Borehole telemetry system
CA 2520149 C · Owner: Monmont, Franck · Inventors: Monmont, Franck; Tennent, Robert; Huang, Songming
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An acoustic telemetry apparatus and method for communicating encoded digital data from a down-hole location through a borehole to the surface is described including an acoustic channel terminated at a down-hole end by a reflecting terminal (133, 134), an acoustic wave generator (140) located at the surface and providing an acoustic wave carrier signal through said acoustic channel, a modulator (162, 163) located down-hole to modulate amplitude and/or phase of said carrier wave in response to an encoded digital signal and one or more sensors (150) located at the surface adapted to detect amplitude and/or phase related information of acoustic waves traveling within said acoustic …
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- Filed March 24, 2004 and granted January 3, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended March 24, 2024.
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