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US 12,659,677 B2Granted
Hearing aid antenna optimized for ear to ear communications
AssigneeStarkey Laboratories, Inc.
InventorStephen Paul Flood
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Abstract
A hearing aid is described which incorporates an antenna integrated into the housing that is configured to radiate with linear polarization such that the electric field is perpendicular to the head of a wearer. The described technique results in lower propagation losses from ear to ear and an improvement in ear-to-ear communications using a far-field link (e.g., in the 2.4 GHz band).
Claims14
A hearing aid, comprising:
- a shell that contains electronic components of the hearing aid, including a wireless transceiver;
- a faceplate coupled to the shell;
- and
- a bowtie antenna formed by a first antenna section and a second antenna section, the shell including the first antenna section and the faceplate including the second antenna section.
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A method for constructing a hearing aid, comprising:
- forming a first antenna section of a bowtie antenna in a shell of the hearing aid;
- forming a second antenna section of the bowtie antenna in a faceplate of the hearing aid;
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- coupling the faceplate to the shell, wherein when the faceplate is coupled to the shell, the shell contains electronic components of the hearing aid including a wireless transceiver.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.