EP1389035A2 - Drahtlos programmierbares Hörhilfsgerät - Google Patents
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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
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- H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
- H01Q7/00—Loop antennas with a substantially uniform current distribution around the loop and having a directional radiation pattern in a plane perpendicular to the plane of the loop
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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
- 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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- the invention relates to a hearing aid with a chip and with a coil for wireless transmission of electromagnetic Signals between the hearing aid and an external one Sending and / or receiving unit.
- a programmable hearing aid enables an optimal Hearing aid function adapted to the wearer's hearing loss and versatile use of the hearing aid in various environments. Programming the hearing aid is advantageously carried out when worn. This requires a programming interface on the hearing aid, which is easily accessible and a programming device, its influence on the acoustics during the adjustment of the hearing aid is as low as possible. Wirelessly programmable Hearing aids offer such an interface, usually on a pair of transmitting and / or receiving units in the hearing aid and in the programming device.
- EP 0 448 764 B1 is a wirelessly programmable electrical Hearing aid known, in which there is a transmission and / or Receiver unit in the hearing aid and in the programming device located.
- the programming signals are transmitted with electromagnetic signals with a coil the transmitter and / or receiver unit of the programming device and with a coil of the transmitting and / or receiving unit of the hearing aid are received.
- the response signals of the Hearing aids are in the same way only in a different direction transfer.
- To optimize bidirectional data transmission can the two coils spatially with maximum Flooding of the generated electromagnetic fields the coils are arranged.
- the difficulty now is the sending and / or receiving unit to accommodate in the hearing aid because the Components of the transmitting and / or receiving unit, for example Antenna and battery, take up a lot of space.
- a hearing aid which has an ear piece and has a remote processor unit (RPU).
- RPU remote processor unit
- the earpiece includes a transponder to to receive the amplified signals from the RPU and to the speaker forward.
- EP 0706732 is a short range wireless communication system known for transmitting an audio frequency input signal.
- One is made using thick film technology Transfer loop attached to a printed circuit board
- the invention has for its object to build a to simplify wirelessly programmable hearing aids and to enable a more compact design.
- the chip can be made of a silicon substrate, for example be built in and / or on which one or more Semiconductor levels and / or conductor tracks are located. This Semiconductor levels and / or traces are as follows referred to as the coating level of the chip.
- the integrated coil structure has the advantage that it is almost takes up no additional space in the hearing aid and thus enables a very compact structure of the hearing aid.
- the use of a realized in this way wireless transmission route thus avoids the disadvantage of one Hearing aid according to the prior art, in which the transmitting and / or Receiver unit for wireless transmission in Generally occupies essential space in the hearing aid.
- Adverse effects of the generally short range of wireless exchange using an integrated There is a coil structure when used in the hearing aid not because the coil of the external transmitter and / or receiver unit can be brought close to the hearing aid. Also for the integrated coil structure is advantageous for the manufacturing process, because it allows a simpler structure.
- the programming of a hearing aid according to the invention with the delivery parameters is simplified and accelerated, as compared to a mobile transceiver module according to DE 195 41 648 A1 the establishment of a connection with the hearing aid is omitted. In addition, protection from a Damage due to external influences improved.
- wireless transmission path are in the already mentioned Programming and transmission of control data as well as in the Transmission of original or compressed audio data.
- the coil is an antenna of a Transponder.
- the transponder can also be integrated in the chip his.
- the antenna of the transponder is, for example designed as a coil structure, which is also in the Chip is integrated. This way it is a very compact one Transponder structure implemented.
- the transponder is used for receiving and sending data on slightly shifted frequency bands.
- the transponder enables energy to gain from an irradiated electromagnetic field.
- the hearing aid device comprises a programmable one Signal processing unit, in the example the hearing aid parameters are processed by the hearing aid adapt to the user's hearing loss.
- the Signal processing unit can include other parameters such as a Identification code or parameters for the different Functional modes of the hearing aid can be stored.
- the coil structure is preferably connected to the programmable signal processing unit of the hearing aid and thus forms a programming interface which enables wireless transmission, for example, of the parameters mentioned above between the external transmitting and / or receiving unit and the hearing aid.
- a further preferred embodiment of the external transmitting and / or receiving unit comprises a coil made of an electrical conductor, which during the programming is advantageously spatially oriented in such a way that the generated electromagnetic fields maximally flow through the coil structure of the hearing aid chip.
- the external one Sending and / or receiving unit with a device for Programming the signal processing unit connected with for example a hearing care professional the hearing aid can adapt to the respective hearing damage.
- the coil structure is for bidirectional transmission, i.e. as broadcast and formed as a receiving coil, so that both signals of external transmitting and / or receiving unit from the hearing aid can be received as well as response signals that e.g. confirm successful programming to the external Sending and / or receiving unit are returned can.
- the integrated coil structure can be part of a Transponder system. This has the advantage that the coil structure is made for contactless energy generation can serve the incident electromagnetic field. there supplies the external sending and / or receiving unit Transponder system over the electromagnetic field continuously with energy based on the principle of inductive coupling. The energy can then be used to program the signal processing unit or used for sending response signals become. The battery of the hearing aid is thus during the Programming only slightly loaded.
- the energy supply can come from the external electromagnetic field based on the principle of inductive Coupling take place.
- the coil structure is integrated in the form of a spiral in the circuit board or the chip. This has the advantage that the structure can be carried out in one coating level. In a further embodiment, the coil structure runs within several coating levels. This has the advantage that only very little space is required in each coating level.
- the external transmission and / or Receiver unit Part of a device for transmission of acoustic signals, with electromagnetic fields of the external transmitter and / or receiver unit and are received by the coil structure in the hearing aid.
- This embodiment also has the advantage that the coil structure in the hearing aid as a receiving coil of electromagnetic Can serve fields that e.g. of speaker coils, such as from a coil in the handset become.
- the invention can be used with all known hearing aid types can be used, for example, behind the ear wearable Hearing aids, hearing aids portable in the ear, implantable hearing aids, hearing aid systems or Taschenbuchakun.
- FIG. 1 gives an overview of the wireless programming of a hearing aid 1.
- the hearing-impaired person wears a hearing aid 1 with a coil 5 in the ear 3.
- a transmitting and receiving unit 7 with a programming coil 11 connected via a line 9 is used to program the hearing aid 1.
- the transmitting and receiving unit 7 is part of a programming device 13.
- the programming coil 11 is attached to the head 17 of the hearing aid wearer with the aid of a holding bracket 15.
- the programming device 13 sends a programming signal to the programming coil 11, which is converted there into an electromagnetic signal.
- the electromagnetic signal induces a voltage in the coil 5 of the hearing aid 1, which is used to program the hearing aid 1.
- the programming coil 11 hardly influences the acoustics in the vicinity of the hearing aid 1 worn in the ear 3.
- FIG. 2 shows a first embodiment of a hearing aid device 18 according to the invention. It comprises a battery 19 and a microphone arrangement 21 and a loudspeaker 23.
- the acoustic signals recorded with the microphone arrangement 21 are processed with the aid of signal processing 25 in accordance with the respective hearing damage and are forwarded to the hearing impaired person via the loudspeaker 23.
- the signal processing 25 is located on a circuit board 27.
- a coil structure 29 in the form of a spiral is integrated in a coating plane of the circuit board 27.
- the coil structure 29 receives an electromagnetic signal emitted by a programming coil 11, converts it inductively into an electronic signal and then forwards it to the signal processor 25, which is programmed by means of the electronic signals.
- Electronic response signals from the signal processing 25 to the programming device 13 are likewise converted into electromagnetic signals via the coil structure 29 and transmitted to the programming coil 11.
- the energy required for programming is largely covered by the energy obtained inductively via the coil structure 29, and only a small part of the energy required is taken from the hearing aid battery 19.
- FIG. 3 shows a chip 31 of a hearing aid according to the invention shown with an integrated coil structure 29.
- Several coating levels are located on the chip substrate 33 34, which are shown here greatly enlarged.
- the coil structure is three-dimensional integrated.
- the coil structure can also in be integrated into this hybrid.
- the integration is in the chip or the circuit board of the hybrid possible. This can be done also on the integration of a transponder into one Transmit hybrids.
- FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of a hearing aid worn in the ear 35 with a transponder 36, which is in a chip 31 of the hearing aid 35 is integrated.
- a transponder 36 which is in a chip 31 of the hearing aid 35 is integrated.
- the transponder 36 is a signal processing 25 of the hearing aid 35 in the same chip integrated.
- There is no modification for programming of the hearing aid for example the connection an additional battery, necessary, and the acoustics will during programming is not restricted. How it works of the transponder 36 is described below.
- FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the operation of a Transponders 36 shown.
- Programming signals 37 cause programming one or more memory elements 39, either directly in the transponder 36 or in the signal processing 25 are installed.
- One or more response signals 41 are sent back from the transponder 36 to the programming device 13.
- the data exchange, the operation of the Transponders 36 and for writing and reading memory elements 39 necessary energy becomes from the incident electromagnetic Alternating field won, which in the coil 5 of Transponders 36 builds up a voltage which acts as a power supply is used and an additional battery for programming makes redundant.
- FIG. 6 shows the use of the coil structure 29 in one Hearing aid 1 for receiving electromagnetic signals shown by a modified telephone coil 47 a Telephone receiver 49 are emitted.
- the conversion of electronic signals in acoustic signals in the speaker takes place with the help of the telephone coil 47.
- the control of the Telephone coil 47 and the telephone coil 47 itself are of this type modified that at the same time with the acoustic signals leading fields also emit electromagnetic fields are received with the help of the coil structure 29 and a subsequent one that takes hearing damage into account
- Signal processing 25 again in the loudspeaker 23 of the hearing aid 1 can be converted into acoustic signals.
- the telephone coil 47 can be caused by high-frequency Signals are driven, the acoustic data contained in modulated form.
- the modulated high-frequency Signals are then integrated, for example Coil structure 29 or an integrated transponder 36 in Hearing aid 1 received.
- audio data transmission is an interesting area of application.
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Eine weitere bevorzugte Ausführungsform der externen Sendeund/oder Empfangseinheit umfasst eine Spule aus einem elektrischen Leiter, die während der Programmierung räumlich vorteilhaft so ausgerichtet ist, dass die erzeugten elektromagnetischen Felder maximal die Spulenstruktur des Hörgerätechips durchfluten.
In einer weiteren Ausführungsform verläuft die Spulenstruktur innerhalb mehrerer Beschichtungsebenen. Dies hat den Vorteil, dass jeweils in einer Beschichtungsebene nur sehr wenig Raum beansprucht wird.
In Figur 2 ist ein erste Ausführungsform eines erfindungsgemäßen Hörhilfsgeräts 18 gezeigt. Es umfasst eine Batterie 19 und eine Mikrofonanordnung 21 und einen Lautsprecher 23. Die mit der Mikrofonanordnung 21 aufgenommenen akustischen Signale werden mit Hilfe einer Signalverarbeitung 25 entsprechend des jeweiligen Hörschadens bearbeitet und über den Lautsprecher 23 an den Hörgeschädigten weitergeleitet. Die Signalverarbeitung 25 befindet sich auf einer Platine 27. In eine Beschichtungsebene der Platine 27 ist eine Spulenstruktur 29 in Form einer Spirale integriert. Die Spulenstruktur 29 empfängt ein von einer Programmierspule 11 ausgesendetes elektromagnetisches Signal, wandelt es induktiv in ein elektronisches Signal um und leitet dieses dann an die Signalverarbeitung 25 weiter, die mittels der elektronischen Signale programmiert wird. Elektronische Antwortsignale der Signalverarbeitung 25 an das Programmiergerät 13 werden ebenfalls über die Spulenstruktur 29 in elektromagnetische Signale umgewandelt und an die Programmierspule 11 übermittelt. Der Energiebedarf der Programmierung wird großteils aus der induktiv über die Spulenstruktur 29 gewonnenen Energie gedeckt, und nur ein kleiner Teil der nötigen Energie wird aus der Hörhilfsgerätebatterie 19 entnommen.
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- Hörhilfsgerät (18) mit einem Chip (31) und mit einer Spule zur drahtlosen Übertragung von elektromagnetischen Signalen zwischen dem Hörhilfsgerät (18) und einer externen Sendeund/oder Empfangseinheit (7),
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spule in Form einer Spulenstruktur (29) in dem Chip (31) integriert ist. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach Anspruch 1
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spule eine Antenne eines Transponders (36) ist. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach Anspruch 1 oder 2,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Hörhilfsgerät (18) eine programmierbare Signalverarbeitungseinheit (25) umfasst. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spulenstruktur (29) oder der Transponder (36) mit der programmierbaren Signalverarbeitungseinheit (25) des Hörhilfsgeräts (18) verbunden ist. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 4,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die externe Sende- und/oder Empfangseinheit (7) eine Spule (11) aus einem elektrischen Leiter umfasst. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die externe Sende- und/oder Empfangseinheit (7) mit einem Gerät zur Programmierung der Signalverarbeitungseinheit (25) verbunden ist. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spulenstruktur (29) als Teil eines Energieversorgungssystems des Hörhilfsgeräts (18) ausgebildet ist, das insbesondere zur Energieversorgung für den Programmiervorgang des Hörhilfsgeräts (18) beiträgt. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 2 bis 7,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Transponder (36) als Teil eines Energieversorgungssystems des Hörhilfsgeräts (18) ausgebildet ist, das insbesondere zur Energieversorgung für den Programmiervorgang des Hörhilfsgeräts (18) beiträgt. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spulenstruktur (29) in Form einer Spirale ausgebildet ist. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spulenstruktur (29) innerhalb einer Beschichtungsebene (34) verläuft. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Spulenstruktur (29) innerhalb mehrerer Beschichtungsebenen (34) verläuft. - Hörhilfsgerät (18) nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11,
dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die externe Sende- und/oder Empfangseinheit (7) ein Teil eines Geräts zur Übermittelung von akustischen Signalen ist, wobei elektromagnetische Felder von der externen Sendeund/oder Empfangseinheit (7) ausgesendet und von der Spulenstruktur (29) und/oder dem Transponder (26) empfangen werden.
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