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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
May. 16, 2014
Babak Kouchmeshky, Kingwood, TX (US);
Stanislav W. Forgang, Houston, TX (US);
Rashid W. Khokhar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Babak Kouchmeshky, Kingwood, TX (US);
Stanislav W. Forgang, Houston, TX (US);
Rashid W. Khokhar, Sugar Land, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for estimating a property of an earth formation includes: a carrier configured to be conveyed through a borehole penetrating an earth formation; a first fractal-shaped antenna element disposed on the carrier and configured to at least one of transmit electromagnetic energy into the formation and receive electromagnetic energy from the formation; and a second fractal-shaped antenna element electrically connected to the first fractal-shaped antenna element at a connection and configured to at least one of transmit electromagnetic energy into the formation and receive electromagnetic energy from the formation; wherein the second fractal-shaped antenna element is substantially a mirror image of the first fractal antenna element with respect to a reflection about the connection.