WO2001010167A3 - Hearing aid including an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit in a hearing aid - Google Patents

Hearing aid including an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit in a hearing aid Download PDF

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WO2001010167A3
WO2001010167A3 PCT/DK2000/000378 DK0000378W WO0110167A3 WO 2001010167 A3 WO2001010167 A3 WO 2001010167A3 DK 0000378 W DK0000378 W DK 0000378W WO 0110167 A3 WO0110167 A3 WO 0110167A3
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integrated circuit
hearing aid
layer
electrical connection
outer circumference
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Joergen Skindhoej
Per Kokholm Soerensen
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Joergen Skindhoej
Per Kokholm Soerensen
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Priority to US10/048,066 priority Critical patent/US6771786B1/en
Priority to EP00943693A priority patent/EP1203507A2/en
Priority to AU58062/00A priority patent/AU5806200A/en
Publication of WO2001010167A2 publication Critical patent/WO2001010167A2/en
Publication of WO2001010167A3 publication Critical patent/WO2001010167A3/en

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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
    • H04R25/609—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of circuitry
    • 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
    • H04R25/50—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics
    • H04R25/505—Customised settings for obtaining desired overall acoustical characteristics using digital signal processing

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Neurosurgery (AREA)
  • Otolaryngology (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Acoustics & Sound (AREA)
  • Signal Processing (AREA)
  • Internal Circuitry In Semiconductor Integrated Circuit Devices (AREA)

Abstract

The invention relates to a hearing aid comprising a housing; a microphone; an integrated circuit; a receiver for outputting a signal; where the integrated circuit comprises at least one semiconductor layer including the electric circuit; the at least one layer having an outer circumference; at least one through electrical connection extending from one side of the at least one layer to an opposed other side of the at least one layer; the through electrical connection being established in distance from the outer circumference of the at least one layer. The invention further relates to an integrated circuit for use in a hearing aid as described above.
PCT/DK2000/000378 1999-07-28 2000-07-07 Hearing aid including an integrated circuit and an integrated circuit in a hearing aid WO2001010167A2 (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US10/048,066 US6771786B1 (en) 1999-07-28 2000-07-07 Hearing aid including an integrated circuit
EP00943693A EP1203507A2 (en) 1999-07-28 2000-07-07 Hearing aid including an integrated circuit
AU58062/00A AU5806200A (en) 1999-07-28 2000-07-07 Hearing aid including an integrated circuit

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DKPA199901078 1999-07-28
DKPA199901078 1999-07-28

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WO2001010167A2 WO2001010167A2 (en) 2001-02-08
WO2001010167A3 true WO2001010167A3 (en) 2001-08-09

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US8369553B2 (en) 2008-12-19 2013-02-05 Starkey Laboratories, Inc. Hearing assistance device with stacked die

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US4539441A (en) * 1981-09-03 1985-09-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Hearing-aid with integrated circuit electronics
US5156998A (en) * 1991-09-30 1992-10-20 Hughes Aircraft Company Bonding of integrated circuit chip to carrier using gold/tin eutectic alloy and refractory metal barrier layer to block migration of tin through via holes
JPH1027866A (en) * 1996-07-11 1998-01-27 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor integrated circuit device and manufacture thereof

Patent Citations (3)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4539441A (en) * 1981-09-03 1985-09-03 Robert Bosch Gmbh Hearing-aid with integrated circuit electronics
US5156998A (en) * 1991-09-30 1992-10-20 Hughes Aircraft Company Bonding of integrated circuit chip to carrier using gold/tin eutectic alloy and refractory metal barrier layer to block migration of tin through via holes
JPH1027866A (en) * 1996-07-11 1998-01-27 Hitachi Ltd Semiconductor integrated circuit device and manufacture thereof

Non-Patent Citations (1)

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PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1998, no. 05 30 April 1998 (1998-04-30) *

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