ture

ele

men

ts t

he s

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nin

g s

pot

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vid

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re s

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volt

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ite. T

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is

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in

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ne l

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here

are

533/2

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wave

cycl

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rin

g t

he t

ime t

he b

eam

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es

to t

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he w

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the p

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zon

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267

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6

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era

tion

of

both

vert

ical

an

d h

ori

zon

tal

reso

luti

on

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base

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tica

l

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ite b

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th

e h

ori

zon

tal

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ert

ical

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the p

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ng a

ch

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board

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ern

as

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str

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nd

is

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stra

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in

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. 2.7

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ate

bla

ck a

nd

wh

ite s

qu

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ele

men

t ta

kes

the p

lace

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bars

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dete

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e s

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re o

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t 0.5

mm

2 o

nly

.

Sin

ce t

he s

paci

ng o

f th

ese

sm

all

ele

men

ts i

n t

he a

bove c

on

sid

era

tion

corr

esp

on

ds

to t

he

lim

itin

g r

eso

luti

on

of

the e

ye, it

wil

l d

isti

ngu

ish

on

ly t

he a

ltern

ate

lig

ht

an

d d

ark

are

as

bu

t n

ot

the s

hap

e o

f th

e v

ari

ati

on

s alo

ng t

he s

can

nin

g l

ine.

Th

us

the e

ye w

ill

fail

to d

isti

ngu

ish

th

e

dif

fere

nce

betw

een

a s

qu

are

wave o

f bri

gh

tness

vari

ati

on

an

d a

sin

e w

ave o

f bri

gh

tness

vari

ati

on

in t

he r

ep

rod

uce

d p

ictu

re.

Th

ere

fore

, if

th

e a

mp

lifi

er

for

the s

qu

are

-wave s

ign

al

is c

ap

able

of

rep

rod

uci

ng a

sin

e-w

ave o

f fr

eq

uen

cy e

qu

al

to t

he r

ep

eti

tion

fre

qu

en

cy o

f th

e r

ect

an

gu

lar

wave, it

is

sati

sfact

ory

for

the p

urp

ose

of

TV

sig

nals

. It

may b

e m

en

tion

ed

th

at

even

oth

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ssit

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uct

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to 1

1th

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rmon

ic o

f a

peri

od

ic s

inu

soid

al

wave o

f 5 M

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y t

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ssoci

ate

d e

lect

ron

ic c

ircu

itry

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his

wou

ld m

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a

ban

dw

idth

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atl

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up

to 5

× 1

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alm

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ible

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just

ific

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on

for

rest

rict

ing t

he b

an

dw

idth

up

to 5

MH

z i

s th

at

in p

ract

ice

it i

s ra

re w

hen

alt

ern

ate

pic

ture

ele

men

ts a

re b

lack

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hit

e t

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t th

e p

ictu

re w

idth

an

d h

eig

ht,

an

d a

ban

dw

idth

up

to 5

MH

z h

as

been

fou

nd

to b

e q

uit

e a

dequ

ate

to p

rod

uce

most

deta

ils

of

the s

cen

e b

ein

g t

ele

vis

ed

.

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ere

fore

, th

e h

igh

est

ap

pro

xim

ate

mod

ula

tin

g fre

qu

en

cy ‘f

h’ t

hat

the 6

25 lin

e t

ele

vis

ion

syst

em

mu

st b

e c

ap

able

of

han

dli

ng f

or

succ

ess

ful tr

an

smis

sion

an

d r

ece

pti

on

of

pic

ture

deta

ils

is

fh =

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of a

ctiv

e l

ines

asp

ect

ra

tio

reso

luti

on f

act

or

2

tim

e d

ura

tion

of

on

e a

ctiv

e l

ine

××

×

=

585

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252

10

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5 M

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In t

he s

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nd

(525 l

ine)

wid

ely

use

d t

ele

vis

ion

syst

em

, w

here

th

e a

ctiv

e n

um

ber

of

lin

es

is 4

85 a

nd

th

e d

ura

tion

of

on

e a

ctiv

e l

ine i

s 57 µ

s, t

he h

igh

est

mod

ula

tin

g f

requ

en

cy f

h ≈

4

MH

z.

Th

is e

xp

lain

s th

e a

lloca

tion

of

6 M

Hz a

s th

e c

ha

nn

el

ba

nd

wid

th i

n U

SA

an

d o

ther

cou

ntr

ies

em

plo

yin

g t

he 5

25 l

ine s

yst

em

in

com

pari

son

to a

ch

an

nel

ban

dw

idth

all

oca

tion

of

7

MH

z i

n c

ou

ntr

ies

tha

t h

ave a

dop

ted

th

e 6

25

lin

e s

yst

em

. S

imil

arl

y i

n t

he F

ren

ch 8

19

TV

syst

em

wh

ere

th

e h

igh

est

mod

ula

tin

g f

requ

en

cy c

om

es

to 1

0.4

MH

z a

ch

an

nel

ban

dw

idth

of

14

MH

z i

s all

ow

ed

.

Colo

ur

reso

luti

on

an

d b

an

dw

idth

. A

s exp

lain

ed

above a

ban

dw

idth

of

5 M

Hz (

4 M

Hz i

n

the A

meri

can

syst

em

) is

need

ed

for

tran

smis

sion

of m

axim

um

hori

zon

tal d

eta

il in

mon

och

rom

e.

How

ever,

th

is b

an

dw

idth

is

not

nece

ssary

for

the c

olo

ur

vid

eo s

ign

als

. T

he r

easo

n i

s th

at

the

hu

man

eye’s

colo

ur

resp

on

se c

han

ges

wit

h t

he s

ize o

f th

e o

bje

ct. F

or

very

sm

all

obje

cts

the e

ye

can

perc

eiv

e o

nly

th

e b

righ

tness

rath

er

than

th

e c

olo

urs

in

th

e s

cen

e.

Perc

ep

tion

of

colo

urs

by

the e

ye is

lim

ited

to o

bje

cts

wh

ich

resu

lt in

a v

ideo f

requ

en

cy o

utp

ut

up

to a

bou

t 1.5

MH

z. T

hu

s

the c

olo

ur

info

rmati

on

need

s m

uch

less

ban

dw

idth

th

an

mon

och

rom

e d

eta

ils

an

d c

an

be e

asi

ly

acc

om

mod

ate

d i

n t

he c

han

nel

ban

dw

idth

all

ott

ed

for

mon

och

rom

e t

ran

smis

sion

.

Low

-fre

qu

ency

req

uir

emen

ts.

Th

e a

naly

sis

of

the s

ign

als

pro

du

ced

by t

he b

ar

patt

ern

giv

es

no i

nfo

rmati

on

regard

ing t

he l

ow

-fre

qu

en

cy r

equ

irem

en

t of

a v

ideo a

mp

lifi

er

use

d t

o

han

dle

su

ch s

ign

als

. T

his

requ

irem

en

t m

ay b

e d

ete

rmin

ed

fro

m c

on

sid

era

tion

of

a p

att

ern

show

n i

n F

ig.

2.8

(a).

Th

e s

ign

al

ou

tpu

t d

uri

ng v

ert

ica

l excu

rsio

ns

of

the b

ea

m w

ou

ld b

e a

squ

are

wave (

see F

ig. 2.8

(b))

at

vert

ical

field

fre

qu

en

cy. It

is

ap

pare

nt

then

, th

at

an

y a

mp

lifi

er

cap

able

of

rep

rod

uci

ng t

his

wavefo

rm w

ou

ld b

e r

equ

ired

to h

ave g

ood

squ

are

-wave r

esp

on

se a

t

50 H

z. A

ny d

egra

dati

on

in

resp

on

se a

s sh

ow

n in

Fig

. 2.8

(c) w

ou

ld r

esu

lt in

bri

gh

tness

dis

tort

ion

.

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rder

to h

ave s

ati

sfact

ory

squ

are

-wave r

esp

on

se a

t fi

eld

fre

qu

en

cy,

an

am

pli

fier

mu

st h

ave

good

sin

e-w

ave r

esp

on

se w

ith

negli

gib

le p

ha

se d

isto

rtio

n d

ow

n t

o a

mu

ch l

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er

freq

uen

cy

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th

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ield

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qu

en

cy.

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t th

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ield

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en

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t of

the b

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sig

nal.

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frequ

en

cy r

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on

se f

rom

dc

to a

bou

t 5 M

Hz b

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mes

nece

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tru

e r

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rod

uct

ion

of

the

bri

gh

tness

vari

ati

on

s an

d f

ind

deta

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uen

ce o

f n

um

ber

of li

nes

on

ba

nd

wid

th. A

s th

e n

um

ber

of li

nes

em

plo

yed

in

a t

ele

vis

ion

pic

ture

is

incr

ease

d,

the b

an

dw

idth

nece

ssary

for

a g

iven

qu

ali

ty o

f d

efi

nit

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als

o i

ncr

ease

s.

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is i

s d

ue t

o t

he f

act

th

at

incr

ea

sin

g t

he n

um

ber

of

lin

es

per

pic

ture

decr

ea

ses

the t

ime

du

rati

on

of

each

lin

e.

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is m

ean

s th

at

the s

pot

travels

acr

oss

th

e s

creen

at

a h

igh

er

velo

city

an

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in i

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of

the h

igh

est

mod

ula

tin

g f

requ

en

cy. F

or

exam

ple

dou

bli

ng t

he n

um

ber

of

lin

es

per

fram

e w

ou

ld v

ery

mu

ch i

mp

rove t

he v

ert

ical

reso

luti

on

, in

fact

it

wou

ld g

et

dou

ble

d

bu

t w

ou

ld n

eed

in

creasi

ng t

he b

an

dw

idth

in

th

e s

am

e r

ati

o.

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ow

, it

is

requ

ired

to i

ncr

ease

the h

ori

zon

tal

reso

luti

on

so t

hat

it a

gain

equ

als

th

e v

ert

ical

reso

luti

on

it

wou

ld b

e n

ece

ssary

to

scan

dou

ble

th

e n

um

ber

of

alt

ern

ate

bla

ck a

nd

wh

ite s

ign

al

ele

men

ts i

n a

lin

e, an

d t

his

wou

ld

nece

ssit

ate

mu

ltip

lyin

g t

he o

rigin

al

hig

hest

vid

eo f

requ

en

cy b

y a

fact

or

of

fou

r. T

he c

on

clu

sion

is t

hat,

if

the n

um

ber

of

lin

es

em

plo

yed

in

a t

ele

vis

ion

syst

em

is

incr

ease

d,

it i

s n

ece

ssary

to

incr

ease

th

e v

ideo f

requ

en

cy b

an

dw

idth

in

dir

ect

pro

port

ion

to t

he i

ncr

ease

in

nu

mber

of

lin

es

to m

ain

tain

th

e s

am

e d

egre

e o

f vert

ical d

efi

nit

ion

(as

befo

re),

an

d in

ord

er

to in

crease

hori

zon

tal

defi

nit

ion

in

th

e s

am

e p

rop

ort

ion

as

the i

ncr

ease

in

vert

ical

reso

luti

on

th

e v

ideo f

requ

en

cy

ban

dw

idth

mu

st i

ncr

ease

as

the s

qu

are

of

the i

ncr

ease

in

nu

mber

of

lin

es.

Eff

ect

of

inte

rla

ced

sca

nn

ing o

n b

an

dw

idth

. A

s alr

ead

y e

xp

lain

ed

, in

terl

ace

d s

can

nin

g

red

uce

s fl

ick

er.

How

ever,

sca

nn

ing 5

0 c

om

ple

te f

ram

es

of

625 l

ines

in a

pro

gre

ssiv

e m

an

ner

wou

ld a

lso e

lim

ina

te f

lick

er

in t

he p

ictu

re b

ut

this

wou

ld n

eed

dou

ble

th

e s

can

nin

g s

peed

wh

ich

in

tu

rn w

ou

ld d

ou

ble

th

e v

ideo f

requ

en

cies

corr

esp

on

din

g t

o t

he p

ictu

re e

lem

en

ts i

n a

lin

e.

Th

is w

ou

ld n

ece

ssit

ate

dou

ble

th

e c

han

nel

ban

dw

idth

of

that

requ

ired

wit

h i

nte

rlace

d

sca

nn

ing.

It s

hou

ld b

e n

ote

d t

ha

t b

y e

mp

loyin

g i

nte

rla

ced

sca

nn

ing,

the b

asi

c co

nce

pt

of

inte

rch

an

geabil

ity o

f ti

me a

nd

ban

dw

idth

is

not

vio

late

d,

beca

use

more

tim

e i

n a

llow

ed

for

tra

nsm

issi

on

an

d t

his

resu

lts

in d

ecr

ea

se o

f b

an

dw

idth

need

ed

for

ea

ch T

V c

ha

nn

el.

Th

us

inte

rlace

d s

can

nin

g r

ed

uce

s fl

ick

er

an

d c

on

serv

es

ban

dw

idth

.

Eff

ect of fi

eld

fre

qu

ency

on

ba

nd

wid

th. W

ith

in

crease

in

fie

ld fre

qu

en

cy t

he t

ime a

vail

able

for

each

fie

ld d

ecr

ease

s an

d t

his

resu

lts

in a

pro

port

ion

ate

decr

ease

of

the a

ctiv

e l

ine p

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ban

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idth

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crease

s in

dir

ect

pro

port

ion

to t

he i

ncr

ease

in

th

e f

ield

fre

qu

en

cy.

Ba

nd

wid

th r

equ

irem

ent

for

tra

nsm

issi

on

of

syn

chro

nis

ing p

uls

es. T

he e

qu

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

to b

e d

iscu

ssed

late

r h

ave a

pu

lse w

idth

of

2.3

µs

wit

h a

n a

llow

ed

ris

e t

ime o

f 0.2

µs.

Th

e

hig

hest

sin

uso

ida

l fr

eq

uen

cy w

hic

h m

ust

lie

in

th

e p

ass

ba

nd

of

the s

yst

em

for

eff

ect

ive

tran

smis

sion

of

these

pu

lses

is g

iven

by t

he e

xp

ress

ion

:

Hig

hest

nece

ssary

fre

qu

en

cy =

1

all

ow

ed r

ise t

ime

=

10

20

2

6

×.

= 2

.5 M

Hz

It i

s th

en

cle

ar

that

all

syn

c p

uls

es

are

safe

ly p

rese

rved

in

th

e v

ideo c

ircu

itry

wh

ere

, as

has

been

sh

ow

n, a

fre

qu

en

cy b

an

dw

idth

con

sid

era

bly

in

exce

ss o

f th

is fig

ure

has

to b

e m

ain

tain

ed

in o

rder

to p

rese

rve t

he r

equ

ired

pic

ture

defi

nit

ion

.

Inte

rla

ce e

rror.

As

exp

lain

ed

earl

ier

inte

rlace

d s

can

nin

g p

rovid

es

a m

ean

s of

decr

easi

ng

the e

ffect

of

flic

ker

in t

he T

V p

ictu

re w

ith

ou

t in

creasi

ng t

he s

yst

em

ban

dw

idth

. T

he s

ele

ctio

n

of

2 : 1

as

the i

nte

rlace

rati

o i

s th

e s

imp

lest

wit

h l

east

cir

cuit

com

pli

cati

on

s. H

ere

, by s

ele

ctin

g

an

od

d n

um

ber

of

lin

es,

th

e s

ym

metr

y i

n f

ram

e b

lan

kin

g p

uls

es

is a

chie

ved

an

d t

his

en

able

s

perf

ect

in

terl

ace

d s

can

nin

g.

An

y e

rror

in s

can

nin

g t

imin

gs

an

d s

equ

en

ce w

ou

ld l

eave a

larg

e

nu

mber

of

pic

ture

ele

men

ts u

nre

solv

ed

an

d t

hu

s th

e q

uali

ty o

f th

e r

ep

rod

uce

d p

ictu

re g

ets

imp

air

ed

. F

ig.

2.9

sh

ow

s vari

ou

s ca

ses

of

inte

rlace

err

or.

For

con

ven

ien

ce o

f exp

lan

ati

on

th

e

retr

ace

tim

e h

as

been

ass

um

ed

to b

e z

ero

. In

terl

ace

err

or

occ

urs

du

e t

o t

he t

ime d

iffe

ren

ce i

n

start

ing t

he s

eco

nd

fie

ld.

For

perf

ect

in

terl

ace

th

e s

eco

nd

fie

ld s

hou

ld s

tart

fro

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. T

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nce

fro

m t

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creen

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V r

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iver

shou

ld n

ot

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arg

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the e

ye c

an

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lve d

eta

ils

of

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re. T

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nce

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ou

ld a

lso n

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o

small

th

at

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ture

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men

ts b

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me s

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met

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en

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gle

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ap

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at

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Ju

stif

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he c

hoic

e o

f re

cta

ngu

lar

fra

me w

ith

wid

th t

o h

eig

ht

rati

o =

4/3

for

tele

vis

ion

tra

nsm

is-

sion

an

d r

ece

pti

on

.

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is

the i

llu

sion

of

con

tin

uit

y c

rea

ted

in

tele

vis

ion

pic

ture

s ?

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y h

as

the f

ram

e r

ece

pti

on

rate

been

ch

ose

n t

o b

e 2

5 a

nd

not

24

as

in m

oti

on

pic

ture

s ?

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at

do y

ou

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ders

tan

d b

y i

nte

rla

ced

sca

nn

ing ?

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ow

th

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it r

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an

d c

on

serv

e

ba

nd

wid

th.

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at

do y

ou

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ders

tan

d b

y a

ctiv

e a

nd

bla

nk

ing p

eri

od

s in

h

ori

zon

tal

an

d v

ert

ica

l sc

an

nin

g ?

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e t

he p

eri

od

s of

nom

ina

l, a

ctiv

e a

nd

retr

ace

in

terv

als

of

hori

zon

tal

an

d v

ert

ica

l sc

an

nin

g a

s

use

d i

n t

he 6

25 l

ine s

yst

em

.

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ma

ny h

ori

zon

tal

lin

es

get

tra

ced

du

rin

g e

ach

vert

ica

l re

tra

ce ?

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at

is t

he a

ctiv

e n

um

ber

of

lin

es

tha

t a

re a

ctu

all

y u

sed

for

pic

ture

in

form

ati

on

pic

k u

p a

nd

rece

pti

on

?

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w a

pic

ture

fra

me c

ha

rt s

how

ing t

he t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

act

ive a

nd

in

act

ive l

ines

du

rin

g e

ach

field

an

d e

sta

bli

sh t

he n

eed

for

term

ina

tin

g t

he f

irst

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n a

ha

lf l

ine a

nd

th

e b

egin

nin

g t

he

seco

nd

at

the m

idd

le o

f a

lin

e a

t th

e t

op

.

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stif

y t

he c

hoic

e o

f 6

25

lin

es

for

TV

tra

nsm

issi

on

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hy i

s th

e t

ota

l n

um

ber

of

lin

es

kep

t od

d i

n

all

tele

vis

ion

syst

em

s ?

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at

is t

he s

ign

ific

an

ce o

f ch

oosi

ng t

he n

um

ber

of

lin

es

as

62

5 a

nd

not

623 o

r 627 ?

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at

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ou

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ders

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d b

y r

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luti

on

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ctor

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ow

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e v

ert

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l re

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tion

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ele

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ion

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ture

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th

at

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ert

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l re

solu

tion

in

crea

ses

wit

h i

ncr

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se i

n n

um

ber

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xp

ress

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uen

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hei

gh

t. A

s n

ote

d i

n F

ig.

3.1

th

e p

ed

est

al

heig

ht

is t

he d

ista

nce

betw

een

th

e

ped

est

al

level

an

d t

he a

vera

ge v

alu

e (

dc

level)

axis

of

the v

ideo s

ign

al.

Th

is i

nd

icate

s avera

ge

bri

gh

tness

sin

ce i

t m

easu

res

how

mu

ch t

he a

vera

ge v

alu

e d

iffe

rs f

rom

th

e b

lack

level.

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wh

en

th

e s

ign

al lo

ses

its

dc

valu

e w

hen

pass

ed

th

rou

gh

a c

ap

aci

tor-

cou

ple

d c

ircu

it t

he d

ista

nce

betw

een

th

e p

ed

est

al

an

d t

he d

c le

vel

stays

the s

am

e a

nd

th

us

it i

s co

nven

ien

t to

use

th

e

ped

est

al

level

as

the r

efe

ren

ce l

evel

to i

nd

icate

avera

ge b

righ

tness

of

the s

cen

e.

Set

tin

g th

e p

edes

tal le

vel

. Th

e o

utp

ut

sign

al fr

om

th

e T

V c

am

era

is

of very

sm

all

am

pli

tud

e

an

d i

s p

ass

ed

th

rou

gh

severa

l st

ages

of

ac

cou

ple

d h

igh

gain

am

pli

fiers

befo

re b

ein

g c

ou

ple

d t

o

a c

on

trol

am

pli

fier.

Here

syn

c p

uls

es

an

d b

lan

kin

g p

uls

es

are

ad

ded

an

d t

hen

cli

pp

ed

at

the

corr

ect

level to

form

th

e p

ed

est

als

. S

ince

th

e p

ed

est

al h

eig

ht

dete

rmin

es

the a

vera

ge b

righ

tness

of

the s

cen

e,

an

y s

mall

er

valu

e t

han

th

e c

orr

ect

on

e w

ill

mak

e t

he s

cen

e d

ark

er

wh

ile a

larg

er

ped

est

al h

eig

ht

wil

l re

sult

in

hig

her

avera

ge b

righ

tness

. Th

e v

ideo c

on

trol op

era

tor

wh

o o

bse

rves

the s

cen

e a

t th

e s

tud

io s

ets

th

e level fo

r th

e d

esi

red

bri

gh

tness

in

th

e r

ep

rod

uce

d p

ictu

re w

hic

h

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he i

s vie

win

g o

n a

mon

itor

rece

iver.

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is i

s k

now

n a

s d

c in

sert

ion

beca

use

th

is a

mou

nts

to

ad

din

g a

dc

com

pon

en

t to

th

e a

c si

gn

al.

On

ce t

he d

c in

sert

ion

has

been

aco

mp

lish

ed

th

e p

ed

est

al

level

beco

mes

the b

lack

refe

ren

ce a

nd

th

e p

ed

est

al

heig

ht

ind

icate

s co

rrect

rela

tive b

righ

tness

for

the r

ep

rod

uce

d p

ictu

re.

How

ever,

th

e d

c le

vel

inse

rted

in

th

e c

on

trol

am

pli

fier

is u

suall

y

lost

in

su

cceed

ing s

tages

beca

use

of

cap

aci

tive c

ou

pli

ng, bu

t st

ill

the c

orr

ect

dc

com

pon

en

t ca

n

be r

ein

sert

ed

wh

en

nece

ssary

beca

use

th

e p

ed

est

al

heig

ht

rem

ain

s th

e s

am

e.

Th

e bla

nkin

g p

uls

es.

Th

e c

om

posi

te v

ideo s

ign

al

con

tain

s bla

nk

ing p

uls

es

to m

ak

e t

he

retr

ace

lin

es

invis

ible

by r

ais

ing t

he s

ign

al

am

pli

tud

e s

ligh

tly a

bove t

he b

lack

level

(75 p

er

cen

t) d

uri

ng t

he t

ime t

he s

can

nin

g c

ircu

its

pro

du

ce r

etr

ace

s. A

s il

lust

rate

d i

n F

ig.

3.2

, th

e

com

posit

e v

ideo s

ign

al

con

tain

s h

oriz

on

tal

an

d v

erti

ca

l b

lan

kin

g p

uls

es t

o b

lan

k t

he

corr

esp

on

din

g r

etr

ace

in

terv

als

. T

he r

ep

eti

tion

rate

of

hori

zon

tal

bla

nk

ing p

uls

es

is t

here

fore

equ

al to

th

e lin

e s

can

nin

g fre

qu

en

cy o

f 15625 H

z. S

imil

arl

y t

he fre

qu

en

cy o

f th

e v

ert

ical bla

nk

ing

pu

lses

is e

qu

al

to t

he f

ield

-sca

nn

ing f

requ

en

cy o

f 50 H

z.

It m

ay b

e n

ote

d t

hat

thou

gh

th

e l

evel

of

the b

lan

kin

g p

uls

es

is d

isti

nct

ly a

bove t

he p

ictu

re s

ign

al

info

rmati

on

, th

ese

are

not

use

d a

s

syn

c p

uls

es.

Th

e r

easo

n is

that

an

y o

ccasi

on

al si

gn

al co

rresp

on

din

g t

o a

ny e

xtr

em

e b

lack

port

ion

in t

he p

ictu

re m

ay r

ise a

bove t

he b

lan

kin

g l

evel

an

d m

igh

t co

nce

iva

bly

in

terf

ere

wit

h t

he

syn

chro

niz

ati

on

of

the s

can

nin

g g

en

era

tors

. T

here

fore

, th

e s

yn

c p

uls

es,

sp

eci

all

y d

esi

gn

ed

for

trig

geri

ng t

he s

weep

osc

illa

tors

are

pla

ced

in

th

e u

pp

er

25 p

er

cen

t (7

5 p

er

cen

t to

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er

cen

t

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ier

am

pli

tud

e)

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the v

ideo s

ign

al,

an

d a

re t

ran

smit

ted

alo

ng w

ith

th

e p

ictu

re s

ign

al.

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c p

uls

e a

nd

vid

eo s

ign

al

am

pli

tud

e ra

tio.

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e o

vera

ll a

rran

gem

en

t of

com

bin

ing t

he

pic

ture

sig

nal

an

d s

yn

c p

uls

es

may b

e t

hou

gh

t of

as

a k

ind

of

volt

age d

ivis

ion

mu

ltip

lexin

g

wh

ere

abou

t 65 p

er

cen

t of

the c

arr

ier

am

pli

tud

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he v

ideo s

ign

al

an

d t

he u

pp

er

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25 p

er

cen

t by t

he s

yn

c p

uls

es.

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us,

as

show

n i

n F

ig.

3.1

, th

e f

inal

rad

iate

d s

ign

al

has

a

pic

ture

to s

yn

c si

gn

al

rati

o (

P/S

) equ

al

to 1

0/4

. T

his

rati

o h

as

been

fou

nd

most

sati

sfact

ory

beca

use

if

the p

ictu

re s

ign

al

am

pli

tud

e i

s in

crease

d a

t th

e e

xp

en

se o

f sy

nc

pu

lses,

th

en

wh

en

the s

ign

al

to n

ois

e r

ati

o o

f th

e r

ece

ived

sig

nal

fall

s, a

poin

t is

reach

ed

wh

en

th

e s

yn

c p

uls

e

am

pli

tud

e b

eco

mes

insu

ffic

ien

t to

keep

th

e p

ictu

re l

ock

ed

even

th

ou

gh

th

e p

ictu

re v

olt

age i

s

stil

l of

ad

equ

ate

am

pli

tud

e t

o y

ield

an

acc

ep

table

pic

ture

. O

n t

he o

ther

han

d i

f sy

nc

pu

lse

heig

ht

is i

ncr

ea

sed

at

the e

xp

en

se o

f th

e p

ictu

re d

eta

il,

then

un

der

sim

ila

r co

nd

itio

ns

the

rast

er

rem

ain

s lo

cked

bu

t th

e p

ictu

re c

on

ten

t is

of

too l

ow

an

am

pli

tud

e t

o s

et

up

a w

ort

hw

hil

e

pic

ture

. A

rati

o o

f P

/S =

10/4

, or

there

abou

t, r

esu

lts

in a

sit

uati

on

su

ch t

hat

wh

en

th

e s

ign

al

to

nois

e r

ati

o r

each

es

a c

ert

ain

low

level,

th

e s

yn

c am

pli

tud

e b

eco

mes

insu

ffic

ien

t, i

.e.,

th

e s

yn

c

fail

s at

the s

am

e t

ime a

s th

e p

ictu

re c

ease

s to

be o

f en

tert

ain

men

t valu

e.

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is r

ep

rese

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th

e

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nt

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eta

ils

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ill

ust

rate

d i

n F

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. T

he i

nte

rval

betw

een

hori

zon

tal

scan

nin

g l

ines

is i

nd

icate

d b

y H

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s exp

lain

ed

earl

ier,

ou

t of

a t

ota

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his

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terv

al

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ine s

yn

chro

niz

ing

pu

lse i

s in

sert

ed

. T

he p

uls

es

corr

esp

on

din

g t

o t

he d

iffe

ren

tia

ted

lea

din

g e

dges

of

the s

yn

c

pu

lses

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act

uall

y u

sed

to s

yn

chro

niz

e t

he h

ori

zon

tal

scan

nin

g o

scil

lato

r. T

his

is

the r

easo

n

wh

y i

n F

ig.

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an

d o

ther

figu

res

to f

oll

ow

, all

tim

e i

nte

rvals

are

sh

ow

n b

etw

een

syn

c p

uls

e

lead

ing e

dges.

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e l

ine b

lan

kin

g p

eri

od

is

div

ided

in

to t

hre

e s

ect

ion

s. T

hese

are

th

e ‘fr

on

t p

orc

h’, t

he

‘lin

e s

yn

c’ p

uls

e a

nd

th

e ‘back

porc

h’. T

he t

ime i

nte

rvals

all

ow

ed

to e

ach

part

are

su

mm

ari

zed

belo

w a

nd

th

eir

loca

tion

an

d e

ffect

on

th

e r

ast

er

is i

llu

stra

ted

in

Fig

. 3.3

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ils o

f H

oriz

on

tal

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nn

ing

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Tim

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3

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porc

h5.8

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3

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ible

lin

e t

ime

52

Fro

nt

porc

h.

Th

is i

s a b

rief

cush

ion

ing p

eri

od

of

1.5

µs

inse

rted

betw

een

th

e e

nd

of

the

pic

ture

deta

il f

or

that

lin

e a

nd

th

e l

ead

ing e

dge o

f th

e l

ine s

yn

c p

uls

e. T

his

in

terv

al

all

ow

s th

e

rece

iver

vid

eo c

ircu

it t

o s

ett

le d

ow

n f

rom

wh

ate

ver

pic

ture

volt

age l

evel

exis

ts a

t th

e e

nd

of

the

pic

ture

lin

e t

o t

he b

lan

kin

g level befo

re t

he s

yn

c p

uls

e o

ccu

rs. T

hu

s sy

nc

circ

uit

s at

the r

ece

iver

are

iso

late

d f

rom

th

e i

nfl

uen

ce o

f en

d o

f th

e l

ine p

ictu

re d

eta

ils.

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e m

ost

str

ingen

t d

em

an

d i

s

mad

e o

n t

he v

ideo c

ircu

its

wh

en

peak

wh

ite d

eta

il o

ccu

rs a

t th

e e

nd

of

a l

ine.

Desp

ite t

he

exis

ten

ce o

f th

e f

ron

t p

orc

h w

hen

th

e l

ine e

nd

s in

an

extr

em

e w

hit

e d

eta

il,

an

d t

he s

ign

al

am

pli

tud

e t

ou

ches

alm

ost

zero

level,

th

e v

ideo v

olt

age l

evel

fail

s to

deca

y t

o t

he b

lan

kin

g l

evel

befo

re t

he l

ead

ing-e

dge o

f th

e l

ine s

yn

c p

uls

e o

ccu

rs. T

his

resu

lts

in l

ate

tri

ggeri

ng o

f th

e t

ime

base

cir

cuit

th

us

up

sett

ing t

he ‘

horz

’ li

ne s

yn

c ci

rcu

it.

As

a r

esu

lt t

he s

pot

(beam

) is

late

in

arr

ivin

g a

t th

e l

eft

of

the s

creen

an

d p

ictu

re i

nfo

rmati

on

on

th

e n

ext

lin

e i

s d

isp

lace

d t

o t

he

left

. T

his

eff

ect

is

kn

ow

n a

s ‘p

ull

ing-o

n-w

hit

es’

.

Lin

e sy

nc

pu

lse.

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er

the f

ron

t p

roch

of

bla

nk

ing,

hori

zon

tal

retr

ace

is

pro

du

ced

wh

en

the s

yn

c p

uls

e s

tart

s. T

he f

lyback

is

defi

nit

ely

bla

nk

ed

ou

t beca

use

th

e s

yn

c le

vel

is b

lack

er

than

bla

ck. L

ine s

yn

c p

uls

es

are

sep

ara

ted

at

the r

ece

iver

an

d u

tili

zed

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lin

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inal

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c p

uls

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his

peri

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ast

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ple

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eft

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d o

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eri

od

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5.8

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lan

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len

ty o

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me f

or

lin

e

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ple

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tim

e f

or

the h

ori

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tal

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ase

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ect

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he

hori

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act

th

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it h

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nd

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dd

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he h

ori

zon

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terv

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ield

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od

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e n

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c p

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ccu

pie

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bers

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, 2n

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1st

half

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d,

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aft

er

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eco

nd

fie

ld i

s over.

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at

the b

egin

nin

g o

f

these

pu

lses

has

been

ali

gn

ed

in

th

e f

igu

re t

o s

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ify t

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mu

st o

ccu

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er

the e

nd

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ical

stro

ke o

f th

e b

eam

in

each

fie

ld,

i.e.

, aft

er

each

1/5

0th

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a s

eco

nd

. T

his

ali

gn

men

t of

vert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es,

on

e a

t th

e e

nd

of

a h

alf

-lin

e p

eri

od

an

d t

he o

ther

aft

er

a f

ull

lin

e p

eri

od

(see F

ig.

3.4

), r

esu

lts

in a

rela

tive m

isali

gn

men

t of

the h

ori

zon

tal

syn

c p

uls

es

an

d t

hey d

o n

ot

ap

pear

on

e a

bove t

he o

ther

bu

t occ

ur

at

half

-lin

e in

terv

als

wit

h r

esp

ect

to e

ach

oth

er.

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ever,

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eta

iled

exam

inati

on

of

the p

uls

e t

rain

s in

th

e t

wo f

ield

s w

ou

ld s

how

th

at

hori

zon

tal

syn

c

pu

lses

con

tin

ue t

o o

ccu

r exact

ly a

t 64 µ

s in

terv

als

(exce

pt

du

rin

g t

he v

ert

ical sy

nc

pu

lse p

eri

od

s)

thro

ugh

ou

t th

e s

can

nin

g p

eri

od

fro

m f

ram

e t

o f

ram

e a

nd

th

e a

pp

are

nt

shif

t of

32 µ

s is

on

ly d

ue

to t

he a

lign

men

t of

vert

ical

syn

c in

stan

ces

in t

he f

igu

re.

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alr

ead

y m

en

tion

ed

th

e h

ori

zon

tal

syn

c in

form

ati

on

is

extr

act

ed

fro

m t

he s

yn

c p

uls

e

train

by d

iffe

ren

tiati

on

, i.

e., by p

ass

ing t

he p

uls

e t

rain

th

rou

gh

a h

igh

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ter.

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lses

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g t

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iffe

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tiate

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dges

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c p

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nis

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zon

tal

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g o

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r. T

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c p

eri

od

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itu

ati

on

aft

er

an

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d f

ield

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n

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ica

l b

lan

kin

g p

eri

od

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nd

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ield

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ert

ical

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c p

uls

e c

om

es

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ime t

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chro

niz

ati

on

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the

hori

zon

tal

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tor.

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ert

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e a

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e h

ori

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c p

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stan

ces

both

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er

even

an

d o

dd

fie

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s to

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e t

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ign

al

am

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ack

to t

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en

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the m

om

en

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ci

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on

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ical

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c p

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ng

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ges

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lses

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ua

lly u

sed

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rigger

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ori

zon

tal

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tor.

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e r

esu

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rms

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er

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h l

ine n

um

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d t

he d

iffe

ren

tiate

d o

utp

ut

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ield

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ins

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stra

ted

in

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in

sert

ion

of

short

pu

lses

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n a

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otc

hin

g o

r se

rrati

on

of

the

bro

ad

fie

ld p

uls

es.

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at

thou

gh

th

e v

ert

ical

pu

lse h

as

been

bro

ken

to y

ield

hori

zon

tal

syn

c p

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es,

th

e

eff

ect

on

th

e v

ert

ical

pu

lse i

s su

bst

an

tiall

y u

nch

an

ged

. It

sti

ll r

em

ain

s above t

he b

lan

kin

g

volt

age l

evel

all

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the t

ime i

t is

act

ing. T

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uls

e w

idth

is

stil

l m

uch

wid

er

than

th

e h

ori

zon

tal

pu

lse w

idth

an

d t

hu

s ca

n b

e e

asi

ly s

ep

ara

ted

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the r

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g t

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each

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zon

tal

syn

c p

uls

e y

ield

s a p

osi

tive s

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ed

ou

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t fr

om

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g t

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e c

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en

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each

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e f

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th

at

notc

hed

vert

ical

syn

c

pu

lses

occ

ur

at

inte

rvals

of

32 µ

s an

d n

ot

64 µ

s as

requ

ired

by t

he h

ori

zon

tal

sweep

osc

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tor.

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e p

uls

es

that

com

e a

t a t

ime w

hen

th

ey c

an

not

trig

ger

the o

scil

lato

r are

ign

ore

d.

Th

us

the

requ

irem

en

t of

keep

ing t

he h

ori

zon

tal

sweep

cir

cuit

lock

ed

desp

ite i

nse

rtio

n o

f vert

ical

syn

c

pu

lses

is r

eali

zed

.

Now

we t

urn

to t

he s

eco

nd

sh

ort

com

ing o

f th

e w

avefo

rm o

f F

ig.

3.4

. F

irst

it

mu

st b

e

men

tion

ed

th

at

syn

chro

niz

ati

on

of

the v

ert

ica

l sw

eep

osc

illa

tor

in t

he r

ece

iver

is o

bta

ined

from

vert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es

by i

nte

gra

tion

. T

his

is

illu

stra

ted

in

Fig

. 3.5

wh

ere

th

e t

ime-c

on

stan

t

R2C

2 i

s ch

ose

n t

o b

e l

arg

e c

om

pare

d t

o t

he d

ura

tion

of

hori

zon

tal

pu

lses

bu

t n

ot

wit

h r

esp

ect

to

wid

th o

f th

e v

ert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

Th

e i

nte

gra

tin

g c

ircu

it m

ay e

qu

all

y b

e l

ook

ed

up

on

as

a l

ow

-

pass

fil

ter,

wit

h a

cu

it-o

ff f

requ

en

cy s

uch

th

at

the h

ori

zon

tal

syn

c p

uls

es

pro

du

ce v

ery

lit

tle

ou

tpu

t, w

hil

e t

he v

ert

ical

pu

lses

have a

fre

qu

en

cy t

hat

fall

s in

th

e p

ass

-ban

d o

f th

e f

ilte

r. T

he

volt

age b

uil

t acr

oss

th

e c

ap

aci

tor

of

the l

ow

-pass

fil

ter

(in

tegra

tin

g c

ircu

it)

corr

esp

on

din

g t

o

the s

yn

c p

uls

e t

rain

s of

both

th

e f

ield

s is

sh

ow

n i

n F

ig.

3.7

. N

ote

th

at

each

hori

zon

tal

pu

lse

cau

ses

a s

ligh

t ri

se i

n v

olt

age a

cross

th

e c

ap

aci

tor

bu

t th

is i

s re

du

ced

to z

ero

by t

he t

ime t

he

next

pu

lse a

rriv

es.

Th

is i

s so

, beca

use

th

e c

harg

ing p

eri

od

for

the c

ap

aci

tor

is o

nly

4.7

µs

an

d

the v

olt

age a

t th

e i

np

ut

to t

he i

nte

gra

tor

rem

ain

s at

zero

for

the r

est

of

the p

eri

od

of

59.3

µs.

Hen

ce t

here

is

no r

esi

du

al

volt

age a

cross

th

e v

ert

ical

filt

er

(L.P

. fi

lter)

du

e t

o h

ori

zon

tal

syn

c-

pu

lses.

On

ce t

he b

road

serr

ate

d v

ert

ical

pu

lse a

rriv

es

the v

olt

age a

cross

th

e o

utp

ut

of

the f

ilte

r

start

s in

creasi

ng. H

ow

ever,

th

e b

uil

t u

p v

olt

age d

iffe

rs f

or

each

fie

ld. T

he r

easo

n is

not

dif

ficu

lt

to f

ind

. A

t th

e b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e f

irst

fie

ld (

od

d f

ield

) th

e l

ast

horz

syn

c p

uls

e c

orr

esp

on

din

g t

o

the b

egin

nin

g o

f 625th

lin

e i

s se

para

ted

fro

m t

he 1

st v

ert

ical

pu

lse b

y f

ull

on

e l

ine a

nd

an

y

volt

age d

evelo

ped

acr

oss

th

e f

ilte

r w

ill

have e

nou

gh

tim

e t

o r

etu

rn t

o z

ero

befo

re t

he a

rriv

al

of

the f

irst

vert

ical

pu

lse, an

d t

hu

s th

e f

ilte

r ou

tpu

t volt

age b

uil

ds

up

fro

m z

ero

in

resp

on

se t

o t

he

five s

ucc

ess

ive

bro

ad

vert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

Th

e v

olt

age b

uil

ds

up

beca

use

th

e c

ap

aci

tor

has

more

tim

e t

o c

harg

e a

nd

on

ly 4

.7 µ

s to

dis

charg

e.

Th

e s

itu

ati

on

, h

ow

ever,

is

not

the s

am

e f

or

the b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e 2

nd

(even

) fi

eld

. H

ere

th

e l

ast

hori

zon

tal

pu

lse c

orr

esp

on

din

g t

o t

he

begin

nin

g o

f 313th

lin

e is

sep

ara

ted

fro

m t

he fir

st v

ert

ical p

uls

e b

y o

nly

half

-a-l

ine. T

he v

olt

age

develo

ped

acr

oss

th

e v

ert

ical

filt

er

wil

l th

us

not

have e

nou

gh

tim

e t

o r

each

zero

befo

re t

he

arr

ival

of

the f

irst

vert

ical

pu

lse,

wh

ich

mean

s th

at

the v

olt

age b

uil

d-u

p d

oes

not

start

fro

m

zero

, as

in t

he c

ase

of

the 1

st f

ield

. T

he r

esi

du

al

volt

age o

n a

ccou

nt

of

the h

alf

lin

e d

iscr

ep

an

cy

gets

ad

ded

to t

he v

olt

age d

evelo

ped

on

acc

ou

nt

of

the b

road

vert

ical

pu

lses

an

d t

hu

s th

e

volt

age d

evelo

ped

acr

oss

th

e o

utp

ut

filt

er

is s

om

e w

hat

hig

her

at

each

in

stan

t as

com

pare

d t

o

the v

olt

age d

evelo

ped

at

the b

egin

nin

g o

f th

e f

irst

-fie

ld.

Th

is i

s sh

ow

n i

n d

ott

ed

ch

ain

lin

e i

n

Fig

.3

.7. Th

e v

ert

ica

l osc

illa

tor

trig

ger

pote

nti

al

level

ma

rked

as

trig

ger

level

in t

he d

iagra

m

(Fig

.3.7

) in

ters

ect

s th

e t

wo f

ilte

r ou

tpu

t p

rofi

les

at

dif

fere

nt

poin

ts w

hic

h i

nd

icate

s th

at

in t

he

case

of

seco

nd

fie

ld t

he o

scil

lato

r w

ill

get

trig

gere

d a

fra

ctio

n o

f a s

eco

nd

too s

oon

as

com

pare

d

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nti

al

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the t

wo f

ield

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nti

nu

es

du

rin

g

the p

eri

od

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dis

charg

e o

f th

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aci

tor

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ical sy

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the h

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lin

e d

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ep

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cy f

ive n

arr

ow

pu

lses

are

ad

ded

on

eit

her

sid

e o

f th

e v

ert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

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ese

are

kn

ow

n a

s p

re-e

qu

ali

zin

g a

nd

post

-equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es.

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set

con

sist

s of

five n

arr

ow

pu

lses

occ

up

yin

g 2

.5 l

ines

peri

od

on

eit

her

sid

e o

f th

e v

ert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

Pre

-equ

ali

zin

g a

nd

post

-

equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

e d

eta

ils

wit

h l

ine n

um

bers

occ

up

ied

by t

hem

in

each

fie

ld a

re g

iven

in

Fig

. 3.8

.

Th

e e

ffect

of

these

pu

lses

is t

o s

hif

t th

e h

alf

-lin

e d

iscr

ep

an

cy a

way b

oth

fro

m t

he b

egin

nin

g

an

d e

nd

of

vert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

Pre

-equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

bein

g o

f 2.3

µs

du

rati

on

resu

lt i

n t

he

dis

charg

e o

f th

e c

ap

aci

tor

to e

ssen

tiall

y z

ero

volt

age i

n b

oth

th

e f

ield

s, d

esp

ite t

he h

alf

-lin

e

dis

crep

an

cy b

efo

re t

he v

olt

age b

uil

d-u

p s

tart

s w

ith

th

e a

rriv

al

of

vert

ical

syn

c p

uls

es.

Th

is i

s

illu

stra

ted

in

Fig

. 3.9

. P

ost

-equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

are

nece

ssary

for

a f

ast

dis

charg

e o

f th

e c

ap

aci

tor

to e

nsu

re t

riggeri

ng o

f th

e v

ert

ical

osc

illa

tor

at

pro

per

tim

e.

If t

he d

eca

y o

f volt

age a

cross

th

e

cap

aci

tor

is s

low

as

wou

ld h

ap

pen

in

th

e a

bse

nce

of

post

-equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es,

th

e o

scil

lato

r m

ay

trig

ger

at

the t

rail

ing e

dge w

hic

h m

ay b

e f

ar-

aw

ay f

rom

th

e l

ead

ing e

dge a

nd

th

is c

ou

ld l

ead

to

an

err

or

in t

riggeri

ng.

Th

us

wit

h t

he i

nse

rtio

n o

f n

arr

ow

pre

an

d p

ost

equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es,

th

e v

olt

age r

ise a

nd

fall

pro

file

is

ess

en

tiall

y t

he s

am

e f

or

both

th

e f

ield

sequ

en

ces

(see F

ig.

3.9

) an

d t

he v

ert

ical

osc

illa

tor

is t

riggere

d a

t th

e p

rop

er

inst

an

ts,

i.e.

, exact

ly a

t an

in

terv

al

of

1/5

0th

of

a s

eco

nd

.

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ld p

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ibly

als

o b

e s

olv

ed

by u

sin

g a

n i

nte

gra

tin

g c

ircu

it w

ith

a m

uch

larg

er

tim

e c

on

sta

nt,

to e

nsu

re t

ha

t th

e c

ap

aci

tor

rem

ain

s vir

tua

lly u

nch

arg

ed

by t

he h

ori

zon

tal

pu

lses.

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ever,

th

is w

ou

ld h

ave t

he e

ffect

of

sign

ific

an

tly r

ed

uci

ng t

he i

nte

gra

tor

ou

tpu

t fo

r

vert

ica

l p

uls

es

so t

ha

t a

vert

ica

l sy

nc

am

pli

fier

wou

ld h

ave t

o b

e u

sed

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a b

roa

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stin

g

situ

ati

on

, th

ere

are

th

ou

san

ds

of

rece

ivers

for

every

tra

nsm

itte

r. C

on

seq

uen

tly i

t is

mu

ch

more

eff

icie

nt

an

d e

con

om

ical

to c

ure

th

is p

roble

m i

n o

ne t

ran

smit

ter

than

in

th

ou

san

ds

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rece

ivers

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his

, as

exp

lain

ed

above,

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chie

ved

by t

he u

se o

f p

re a

nd

post

equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es.

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ple

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uls

e t

rain

s fo

r both

th

e f

ield

s i

nco

rpora

tin

g e

qu

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

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uil

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eri

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ert

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chro

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hic

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the p

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in

th

e c

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ter

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ical

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d h

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l n

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ev

en

fie

ld)

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e n

um

ber

s :

313th

2n

d-h

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to 6

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312.5

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2n

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315

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ical

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c p

uls

es

316,

317,

318th

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2.5

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syn

c equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

318th

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ace

pu

lses

33

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62

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ture

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623 2

nd

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625

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ical

syn

c equ

ali

zin

g p

uls

es

for

the 1

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ield

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l n

um

ber

of

lin

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2.5

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retr

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typ

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vert

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tim

e i

s fi

ve l

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nk

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the t

op

of

the r

ast

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lin

es

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vid

e t

he s

weep

osc

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tor

en

ou

gh

tim

e t

o a

dju

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an

d t

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rovid

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re-

an

d p

ost

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ali

zin

g p

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es

the

foll

ow

ing b

asi

c re

qu

irem

en

ts n

ece

ssary

for

succ

ess

ful

inte

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can

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g a

re e

nsu

red

.

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A s

uit

able

fie

ld s

yn

c p

uls

e i

s d

eri

ved

for

trig

geri

ng t

he f

ield

osc

illa

tor.

(b)

Th

e l

ine o

scil

lato

r co

nti

nu

es

to r

ece

ive t

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es

at

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ile t

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ple

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mes

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to i

nse

rt v

ert

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c p

uls

es

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the e

nd

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nd

field

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idd

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nd

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ng a

ny in

terl

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err

or.

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syn

c bu

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up

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ece

iver

has

pre

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am

e s

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h t

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eta

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of

hori

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tal

bla

nk

ing a

nd

syn

c p

uls

es.

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bel

on

it

(i)

fron

t p

orc

h,

(ii)

hori

zon

-

tal

syn

c p

uls

e,

(iii

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porc

h a

nd

(iv

) a

ctiv

e l

ine p

eri

od

s. W

hy a

re t

he f

ron

t p

orc

h a

nd

ba

ck

porc

h i

nte

rva

ls p

rovid

ed

befo

re a

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er

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tal

syn

c p

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lain

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he b

lan

kin

g

pu

lses

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not

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d a

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nc

pu

lses.

5.

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um

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en

ts t

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t m

ust

be s

ati

sfie

d b

y t

he p

uls

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rain

ad

ded

aft

er

ea

ch

field

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hy i

s it

nece

ssa

ry t

o s

err

ate

th

e b

roa

d v

ert

ica

l sy

nc

pu

lse ?

6.

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etc

h t

he p

uls

e t

rain

s th

at

foll

ow

aft

er

the s

eco

nd

an

d f

irst

fie

ld o

f a

ctiv

e s

can

nin

g.

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y a

re

the v

ert

ica

l sy

nc

pu

lses

notc

hed

at

32

µs

inte

rval

an

d n

ot

at

64 µ

s in

terv

al

to p

rovid

e h

ori

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nc

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lses

are

sep

ara

ted

an

d s

ha

ped

at

the r

ece

iver.

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a t

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on

sta

nt

of

5 µ

s fo

r th

e d

iffe

ren

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tin

g c

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it,

an

d 1

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µs

for

the i

nte

gra

tin

g c

ircu

it,

plo

t th

e o

utp

ut

wa

vefo

rms

from

both

th

e c

ircu

its

for

the e

nti

re v

ert

ica

l p

eri

od

. C

alc

ula

te t

he

err

or

in t

imin

g f

or

succ

ess

ive v

ert

ica

l fi

eld

s in

th

e a

bse

nce

of

eq

ua

lizin

g p

uls

es.

8.

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etc

h t

he c

om

ple

te p

uls

e t

rain

s th

at

foll

ow

at

the e

nd

of

both

od

d a

nd

even

fie

lds.

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lly l

ab

el

them

an

d e

xp

lain

how

th

e h

alf

lin

e d

iscr

ep

an

cy i

s re

moved

by i

nse

rtio

n o

f p

re-e

qu

ali

zin

g p

uls

es.

9.

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stif

y t

he n

eed

for

pre

an

d p

ost

eq

ua

lizin

g p

uls

es.

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y i

t is

nece

ssa

ry t

o k

eep

th

eir

du

rati

on

eq

ua

l to

th

e h

alf

-lin

e p

eri

od

?

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ust

ify t

he n

eed

for

a b

lan

kin

g p

eri

od

corr

esp

on

din

g t

o 2

0 c

om

ple

te l

ines

aft

er

ea

ch a

ctiv

e f

ield

of

sca

nn

ing.

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y d

oes

the v

ert

ica

l re

tra

ce n

ot

begin

wit

h t

he i

nco

min

g o

f th

e f

irst

serr

ate

d

vert

ica

l sy

nc

pu

lse ?

11

.S

ketc

h t

he c

om

ple

te p

uls

e t

rain

s th

at

foll

ow

at

the e

nd

of

od

d a

nd

even

fie

lds

in t

he 5

25

lin

e

tele

vis

ion

syst

em

. J

ust

ify t

he n

eed

for

six i

nst

ea

d o

f fi

ve p

re a

nd

post

eq

ua

lizin

g p

uls

es.

12

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how

by a

ny s

uit

able

mean

s ap

pro

xim

ate

corr

esp

on

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ce b

etw

een

lin

e n

um

bers

an

d t

he l

oca

tion

of

the e

lect

ron

bea

m o

n t

he s

creen

, b

oth

for

od

d a

nd

even

fie

lds.

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