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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 14, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Probe Technology Services, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Inventor:
Roger Archibald, Hurst, TX (US);
Assignee:
Probe Technology Services, Inc., Fort Worth, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/1185 (2005.12); E21B 47/12 (2011.12); F42D 1/05 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E21B 43/1185 (2012.12); E21B 47/12 (2012.12); F42D 1/05 (2012.12);
Abstract
An initiator circuit for a perforating gun includes a microprocessor structured to perform a circuit-startup algorithm comprising determining whether the circuit supply voltage is stable enough for operation and, if it is, or if a predetermined period of time has passed since powering up the circuit, sending a message indicating the circuit (and thus gun) is ready for operation. The sent message may be a communication uplink indicating an address of the circuit and its ready state or a short burst of pulses indicating the circuit's ready state.