AU2005201376B2 - Hearing device - Google Patents
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R25/00—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception
- H04R25/55—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired
- H04R25/554—Deaf-aid sets, i.e. electro-acoustic or electro-mechanical hearing aids; Electric tinnitus maskers providing an auditory perception using an external connection, either wireless or wired using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
- H01Q1/27—Adaptation for use in or on movable bodies
- H01Q1/273—Adaptation for carrying or wearing by persons or animals
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04R—LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; DEAF-AID SETS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS
- H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
- H04R2225/51—Aspects of antennas or their circuitry in or for hearing aids
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Abstract
The hearing aid has a housing (HG) and a high frequency antenna (HA) and/or electrical coil for electromagnetic energy and/or data transmission. The high frequency antenna and/or the electrical coil is formed in the material of the housing or on the housing as an electrically conducting layer. The conducting layer is formed by metallization that is subsequently structured.
Description
S&F Ref: 712695
AUSTRALIA
PATENTS ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION FOR A STANDARD PATENT Name and Address of Applicant: Actual Inventor(s): Address for Service: Invention Title: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH, of Gebbertstrasse 125, 91058, Erlangen, Germany Thomas Fischer Wolfgang Kramer Gottfried Ruckerl Spruson Ferguson St Martins Tower Level 31 Market Street Sydney NSW 2000 (CCN 3710000177) Hearing device The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us:- 5845c -1- Description Hearing device The present invention relates to a hearing device with a housing and an RF antenna and/or electrical coil for electromagnetic energy and/or data transmission.
In principle, it is endeavored to make hearing devices as small as possible. On the other hand, to increase the functionality of the hearing device, as many electronic components as possible are to be accommodated in the hearing device. Therefore, one of the factors limiting the miniaturization of hearing devices and the extent to which they can be fitted with components is the dimensions of, for example, telephone coils, storage battery charging coils or RF antennas for wireless communication.
At the same time, it is attempted to reduce as far as possible the size of the necessary components, such as coils for example, with the desired properties, so that they require only little installation space in the device. For example, RF antennas that are integrated in the printed circuit boards for the electronics of the hearing device are used. Such antennas printed on circuit boards are known for example from the WHITE PAPER "k/4 printed monopole antenna for 2.45 GHz" by Nordic VLSI ASA, February 2003.
Furthermore, implantable hearing devices with induction coils are known from the documents US 4,495,917 and US 6,272,382. In both cases, the coils are embedded in a casting compound on the outer periphery of the respective hearing device. A classic coil construction with a number of turns in numerous planes is concerned here in each case.
A hearing device system with a programmable hearing device and a transmitting and receiving unit is know from the document DE 101 15 896 Al. An antenna for the transmission and receiving unit is arranged in the housing of the hearing device.
Furthermore, a receiver capsule for persons with impaired hearing with an induction coil is know from the document DE 34 43 907. The induction coil is fastened to the receiver capsule by a flange.
A disadvantage of the known coils is that they continue to require relatively considerable installation space.
Thus, a need exists to reduce further the size of the installation space that is necessary for coils of hearing devices.
is According to a first aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a hearing device with a housing and an RF antenna and/or electrical coil for electromagnetic energy and/or data transmission, the RF antenna and/or the electrical coil being formed as an electrically conducting layer in the material of the housing or on the housing.
The way according to an embodiment of the invention in which a coil formed by a conducting layer is provided on the hearing device housing or integrated in a housing allows the overall volume of a hearing device to be reduced further in size. For some hearing devices, this makes it possible for the first time to integrate an RF system.
The electrically conducting layer is preferably formed by a metallization which has subsequently been patterned. This allows the process for metallising the hearing device housing to be made very simple.
3 However, it may also be advantageous to apply the electrically conducting layer as a patterned metal layer to the inside or the outside of the housing.
This allows a sometimes complex patterning process to be avoided.
A further variant for the production of an antenna or coil in the form of an electrically conducting layer is to cast the electrically conducting layer in the housing. In this way, the coil or antenna is reliably protected against external mechanical influences.
The electrically conducting layer may, furthermore, consist of a conducting plastic material. This allows the production processes that are customary for plastics to be used for the production of the coil or antenna.
Furthermore, the antenna or coil may be formed by a number of levels of the electrically conductive layer being arranged one on top of the other in or on the housing. In this way, further allowance can be made for the spatial conditions, in particular if high inductances are required.
The coil may also be formed as a conductor running around the housing, about its longitudinal axis. In the case of BTE hearing devices, this has the advantage, for example, that such a coil aligned parallel to the concha of the ear is well suited for use as a telephone coil. Such a coil running around the housing can also be used, however, whenever the housing is divided longitudinally. In this case, the helical coil is formed by placing the halves of the housing together. Any other conductor pattern may also extend over both housing halves.
4 The present invention is now explained in more detail on the basis of the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 shows a BTE hearing device with an antenna according to a first embodiment; Figure 2 shows a BTE hearing device with an antenna according to a second embodiment; Figure 3 shows an ITE hearing device with an antenna according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
The exemplary embodiments described in more detail below represent preferred embodiments of the present invention.
According to the present invention, a conductor patterned in any desired form is applied to the housing of the hearing device. This preferably takes place on the inside of the hearing device housing, in order to avoid the conductor pattern being damaged by external influences. The conductor pattern may, however, also be applied on the outside of the hearing device housing, it then being recommendable to apply a protective layer over it.
An example of an RF antenna according to the invention formed on the hearing device housing is represented in Figure 1. The L-shaped RF antenna HA has been applied to the BTE hearing device housing HG as a layer of metal. Depending on the preferred type of production, the RF antenna HA is applied to the hearing device housing HG as a preformed foil structure or is formed by subsequent patterning of a metallization of the hearing device housing HG. Alternatively, as already mentioned, the RF antenna HA may be formed as a layer 5 of conducting plastic during the injection-molding of the hearing device housing HG in the desired form.
A further exemplary embodiment of a hearing device according to the invention is reproduced in Figure 2.
The coil SU represented there has a helical character and winds around the housing, which is also represented in this Figure 2 as a BTE hearing device housing HG.
In fact, the coil SU is formed in a portion of the housing and the axis of the coil SU corresponds to the longitudinal axis of the housing portion. In this respect, the "axis" or "longitudinal axis" may also be curved, as in the present case.
A third embodiment of the present invention is sketched in Figure 3. In this case, a spiral antenna SI is provided on the outwardly facing side of an ITE hearing device housing IG. This hearing device housing IG could, however, also be fitted for example with a coilshaped antenna, as represented in Figure 2, in the conical housing region. Conversely, of course, a BTE housing may also be provided with a spiral antenna.
By suitable' choice of the conductor geometry, the component created by the conductor layer can be optimally adapted to the respective application. In this way it is possible to influence the gain, the directional effect and the impedance in a corresponding way. In addition, it is also possible for a number of levels of the conductor layer to be placed one on top of the other within the shell layer, in order to use the housing material as a dielectric.
Claims (8)
- 2. The hearing device as claimed in claim 1, the conducting layer being formed by a metallization which has subsequently been patterned.
- 3. The hearing device as claimed in claim 1, the electrically conducting layer being applied as a patterned metal layer to the inside or the outside of the housing.
- 4. The hearing device as claimed in claim 1, the electrically conducting layer being cast into the housing.
- 5. The hearing device as claimed in claim 1, the electrically conducting layer consisting of a conducting plastic material.
- 6. The hearing device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, a number of levels of the electrically conducting layer being arranged one on top of the other in or on the housing.
- 7. The hearing device as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, the coil being formed as a conductor running around a portion of the housing about its longitudinal axis.
- 8. The hearing device as claimed in claim 7, the housing being divided longitudinally and part of the conductor layer of the antenna or coil being formed on or in each half of the housing. -7-
- 9. A hearing aid device substantially as described herein with reference to the accompanying drawings. DATED this twenty-second Day of May, 2007 1 5 Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH Patent Attorneys for the Applicant SPRUSON FERGUSON
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