EP3567672A1 - Appareil d'aide auditive pourvu de cadre électronique et d'antenne intégrée audit appareil - Google Patents

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EP3567672A1
EP3567672A1 EP19167645.1A EP19167645A EP3567672A1 EP 3567672 A1 EP3567672 A1 EP 3567672A1 EP 19167645 A EP19167645 A EP 19167645A EP 3567672 A1 EP3567672 A1 EP 3567672A1
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Constantine FARMAKIDIS
Oliver Nipp
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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
    • H04R25/60—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/12—Supports; Mounting means
    • H01Q1/22—Supports; Mounting means by structural association with other equipment or articles
    • 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
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01Q—ANTENNAS, i.e. RADIO AERIALS
    • H01Q1/00—Details of, or arrangements associated with, antennas
    • H01Q1/36—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith
    • H01Q1/38—Structural form of radiating elements, e.g. cone, spiral, umbrella; Particular materials used therewith formed by a conductive layer on an insulating support
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R25/65—Housing parts, e.g. shells, tips or moulds, or their manufacture
    • 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 housing, with a frame inserted in the housing for receiving electrical or electronic assemblies comprising a transmitting and / or receiving unit for electromagnetic waves, as well as with an associated antenna, wherein the antenna as an integral part of Frame is designed as a stamped-bending part or as a metal insert.
  • hearing aids are known per se and in various publications, such as WO 2014/090419 A1 , described in more detail. Under the generic term “hearing aids” fall on the one hand portable hearing devices that are used to care for the hearing impaired.
  • different types of hearing aids such as behind-the-ear hearing aids (BTE), hearing aid with external receiver (RIC: receiver in the canal) and in-the-ear hearing aids (IDO), for example Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids (ITE, CIC).
  • BTE behind-the-ear hearing aids
  • RIC hearing aid with external receiver
  • IDO in-the-ear hearing aids
  • ITE Concha hearing aids or canal hearing aids
  • the hearing aids listed by way of example are worn on the outer ear or in the ear canal.
  • bone conduction hearing aids, implantable or vibrotactile hearing aids are also available on the market.
  • the stimulation of the damaged hearing takes place either mechanically or electrically.
  • Such hearing aids are also referred to as "
  • hearing aids are developed to support normal hearing people.
  • Such hearing aids are also referred to as Personal Sound Amplification Products or Personal Sound Amplification Devices. "PSAD").
  • PSAD Personal Sound Amplification Devices
  • These hearing aids are not intended to compensate for hearing loss. Rather, such hearing aids are specifically used to support and enhance normal human hearing in specific listening situations, eg, to assist hunters in hunting or to support wildlife observation to better perceive animal sounds and other sounds generated by animals, for sports reporters to enable improved speech and / or speech understanding in complex background noise, for musicians to reduce the burden of hearing, etc.
  • Hearing aids have in principle as essential components an input transducer, an amplifier and an output transducer.
  • the input transducer is usually an acousto-electrical converter, z. As a microphone, and / or an electromagnetic receiver, for. B. an induction coil.
  • the output transducer is usually used as an electroacoustic transducer, z. B. as a miniature speaker (also called "listener"), or as an electromechanical transducer, z. B. as a bone conduction, realized.
  • the amplifier is usually integrated in a signal processing device.
  • Modern hearing aids are often equipped with transmitting and / or receiving units that allow wireless communication with other electronic devices, in particular with other hearing aids (for example, to form a binaural hearing aid system), remote controls, programming devices or mobile phones.
  • Wireless communication is often done by means of electromagnetic waves in the radio or radio frequency range, e.g. using Bluetooth technology at 2.4 GHz.
  • the problem with hearing aid devices is the realization of the (RF) antennas required for this purpose, since standard antenna designs can not be readily used due to the (the above-mentioned frequency range corresponding) free space wavelength of more than 10 cm and the electrically small volume of conventional hearing aids. This problem is gaining in importance with the progressive miniaturization of hearing aids.
  • the antenna is formed by a conductive structure, which is an integral part of the (electronics) frame of the hearing aid. This allows a space-saving accommodation of the antenna in the housing of the hearing aid.
  • the antenna can be installed with the frame in a variety of different housings without having to constantly redesign the antenna concept.
  • the invention is based on the object that WO 2014/090419 A1 to further improve the known antenna concept.
  • the hearing aid according to the invention comprises a housing and an (electronics) frame used in the housing for receiving electrical and / or electronic components.
  • the assemblies accommodated in the frame comprise a transmitting and / or receiving unit for electromagnetic waves, in particular radio / radio waves in the MHz or GHz range, thus e.g. 2.44 GHz (roughly equivalent to a wavelength of 65 mm).
  • the hearing aid device further comprises an antenna associated with the transmitting and / or receiving unit, which is designed as an integral part of the frame.
  • the antenna or a partially or completely forming the antenna conductive structure is not destructive of the frame solvable and / or substantially part of the outer shape of the frame, so not far away from it, the Frame consists of a different, non-conductive material, in particular a plastic.
  • the antenna is designed as a stamped-bent part (connected to the frame) or as a metal insert part (connected to the frame).
  • the antenna on a first part, which in particular has a winding course or as an open loop with two ends is trained.
  • the first part usually has a non-straight course, which typically shows several changes in direction, that is, for example, in a meandering fashion.
  • a segment forms along the course of the first part of a first auxiliary structure, which has the shape of a closed loop, so for example, a kind of ring shape or an oval shape.
  • this auxiliary structure increases the effective length of the structure forming the antenna, without requiring a larger area for housing the antenna. That is, in this way, the available space for the antenna or the area available for the antenna is utilized more effectively.
  • the emission characteristic of the antenna can be favorably influenced with the aid of this auxiliary structure, in particular with regard to the intensity with which the spatial angle is radiated.
  • the auxiliary structure allows a relatively good impedance matching to an impedance of 50 ⁇ .
  • the frame has an upper side, a lower side and two mutually opposite flanks and if the first auxiliary structure is positioned on one of the two flanks of the frame.
  • a side area or flank is a side of the frame which connects the top side and the bottom side of the frame.
  • the corresponding designation of the sides of the frame with top, bottom and flank refers to the intended orientation of the hearing aid relative to a wearer, user or user of the hearing aid while this carries the corresponding hearing aid.
  • the underside of the frame then typically points in the direction of the torso of the user, wearer or user and one of the two flanks or one side regions points in the direction of the head, while the other of the two flanks or the other of the two side regions is directed away from the head.
  • the thus realized and predetermined relative arrangement and / or orientation of the first auxiliary structure relative to the user or wearer of the hearing aid device is relevant to the radiation characteristic of the antenna during transmission.
  • the antenna also has a second part, which in particular has a winding course or is designed as an open loop with two ends.
  • the two parts of the antenna are preferably electrically short-circuited to each other via a bridge with one of their ends and the bridge is in particular formed as an integral part of the frame.
  • Such a bridge or a part of such a bridge is formed, for example, by at least one electrical conductor which completely or at least partially bridges the distance between the short-circuited ends of the parts of the antenna, and which is therefore hereinafter referred to as "bridge conductor".
  • the or each bridge conductor is here - as well as the entire antenna - formed as an integral part of the frame, stamping-bending part or insert.
  • the two parts of the antenna are positioned on the two opposite flanks of the frame.
  • the bridge is then preferably guided over the top of the frame.
  • the frame is further formed from two frame halves, wherein the first part of the antenna is arranged on one of the two frame halves and the second part of the antenna is arranged on the other of the two frame halves.
  • the two parts ie the first part of the antenna and the second part of the antenna, are symmetrical to each other with respect to a separation plane separating the frame halves.
  • the symmetrical design of the antenna advantageously facilitates a page-independent use of the hearing aid. In other words, this feature allows one and the same housing including the frame and the components housed therein to be used for both left ear and right ear use.
  • the two parts of the antenna may also be asymmetrical to one another.
  • the unbalanced Training of the two parts is preferably always chosen when a symmetrical design of the parts would lead to stronger electromagnetic interference between the antenna and the other electrical or electronic assemblies in or on the frame.
  • the asymmetry between the two parts is preferably low.
  • the parts of the antenna are designed to be as symmetrical as possible, in particular while avoiding the interference mentioned.
  • the antenna is usually designed as Faltdipolantenne and according to an embodiment, the two ends of the two parts of the antenna are arranged at the same longitudinal end of the frame.
  • a segment along the path of the second part of the antenna forms a second auxiliary structure, which has the shape of a closed loop.
  • each auxiliary structure has a substantially elliptical or an oval shape.
  • the main axis of the elliptical shape is then preferably oriented vertically, that is, vertically relative to the earth system.
  • a tapered shape for one of the auxiliary structures or both auxiliary structures.
  • at least one auxiliary structure or auxiliary structure has an elliptical shape, it preferably tapers at both ends of its major axis.
  • each part of the antenna then preferably has a (track) length, which in a good approximation one Quarter or one-eighth the wavelength of the radio / radio waves corresponds, for which the transmitting and / or receiving unit is designed.
  • the frame is made of a non-conductive material, in particular a plastic, which has a higher permittivity than the material of the housing.
  • the frame material of the hearing aid according to the invention in particular also has a higher permittivity than materials which are usually used for electronic frames of conventional hearing aids.
  • the frame material of the hearing aid according to the invention has a relative permittivity of at least 3.8, preferably at least 4.5. It has been found that the increased permittivity of the frame material by dielectric interaction with the electromagnetic field generated or received by the antenna for a given transmission / reception characteristic allows a significant shortening of the antenna length. This in turn represents a considerable advantage for the accommodation of the antenna on the frame.
  • the surface of the frame is preferably first structured in such a way that when the conductive layer is applied, it is applied only in accordance with the structuring. This is done, for example, by means of direct laser structuring (Laser Direct Structuring, LDS for short).
  • LDS Laser Direct Structuring
  • a conductive layer is first applied to the surface of the frame, and then the conductive layer is patterned.
  • the conductive layer is applied, for example, by gluing, sputtering or other means.
  • the antenna or parts of the antenna are printed on the frame.
  • Fig. 1 only the essential elements of a hearing aid 100 are shown without faithfully reproducing their positions, connections or shapes.
  • a hearing aid 100 for wearing behind the ear is a hearing aid 100 for wearing behind the ear.
  • the invention is also conceivable for in-the-ear hearing aids, which then results in a different arrangement of the components shown.
  • the hearing aid 100 has a housing 1 made of plastic, in which a frame 11 is inserted.
  • the frame 11 is preferably an injection molded plastic part.
  • the frame 11 is generally used for holding electrical and electronic components of the hearing aid 100 and for fixing these assemblies in certain positions relative to each other.
  • one or more microphones 2 are arranged to receive sound (ie, acoustic signals) from the environment.
  • a printed circuit board (PCB) which carries at least part of the said electrical or electronic components, is folded into the frame 11 for this purpose.
  • the microphones 2 are acousto-electrical converters for converting the sound into audio signals.
  • the output signal of the signal processing device 3 is transmitted to a loudspeaker or receiver 4, which outputs an acoustic signal.
  • the sound is optionally transmitted via a sound tube, which is fixed with an earmold in the ear canal, to the eardrum of the device carrier.
  • the power supply of the hearing aid and in particular the signal processing device 3 is effected by a likewise integrated into the housing 1 battery 5.
  • the signal processing device 3, earpiece 4 and battery 5 are also arranged in the frame 11, so that the frame 11 with the components disposed therein simply the housing 1 can be removed, for example, to exchange the housing 1 can.
  • the signal processing device 3 is also designed for processing electromagnetic waves.
  • the signal processing device 3 has a transmitting and receiving device 6 for generating and detecting electromagnetic waves and / or for decoding.
  • the transmitting and receiving device 6 is electrically connected to an antenna 10 to emit and receive electromagnetic waves.
  • the antenna 10 is formed as an integral part of the frame 11, namely as a conductive structure integrated in the frame 11.
  • the antenna 10 is applied directly to the frame 11. It is not spaced from the surface and not non-destructively detachable from the frame 11.
  • the antenna 10 is applied in particular to the frame 11 in MID technology.
  • a laser direct structuring Laser Direct Structuring, short: LDS
  • the antenna 10 is printed directly on the frame 11.
  • the surface superimposed on the frame 11 conductor structures are then optionally electrically insulated by a protective coating or coating and protected from damage.
  • a first embodiment of the frame 11 is shown with a first embodiment of the antenna 10.
  • a first embodiment of the antenna 10 On the in the illustration according to Fig. 2
  • Above illustrated top 36 of the frame 11 is an unrecognizable opening is provided, under which the microphone 2 (or one of a plurality of microphones 2) is arranged.
  • recesses of the frame 11 are used to hold the receiver 4 and the transmitting and receiving unit 6.
  • the frame 11 forms a battery compartment for receiving the battery 5 from.
  • a sound tube is connected in the normal operation of the hearing aid 100, which directs the sound generated by the listener 4 to an insertable into the ear canal of a user earmold.
  • the sound tube and earmold are in Fig. 2 not shown.
  • the frame 11 is, when the hearing aid is intended to be worn on the ear, directed in its longitudinal direction with the tip or front 35 frontally in the direction of the wearer.
  • a transverse direction of the frame 11 is oriented perpendicular to the viewing direction of the carrier, approximately parallel to the connecting line between the ears of the wearer.
  • Two parts (40, 41) of the antenna 10 are arranged on the side surfaces or flanks 37 of the frame 11.
  • the frame 11 is divided longitudinally along a dividing plane or parting plane, not shown, into two frame halves, wherein each of the two frame halves has a flank 37.
  • the frame halves are in this case connected after insertion of the modules housed therein by Verclipsung, screwing, gluing and / or by means of retaining pins.
  • the antenna 10 has two parts 40,41, according to Fig. 2 each having the form of an open loop.
  • the first part 40 is arranged on the frame half 42, while the second part 41 is arranged on the non-visible other frame half 43.
  • the two parts 40, 41 of the antenna 10 extend - viewed transversely to the dividing plane or parting plane of the frame 11 - parallel to each other and thus aligned together.
  • the antenna 10 is thus formed mirror-symmetrically with respect to the dividing plane or parting plane of the frame 11.
  • Each of the two parts 40, 41 each has two ends, namely a terminal end 44, 45 and a bridge conductor end 61, 62. Both ends 44,62 and 45,61 of each part 40,41 of the antenna 10 are in Fig. 2 each at the same longitudinal end of the frame 11 (namely at the top or front 35).
  • the two bridge conductor end 61, 62 are electrically short-circuited with each other via an electrical cross-connection or bridge 46, which also bridges the separation of the two frame halves.
  • the two other ends, that is, the terminal ends 44, 45 are contacted with the transmitting and receiving device 6.
  • bridge 46 is formed at least in part by strip conductors and are likewise applied directly to the frame halves of the frame 11 in MID technology (in particular by means of LDS).
  • the bridge conductor ends 61, 62 already abut one another and in this case the bridge conductor ends 61, 62 are electrically connected to one another, for example, by a soldering point 64. That is, the bridge 46 is then formed by the solder pad 64.
  • Fig. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the antenna 10.
  • the bridge 46 is formed by way of example by a continuous conductor and also not in the region of the front 35 is arranged but guided in the rear over the top 36, so in the figure on the right.
  • the two parts 40,41 of the antenna 10 are not formed as open loops. Instead, they show a winding course with several changes of direction.
  • each part 40, 41 of the antenna 10 a segment along the path forms an auxiliary structure 70, 71, wherein each of the two auxiliary structures 70, 71 has the form of a closed loop.
  • the first part 40 of the antenna 10 forms a first auxiliary structure 70
  • the second part 41 of the antenna 10 forms a second auxiliary structure 71.
  • the two auxiliary structures 70,71 are configured similarly and symmetrically, positioned opposite one another on the two edges 37 of the frame 11.
  • Each auxiliary structure 70, 71 further has an approximately elliptical shape in the exemplary embodiment.
  • the main axis of each elliptical shape is preferably oriented vertically to a good approximation, that is, vertically relative to the earth system, when the hearing aid device 100 is worn by a user.
  • each auxiliary structure 70, 71 preferably runs pointed on both sides as viewed in the direction of the main axis.

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