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Acoustic well logging system having multiplexed filter digitizing

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OSTI ID:6434337

This patent describes a downhole well logging system including a fluid tight sonde sized and adapted for passage through a well bore for use in acoustic well logging for acoustic travel time measurement and full waveform acoustic signal processing comprising: means housed in the sonde for generating a high frequency content acoustic signal having several propagation modes in a well borehole; means for detecting arriving acoustic energy signals propagated through a well borehole and for generating analog electrical signal waveforms representative thereof; selectable analog high pass filter means housed in the sonde for supplying, in response to a control signal, selectably filtered representations of the representative analog waveform electrical signals as input to an analog to digital converter for conversion to digital form; and means housed in the sonde and responsive to signals output from the analog to digital converter, for generating the control signal to the selectable filter.

Assignee:
Halliburton Co., Duncan, OK
Patent Number(s):
US 4797668
OSTI ID:
6434337
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English