Hearing aid with an antenna
AssigneeGN Hearing A/S
InventorAlexandre Pinto
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Abstract
A hearing aid includes an assembly, the assembly comprising: a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal; a signal processor configured to provide a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, wherein the second audio signal is based on the first audio signal; a wireless communication unit; and an antenna system comprising a first feeding structure and a radiating segment; wherein the first feeding structure is connected or coupled to the wireless communication unit; and wherein at least a part of the first feeding structure is galvanically disconnected from the radiating segment, and is capactively coupled to the radiating segment.
Claims40
A hearing aid comprising an assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal;
- a signal processor configured to provide a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, wherein the second audio signal is based on the first audio signal;
- a wireless communication unit;
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- an antenna system comprising a first feeding structure and a radiating segment;
- wherein the first feeding structure is connected or coupled to the wireless communication unit;
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- wherein at least a part of the first feeding structure is galvanically disconnected from the radiating segment, and is capactively coupled to the radiating segment;
- wherein the hearing aid further comprises a first side and a second side that is opposite the first side, wherein a first section of the radiating segment is located closer to the first side than the second side, wherein a second section of the radiating segment is located closer to the second side than the first side, wherein a third section of the radiating segment is between the first section and the second section;
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- wherein the first section of the radiating segment forms a first angle with respect to the third section of the radiating segment, and the second section of the radiating segment forms a second angle with respect to the third section of the radiating segment.
A hearing aid comprising an assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal;
- a signal processor configured to provide a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, wherein the second audio signal is based on the first audio signal;
- a wireless communication unit;
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- an antenna system comprising a first feeding structure and a radiating segment;
- wherein the first feeding structure is connected or coupled to the wireless communication unit;
- wherein at least a part of the first feeding structure is galvanically disconnected from the radiating segment, and is capactively coupled to the radiating segment;
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- wherein the hearing aid further comprises a faceplate, wherein a first section of the radiating segment is in a first plane parallel to the face plate, wherein a second section of the radiating segment is in a second plane, and wherein a third section of the radiating segment is between the first section and the second section.
A hearing aid comprising an assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal;
- a signal processor configured to provide a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, wherein the second audio signal is based on the first audio signal;
- a wireless communication unit;
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- an antenna system comprising a first feeding structure and a radiating segment;
- wherein the first feeding structure is connected or coupled to the wireless communication unit;
- wherein at least a part of the first feeding structure is galvanically disconnected from the radiating segment, and is capactively coupled to the radiating segment;
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- wherein the hearing aid further comprises a faceplate, wherein the radiating segment comprises a first section, a second section, and a third section between the first section and the second section, and wherein the third section is along an axis forming an angle that is 90°+/−25° with respect to the faceplate.
A hearing aid comprising an assembly, the assembly comprising:
- a microphone for reception of sound and conversion of the received sound into a corresponding first audio signal;
- a signal processor configured to provide a second audio signal compensating a hearing loss of a user of the hearing aid, wherein the second audio signal is based on the first audio signal;
- a wireless communication unit;
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- an antenna system comprising a first feeding structure and a radiating segment;
- wherein the first feeding structure is connected or coupled to the wireless communication unit;
- wherein at least a part of the first feeding structure is galvanically disconnected from the radiating segment, and is capactively coupled to the radiating segment;
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- wherein a current flowing into the radiating segment reaches a maximum at a location that is at least 30% of a length of the radiating segment from an end of the radiating segment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.