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Data transmission in a drill string

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5728087
Data is transmitted through a drill string by means of acoustical energy by transmitting an acoustical signal for a first predetermined interval and ceasing transmission of the signal for a second predetermined interval to represent a first binary state; ceasing transmission of the signal for a third predetermined interval to represent a second binary state; and combining transmission and cessation of transmission of the signal in binary sequences representative of borehole data.
Assignee:
Nl Sperry Sun Inc
Patent Number(s):
US 4390975
OSTI ID:
5728087
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English