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Electromagnetic logging apparatus with slot antennas

Patent ·
OSTI ID:6110748

This patent describes an apparatus for investigating formations surrounding a borehole, comprising: a logging device moveable through the borehole; a member mounted on the logging device and adapted for engagement with a wall of the borehole; a transmitting antenna mounted in a wall-engaging face of the member; a pair of spaced receiving antennas mounted in the wall-engaging face of the member in spaced relation to the transmitting antenna; each of the antennas comprising: a conductive base having a slot therein which opens toward the borehole wall, the slot being substantially filled with a dielectric material, a conductive probe in the slot, and a tuning element separate from the slot, the tuning element being coupled to the probe; means for energizing the transmitting antenna to transmit electromagnetic energy into the formations by applying a signal to the tuning element with respect to the base; and means for generating an output at each of the receiving antennas representative of electromagnetic energy received from the formations by obtaining a signal across the tuning element with respect to the base.

Assignee:
Schlumberger Technology Corp., New York, NY
Patent Number(s):
US 4689572
OSTI ID:
6110748
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English