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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2014
James V. Leggett, Iii, Magnolia, TX (US);
Roger R. Steinsiek, Houston, TX (US);
Wei Han, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kamalesh Chatterjee, Spring, TX (US);
James V. Leggett, III, Magnolia, TX (US);
Roger R. Steinsiek, Houston, TX (US);
Wei Han, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kamalesh Chatterjee, Spring, TX (US);
BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
An acoustic transducer assembly includes: a carrier configured to be disposed in an earth formation, the carrier having a carrier axis; an array of transducer elements forming at least a semicircular shape, the array configured to emit acoustic signals in a radial direction relative to the carrier axis; and a circuit coupled to the array and configured to actuate a subset of the transducer elements and emit an acoustic beam therefrom, the circuit configured to actuate the subsets as a phased array to electronically rotate the acoustic beam about the carrier axis.