shadow mask

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A metal plate located between the electron guns and the screen The electron guns shoot the electron beams through holes in the shadow mask to keep the beams precisely aligned with their targets on the inside of the screen Related terms: Electron gun
metal screen in a cathode ray monitor which reduces the distortion in the displayed picture
This is usually an invar mask which acts to block the electron beam from striking the wrong phosphors in a CRT The beam passes through holes in the mask to strike the correct phosphor while shadowing neighbouring phosphors It prevents a beam intended to strike a red phosphor from striking a neighbouring green phosphor by causing an electron shadow over the green dot
Inside the color monitor just behind the screen, it is drilled with small holes, each of which corresponds to a triad The shadow mask helps guide the electron beams so that each beam hits only one phosphor dot in the triad
shadow mask

    Hyphenation

    shad·ow mask

    Turkish pronunciation

    şädō mäsk

    Pronunciation

    /ˈsʜaˌdō ˈmask/ /ˈʃæˌdoʊ ˈmæsk/
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