Hearable device comprising integrated device and wireless functionality

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2022116717-A1
Application number	US-202117517439-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 2, 2021
Priority date	Aug 18, 2016
Publication date	Apr 14, 2022
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device comprising a first printed circuit board (PCB); a second printed circuit board (PCB); a first flex board coupled to the first PCB and the second PCB; a first integrated device coupled to the first PCB; a speaker configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a microphone configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a second integrated device coupled to the second PCB, wherein the second integrated device is configured to be coupled to the first integrated device through the second PCB, the first flex board and the first PCB; and a power source configured to provide power to the first integrated device and the second integrated device. The first PCB is located between the power source and the first integrated device. The second PCB is located between the power source and the second integrated device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A device comprising:
a first printed circuit board (PCB); a second printed circuit board (PCB); a third printed circuit board (PCB); a first integrated device coupled to the first PCB; a speaker configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a microphone configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a power source configured to provide power to the first integrated device, wherein the first PCB and the second PCB are positioned along a length of the power source and the third PCB is positioned over a top of the power source; and a flex board coupled to the first PCB, wherein the flex board is at least partially wrapped around the power source, wherein the first PCB is coupled to a first portion of the flex board, and the second PCB is coupled to a second portion of the flex board.

2 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second flex board coupled to the first PCB and the third PCB.

3 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second integrated device configured to provide wireless communication.

4 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second integrated device configured to provide compression/decompression (CODEC) functionality.

5 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising a second integrated device configured to provide power management functionality.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first PCB, the second PCB, and the third PCB is a rigid printed circuit board.

7 . The device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a wireless charging coil; and a wireless charging circuit coupled to the wireless charging coil, wherein the wireless charging coil and the wireless charging circuit are configured to enable wireless charging of the power source, and wherein the wireless charging coil surrounds the power source.

8 . A device comprising:
a first printed circuit board (PCB); a second printed circuit board (PCB); a first flex board coupled to the first PCB and the second PCB; a first integrated device coupled to the first PCB; a speaker configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a microphone configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a second integrated device coupled to the second PCB, wherein the second integrated device is configured to be coupled to the first integrated device through the second PCB, the first flex board and the first PCB; and a power source configured to provide power to the first integrated device and the second integrated device, wherein the first PCB is located between the power source and the first integrated device, and wherein the second PCB is located between the power source and the second integrated device.

9 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a third printed circuit board (PCB); and a second flex board coupled to the second PCB and the third PCB.

10 . The device of claim 9 ,
wherein the third PCB is positioned over a top portion of the power source, and wherein the microphone is coupled to the third PCB.

11 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a wireless charging coil; and a wireless charging circuit coupled to the wireless charging coil, wherein the wireless charging coil and the wireless charging circuit are configured to enable wireless charging of the power source, and wherein the wireless charging coil surrounds the power source and the first PCB.

12 . The device of claim 8 , further comprising:
a third printed circuit board (PCB); a fourth printed circuit board (PCB); and a second flex board coupled to the third PCB and the fourth PCB.

13 . The device of claim 12 ,
wherein the first PCB, the first flex board and the second PCB are at least partially wrapped around the power source, and wherein the third PCB, the second flex board and the fourth PCB are located over a top portion of the power source.

14 . A device comprising:
a first printed circuit board (PCB); a second printed circuit board (PCB); a first flex board coupled to the first PCB and the second PCB; a first integrated device coupled to the first PCB; a speaker configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; a microphone configured to be coupled to the first integrated device; and a power source configured to provide power to the first integrated device, wherein the power source is coupled to the first flex board.

15 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the first PCB, the second PCB, the first flex board, and the first integrated device are located on one side of the power source.

16 . The device of claim 14 , further comprising a second integrated device, wherein the second integrated device is located on the same side of the power source as the first PCB, the second PCB, the first flex board, and the first integrated device.

17 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the power source is coupled to the second PCB.

18 . The device of claim 14 , further comprising a third printed circuit board (PCB) and a second flex board coupled to the second PCB and the third PCB, wherein the microphone is coupled to the third PCB.

19 . The device of claim 14 , wherein the power source includes at least one button cell battery.

20 . The device of claim 19 , wherein a first button cell battery is coupled to the first flex board and a second button cell battery is coupled to a second PCB.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Shenoy Ravindra
• Sauhta Rohit
• Mclaren Elbert
• Sitachitt Sidney
• Kidwell Jr Donald William

Classifications

• H04R1/1016

  Earpieces of the intra-aural type · CPC title

• H04R2420/07

  Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones · CPC title

• H05K1/028

  Bending or folding regions of flexible printed circuits (H05K1/0283 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04R25/609

  of circuitry (of electronic switches or control elements H04R25/603) · CPC title

• H05K7/1417

  having securing means for mounting boards, plates or wiring boards (H05K7/1461 takes precedence) · CPC title