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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1998
Harrison C Smith, Anna, TX (US);
Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for obtaining resistivity readings of the earth surrounding a wellbore (32) to determine the downhole location of the apparatus or to generate a log is disclosed. The apparatus comprises an electromagnetic transmitter (40) for transmitting electromagnetic waves (42, 46) into the earth and an electronics package (122). The electronics package includes a power source (200) providing a current to the electromagnetic transmitter (40), a current sensing device (204) for detecting the current drawn by the electromagnetic transmitter (40), a sample and hold circuit (210) for sampling the current drawn by the electromagnetic transmitter (40) and a memory device (214) for storing the current draw information.