Ear-worn electronic device incorporating an antenna substrate comprising a dielectric gel or liquid
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsEzdeen Elghannai, Zhenchao Yang, Stephen P. Flood
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Abstract
An ear-worn electronic device is configured to be worn by a wearer and comprises a housing configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear. A processor is disposed in the housing. A speaker or a receiver is operably coupled to the processor. A radio frequency transceiver is disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor. An antenna is disposed on or in the housing and operably coupled to the transceiver. The antenna comprises a radiating element, a ground plane, and a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane. The substrate comprises one or both of a dielectric gel and a dielectric liquid.
Claims23
An ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer, comprising:
- a housing configured to be supported at, by, in or on the wearer's ear;
- a processor disposed in the housing;
- a speaker or a receiver operably coupled to the processor;
- a radio frequency transceiver disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor;
- and
- an antenna disposed on or in the housing and operably coupled to the transceiver, the antenna comprising:
- a radiating element;
- a ground plane;
- and
- a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane, the substrate configured to contain and distribute a dielectric gel or a dielectric liquid.
An ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer, comprising:
- a housing configured for at least partial insertion into an ear canal of the wearer, the housing having a preformed shape that conforms to a shape of the wearer's ear canal;
- a processor disposed in the housing;
- a speaker or a receiver operably coupled to the processor;
- a radio frequency transceiver disposed in the housing and operably coupled to the processor;
- and
- an antenna operably coupled to the transceiver and comprising:
- a radiating element;
- a ground plane;
- and
- a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane, the substrate configured to contain and distribute a dielectric gel or a dielectric liquid.
An ear-worn electronic hearing device configured to be worn by a wearer and comprising a patch-type antenna, the antenna comprising:
- a radiating element;
- a ground plane;
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- a substrate disposed between the radiating element and the ground plane, the substrate configured to contain and distribute one or both of a dielectric gel and a dielectric liquid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.