Patent ID: 9123991
Filing Date: 2015-09-01
Classification: H01Q,H04M

Abstract:
1. An ear-microphone for connection to a portable apparatus and use as a Frequency Modulation (FM) radio broadcast receiving antenna, the ear-microphone comprising: an ear plug for connection to an earjack; a cable of a predefined length, having an earphone line with two ends, wherein one end of the earphone line is electrically connected to the ear plug and another end of the earphone line is electrically connected to at least one earphone; a microphone intervening in an intermediate portion of the cable and connected to the ear plug via a microphone line inside the cable; and a filtering unit intervening in the earphone line and installed to have an Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection function, wherein the earphone line forms an FM antenna when the ear-microphone is connected to the portable apparatus and the filtering unit is installed on the earphone line which forms the FM antenna, and wherein the filtering unit comprises an ESD protecting diode that performs the Electro Static Discharge (ESD) protection function.