Transmission coil system and remote control for a hearing aid

• US 7,277,553 B2
• Filed: 05/21/2004
• Issued: 10/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Audiologische Technik GmbH (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Reithinger, Jürgen
• Primary Examiner(s): Swerdlow; Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/851,935
• Publication Number:
  US 20050036638A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,229 Days
• Field of Search: 381/315, 455 411- 413, 455/121, 455/122, 455/123, 455/124, 455/125
• US Class Current: 381/315
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 19/02 Audio-frequency transformers or mutual inductances, i.e. not suitable for handling frequencies considerably beyond the audio range
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 21/12 discontinuously variable, e.g. tapped
• CPC Class Codes: H01F 30/06 characterised by the structure
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2225/51 Aspects of antennas or their circuitry in or for hearing aids
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/554 using a wireless connection, e.g. between microphone and amplifier or using Tcoils
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 25/558 Remote control, e.g. of amplification, frequency

Abstract

A transmission coil system has a first and a second transmission coil in which the first transmission coil is connectable to a stimulation unit, and the second transmission coil can be used as part of a resonant circuit which can be stimulated to resonate, and having a coil core for two transmission coils that are loosely magnetically coupled to one another in that the two transmission coils are wound alongside one another on the coil core. Stimulation of the first transmission coil leads to a resonant increase in the applied voltage in the second transmission coil, and thus to an amplified transmission power. This may be used, for example, for remote control of the hearing aid, since, for example, it allows 200 bits/s data transmission over several meters from a low-voltage source.

Claims

1. A transmission coil system for a remote control, comprising:

a first and a second transmission coil having a coil core, the first transmission coil being connectable to a stimulation unit, the second transmission coil configured as part of a resonant circuit which can be stimulated to resonate, the two transmission coils being wound alongside one another on the coil core so that the two transmission coils are loosely magnetically coupled to one another.

2. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a winding-free area arranged between the two transmission coils.

3. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission coil has fewer windings than the second transmission coil.

4. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a capacitor that together with the second transmission coil forms the resonant circuit.

5. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 4, wherein the capacitor is a film capacitor.

6. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission coil comprises two coil elements which are arranged symmetrically with respect to the second transmission coil on the coil core.

7. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission coil is configured to be connected to a stimulation unit for two-frequency stimulation.

8. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second transmission coil is a receiving coil for a receiving unit.

9. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a protection circuit, via which the second coil is connected to a receiving unit, for protection of the receiving unit in a transmission mode.

10. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stimulation unit is a unit that stimulates the first transmission coil.

11. The transmission coil system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first transmission coil is directly connected to the stimulation unit.

12. A remote control comprising a transmission coil system, the transmission coil system comprising:

a first and a second transmission coil having a coil core, the first transmission coil being connectable to a stimulation unit, the second transmission coil configured as part of a resonant circuit which can be stimulated to resonate, the two transmission coils being wound alongside one another on the coil core so that the two transmission coils are loosely magnetically coupled to one another.

13. The remote control as claimed in claim 12, wherein the remote control is configured as a remote control for a hearing aid.