WO2015127972A1 - Instrument auditif comprenant une antenne rf - Google Patents

Instrument auditif comprenant une antenne rf Download PDF

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WO2015127972A1
WO2015127972A1 PCT/EP2014/053815 EP2014053815W WO2015127972A1 WO 2015127972 A1 WO2015127972 A1 WO 2015127972A1 EP 2014053815 W EP2014053815 W EP 2014053815W WO 2015127972 A1 WO2015127972 A1 WO 2015127972A1
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Marc Secall
Hans-Ueli Roeck
Yves Oesch
Francois Callias
Jan Angst
Stephan Gehring
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Sonova Ag
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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
    • H01Q1/27—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
    • H04R2225/00—Details of deaf aids covered by H04R25/00, not provided for in any of its subgroups
    • H04R2225/49—Reducing the effects of electromagnetic noise on the functioning of hearing aids, by, e.g. shielding, signal processing adaptation, selective (de)activation of electronic parts in hearing aid
    • 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
    • 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
    • H04R2225/57—Aspects of electrical interconnection between hearing aid parts
    • 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
    • H04R25/603—Mounting or interconnection of hearing aid parts, e.g. inside tips, housings or to ossicles of mechanical or electronic switches or control elements
    • 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

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  • Hearing instrument comprising an RF antenna
  • the information relates to a hearing instrument comprising an RF (radio frequency) transceiver and an RF antenna.
  • RF radio frequency
  • Hearing instruments may be provided with RF transceivers for enabling, for example, the use of wireless microphones with the hearing instruments, for enabling binaural communication between the hearing instruments of a binaural system, and/or for enabling audio signals and other data exchange with hearing instruments worn by other persons.
  • wireless links use carrier frequencies from 3 MHz to 2.4 GHz, with a trend towards standardized 2.4 GHz solutions.
  • RF transmission close to the head or even from within the head i.e. from within the ear channel
  • the power budget is relatively limited for ear level devices. Consequently, efficient antenna design is very important for a reliable wireless connection.
  • US 2010/0321269 Al relates to a BTE (behind-the-ear) hearing instrument, wherein, according to one example, an antenna wire having a length of about a half wavelength is integrated within a sound tube extending into the ear channel, with a reflector acting as a parasitic element likewise having a length of about half a wavelength being disposed within the BTE body casing at a distance of about a quarter of a wavelength from the antenna wire.
  • the hearing instrument comprises a RIC (receiver-in-the- channel) unit for placing the loudspeaker of the hearing instrument in the ear channel, with a grounded outer conductor shielding the signal line from the BTE part to the loudspeaker being used as an antenna having a length of about half of a wavelength, with a reflector likewise having a length of about half a wavelength being included within the BTE part.
  • the BTE unit also comprises a matching circuit for providing for impedance matching between the grounded conductor acting as the antenna and the RF transceiver.
  • US 2011/0243357 Al relates to a hearing instrument comprising a BTE unit comprising a power source, a microphone and a loudspeaker and an ITE unit to be worn in the ear channel and comprising a second microphone, an audio signal processing unit and an RF transceiver, with a sound tube including signal and power connection lines extending from the BTE unit to the ear channel unit.
  • the wire connection may be used as an antenna.
  • EP 1 587 343 Bl relates to a hearing instrument wherein an antenna is formed by a conducting layer inside or outside or in between the housing of the hearing instrument.
  • hearing instrument antenna design resides in the fact that the hearing instrument electronics act as parasitic elements and thus have an impact on antenna performance. Further, also user interaction, such as scratching at the ear may temporarily deteriorate antenna performance.
  • the invention is beneficial in that, by providing a BTE unit with the power source and the RF transceiver and by providing an ITE unit with the microphone arrangement, the audio signal processing unit and the loudspeaker arrangement, with a wire connection extending between the BTE unit and the ITE unit for supplying the ITE unit with power from the power source and for enabling signal exchange between the BTE unit and the ITE unit, and wherein the antenna connected to the transceiver forms part of the BTE unit or of the wire connection, optimized RF transmission / reception characteristics are achieved due to the placement of the transceiver and the antenna outside the ear canal and an improved EMI behavior of the hearing instrument is achieved due to the physical separation of the RF system formed by the transceiver and the antenna and the other hearing instrument electronics, such as the audio signal processing unit.
  • the BTE unit does not include components like the microphone arrangement, the audio signal processing unit and the loudspeaker, there is a lot of space in the BTE unit for a relatively large battery enabling longer battery lifetime or higher power consumption and, optionally, for an optimized design of the antenna; alternatively, the size of the BTE unit could be reduced compared to a classic BTE, thus making it more inconspicuous.
  • the RF transceiver may be placed in the ITE unit.
  • the power line connecting the component of the ITE unit with the power source contained in the BTE unit may be used as the RF antenna.
  • Fig. 1 is a lateral view of a schematic example of a hearing instrument according to the invention when worn by a user, wherein the antenna forms part of the BTE unit;
  • Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the hearing instrument of Fig. 1 ;
  • Fig. 3 is a block diagram of a variant of the hearing instrument of Fig. 1, wherein the antenna forms part of the wire connection between BTE unit and ITE unit;
  • Fig. 4 is a block diagram of a first example of a decoupling network to be used with a hearing instrument according to the invention
  • Fig. 5 is a block diagram of a first example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 3 may be adjusted;
  • Fig. 6 is a block diagram of a second example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 3 may be adjusted;
  • Fig. 7 is a block diagram of a third example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 3 may be adjusted;
  • Fig. 8 is a block diagram of a second example of a decoupling network
  • Fig. 9 is a block diagram of a variant of the hearing instrument of Fig. 3;
  • Fig. 10 is a block diagram of a first example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 9 may be adjusted;
  • Fig. 1 1 is a block diagram of a second example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 9 may be adjusted; and
  • Fig. 12 is a block diagram of a third example of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire of the hearing instrument of Fig. 9 may be adjusted;
  • FIGs. 1 and 2 a first example of a hearing instrument according to the invention, when worn at the ear 14 of a user, is shown schematically.
  • the hearing instrument comprises a BTE unit 12 to be worn behind the user's ear and an ITE (in-the-ear) unit 16 to be worn at least in part in the user's ear canal 33.
  • the ITE unit 16 is detachably connected to the BTE unit 12 via a wire connection 19 carrying a connector 20 at its free end.
  • the ITE unit 16 comprises a microphone arrangement 24 for capturing audio signals from ambient sound, an audio signal processing unit 26 for processing and amplifying the captured audio signals, and a loudspeaker 36 for generating sound directed towards the tympanic membrane 35 in the ear channel 33 according to the processed audio signals.
  • the BTE unit comprises a battery 30, an RF transceiver 28 and an RF antenna 29 connected to the transceiver 28. It is to be noted that, unlike in the example as illustrated in Fig. 1, the transceiver 28 may be placed close to the battery 30, in order to use the battery 30 as a ground plane for antenna 29.
  • the wire connection 19 comprises at least one signal line 38 for enabling audio signal/data exchange between the audio signal processing unit 26 and the transceiver 28 and a power line 40 for supplying power from the battery 30 to the electronics contained within the ITE unit 16.
  • the power supply line and signal line(s) may be combined.
  • the lines 38, 40 may share a common ground line (not shown) or may be provided with separate ground lines (not shown).
  • the RF transceiver 28 may be used for wireless data and/or audio signal exchange with external devices, such as another hearing instrument worn at the other ear of the user for establishing a binaural system, a wireless microphone, an audio streaming device, such as an audio signal transmitter of a TV set or of a HiFi system, a mobile phone, a remote control etc.
  • the RF transceiver will use a carrier frequency range from 2.400 to 2.484 GHz in the ISM band.
  • the wireless link may be implemented as a link using a GFS modulated signal, such as a Bluetooth link.
  • the antenna 29 may be a suitable type of loop antenna or monopole antenna which may be realized, for example, as a printed metallic structure on the housing of the BTE unit 12 or on a flexible printed circuit board (PCB) of the BTE unit 12.
  • the antenna 29 When realized as a monopole antenna, the antenna 29 preferably has an electrical length of about one quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the central frequency of the carrier frequency range, with metallic parts of the BTE unit 12, such as the battery 30, being adapted to act as a ground plane for the antenna.
  • the BTE unit 12 is much more appropriate for placement of the antenna 29 than the ITE unit 16, since the BTE unit 12 is worn outside the ear channel 33, thus offering a less obstructed propagation path for an RF signal, as compared to the ITE unit 16 placed in the ear channel 33, and since the BTE unit 12 tends to be larger than the ITE unit 16, thus offering more space for integration of an antenna.
  • the audio signal/data line 38 may be connected via an RF coupling circuit 34 acting as a highpass filter to the antenna port of the RF transceiver 28 in order to electrically couple the transceiver 28 to the line 38 in the RF range, i.e. in particular at frequencies within the carrier frequency range.
  • the audio signal/data line 38 is also connected to the data/signal port of the transceiver 28 via an RF decoupling network 132.
  • the transceiver 28 may be connected via the RF coupling circuit 34 to the power line 40 in order to use the power line 40 as an RF antenna, with the other end of the power line 40, i.e. the end connected to the components of the ITE unit 16, then being provided an RF decoupling network (not shown in Fig. 3).
  • the signal line 38 is connected via a RF decoupling network 32 to the audio signal processing unit 26, which acts as a low pass filter for electrically decoupling the signal line 38 from the audio signal processing unit 26 at RF frequencies, in particular at frequencies within the carrier frequency range, in order to avoid noise in the audio signal path resulting from RF antenna signals (as mentioned above, a similar RF decoupling network 132 is used to RF-wise decouple the signal line 38 from the audio signal/data port of the transceiver 28).
  • the at least one wire /line 38 (and/or 40) used as the antenna is designed to have an electrical length of about one quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency of the carrier frequency range, with metallic parts of the BTE unit 12 being adapted to act as a ground plane for the antenna in order to implement a monopole type antenna.
  • the battery 30 and metallic parts of the electronics included within the BTE unit 12 would act together, at frequencies in the RF range, as a ground plane for the antenna and, to this end, may be connected via coupling capacitors, acting as a short circuit at RF frequencies (not shown).
  • the ear geometry of different persons is different, so that the wire connection 19 in practice would be provided at different lengths in order to customize the hearing instrument 10, to some extent, with regard to the individual user.
  • FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of an example of the hearing instrument 10, according to which the wire connection 19 comprises an extension wire 41 connected to one of the wires of the signal line 38 where the RF signal is coupled to in order to act as an element for changing the electrical length of one of the wires compared to the electrical length resulting from or corresponding to the geometric length of the wire connection 19.
  • the approach of Fig. 5 may be used in cases in which the wire connection 19 is too short for providing for an antenna wire having an electrical length of about one quarter of the carrier frequency wavelength.
  • the extension wire 41 may be located, for example, at least in part within a retention element of the ITE unit (in case that such retention element is present). Similar to the example of Fig. 3, the data/signal port of the transceiver 28 is decoupled F-wise from the connector 20, i.e. from the wires 38 of the wire connection 19.
  • the coupling unit 34 is adapted to electrically couple the transceiver 26 to both wires of a twisted pair arrangement 18 of the signal line 38 and comprises a coupling capacitor 34A, 34B for each of the wires.
  • the RF signal is coupled to both wires 19, while the extension wire 41 is only coupled to one wire; this approach may as well be simplified to a single wire connection, potentially achieving the same antenna performance.
  • FIG. 4 An example of the decoupling network 32 (or 132) is shown in Fig. 4, wherein a pair of ferrite beads 43 A, 42 A is provided for the first port and a pair of ferrite beads 43 B, 42B is provided for the second port, with each pair being connected in series.
  • two capacitors 44A, 44B are provided in a series connection for connecting the two channels at a point between the first ferrite bead 40A, 40B and second ferrite bead 42A, 42B of each port / channel, with the connection between the two capacitors 44A, 44B being connected to ground.
  • the decoupling network 32 of Fig. 4 is most suited for differential signals, e.g. connection of a speaker to an analog audio output.
  • FIG. 8 An example of a decoupling network for a single line, comprising only ferrite beads 43 A, 42A and a capacitor 44A is shown in Fig. 8.
  • Fig. 6 An alternative example of how the electrical length of the wire connection can be adapted is shown in Fig. 6, wherein the impedance, i.e. the electrical length, of the wire connection 19 is adapted by providing the at least one antenna wire of the wire connection 19 with at least one series inductor 46A, 46B at that end of the wire which is closer to the connector 20.
  • each of the wires of the twisted pair arrangement is provided with such series inductor 46A, 46B, respectively. .
  • the wire connection 19 is "too short", i.e. has a length of less than one quarter of the wavelength corresponding to the center frequency of the carrier frequency range.
  • the electrical length of the antenna wires could be adapted by providing the at least one antenna wire with at least one ferrite bead for shortening the electrical length of that wire compared to a wire without the ferrite bead, with the ferrite bead acting to decouple that end of the wire which is closer to the ITE unit 16 for frequencies within the RF carrier frequency range.
  • Such approach would be particularly suitable in case that the wire connection 19 is "too long", i.e.
  • each of the signal wires 38 of the wire connection 19 is provided with a ferrite bead 48 A, 48B located towards that end of the wire connection 19 connected to the ITE unit 16.
  • all lines, independently whether they are used as an antenna i.e.
  • RF coupling unit 34 to the transceiver 28
  • ITE and BTE side are decoupled from the ITE and BTE side through appropriate decoupling networks (as indicated by 32 and 132 in the Figures for the lines used as an antenna). Coupling the RF signal to all lines may yield the most predictable results.
  • FIG. 9 An alternative to the embodiment of Fig. 3 is shown in Fig. 9, according to which the transceiver 28 is located in the ITE unit 16 rather than in the BTE unit 12, so that the BTE contains the power source 30, whereas the ITE unit 16 contains the signal processing unit 26, the microphone arrangement 24, the loudspeaker arrangement 36, and the RF transceiver 28.
  • the power source 30 in the BTE unit 12 is connected to the ITE unit 16 via the wire connection 19 containing at least a power line 40.
  • This power line 40 acts as the RF antenna, the RF transceiver 28 being connected to it via the RF coupling circuit 34.
  • the end of the antenna connected to the ITE unit 16 is decoupled RF-wise via an RF decoupling network 32 from the power supply of the signal processing unit 26 and the power supply of the RF transceiver 28.
  • the other end of the antenna connected to the BTE unit 12 is decoupled RF- wise from the battery 30 via an RF decoupling network 132.
  • Figs. 10 to 12 show different examples of how the electrical impedance of the antenna wire (i.e. the power line 40) of the hearing instrument of Fig. 9 may be adjusted, with the principle of Fig. 10 corresponding to that of Fig. 5 (selection of appropriate physical length L), with the principle of Fig. 11 corresponding to that of Fig. 6 (use of a series inductor 46 to increase the electrical length), and with the principle of Fig. 12 corresponding to that of Fig. 7 (use of a ferrite bead 48 to shorten the electrical length), respectively.
  • elements of a user interface may be integrated into the BTE unit 12 (not shown).
  • the user interface can be connected to the RF transceiver 28.
  • the user interface can be connected to the transceiver unit 28 or to the signal processing unit 26 through an additional line contained in the wire connection 19 (not shown).

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L'invention concerne un instrument auditif comprenant une unité dans l'oreille (unité ITE) (16) devant être portée au moins en partie dans le canal auditif (33) d'un utilisateur et comprenant un agencement de microphone (24) destiné à capturer des signaux audio, une unité de traitement de signal audio (26) destinée à traiter les signaux audio capturés, et un agencement de haut-parleur (36) destiné à stimuler l'audition d'un utilisateur selon les signaux audio traités; une unité contour d'oreille (unité BTE) (12) devant être portée derrière l'oreille (14) d'un utilisateur et comprenant une source d'alimentation (30), et un émetteur-récepteur RF (28) destiné à transmettre le signal/les données audio dans une plage de fréquence porteuse; une connexion filaire (19) s'étendant entre l'unité BTE et l'unité ITE et destinée à alimenter l'unité ITE avec la puissance provenant de la source d'alimentation et destinée à permettre l'échange de signaux entre l'émetteur-récepteur et l'unité ITE; et une antenne (29, 38, 40) reliée à l'émetteur-récepteur et formant une partie de l'unité BTE ou de la connexion filaire.
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