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US 9,714,567 B2Granted
Wellbore E-field wireless communication system
AssigneeSensor Development Corporation
InventorsØivind Godager, Fan-Nian Kong
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Abstract
A wellbore E-field wireless communication system, the communication system comprising a first E-field antenna, and a second E-field antenna, wherein the first antenna, and the second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment, such as an annulus of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between a first connector of the first E-field antenna and a second connector of the second E-field antenna by radio waves.
Claims10
A wellbore wireless communication system, said communication system comprising:
- a first E-field antenna;
- and
- a second E-field antenna;
- wherein said first antenna, and said second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between said first E-field antenna and said second E-field antenna;
- wherein said first E-field antenna comprises a first dipole antenna;
- wherein one leg of said first dipole antenna is a tubing, liner or casing of said wellbore, and said system further comprises a layer of dielectric insulation between said first leg and a second leg of said first dipole antenna, such that said tubing, liner or casing is an active element of said dipole antenna.
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A wellbore wireless communication system, said communication system comprising:
- a first E-field antenna;
- and
- a second E-field antenna;
- wherein said first antenna, and said second antenna are both arranged in a common compartment of a wellbore and further arranged for transferring a signal between said first E-field antenna and said second E-field antenna;
- wherein said system comprises a metallic resonator surrounding said first antenna and said second antenna;
- wherein the resonator comprises a metallic packer arranged to delimit the size of the compartment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.