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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1991
Richard A Meador, Spring, TX (US);
James E Meisner, Citrus Heights, CA (US);
Ronald A Hall, Sacramento, CA (US);
Larry W Thompson, Spring, TX (US);
Edward S Mumby, Carmichael, CA (US);
Baker Hughes Incorporated, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A well logging apparatus and method for measuring the resistivity of the formation surrounding a borehole is disclosed. The invention provides two transmitting antennas arranged around a housing means or drill collar in spaced relation from one another. A transmitting circuit alternately supplies an oscillating drive signal to each transmitting antenna with a sufficiently high frequency such that one and then the other of the transmitting antennas radiates an electromagnetic wave signal which propagates through the formation. Two receiving antennas are located equally spaced between the transmitting antennas to produce pick-up signals from the electromagnetic wave propagating through the formation. Each receiving antenna includes a single turn coil connected in series with a capacitor to provide a reduced impedance circuit to resonate in the frequency region embracing the oscillating drive signal. Receive antenna circuitry responsive to induced alternating current in the coil produces a signal indicative of the formation parameter under study. The method of positioning two series resonant single turn receiving antennas tuned to the oscillating drive frequency and alternately coupling an electrical drive signal to a pair of transmitters spaced equally on each side of the receiving antennas allows receiving signals which are self-cancelling for system induced effects.