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H04B 11/00 (2006.01) E21B 47/12 (2006.01) E21B 47/18 (2006.01) H03L 7/10 (2006.01) H04L 27/22 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1126849
ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE The disclosure is applicable for use in a logging- while-drilling apparatus for obtaining subsurface measura- ments during drilling in a fluid-filled borehole. Acoustic carrier waves are generated downhole in the borehole fluid and are PSK modulated in accordance with digital data representative of the measurements. The PSK modulation is obtained by momentarily unidirectionally either decreasing or increasing the frequency of the acoustic carrier signal until either a desired phase lag (for a decrease in frequency) or phase lead (for an increase in frequency) is imparted to the acoustic carrier signal. An uphole receiving subsystem includes transducers for converting the modulated acoustic carrier waves to electronic signals and circuitry for de- modulating the electronic signal to recover the measurement information taken downhole. The uphole circuitry includes an improved carrier tracking loop which is useful, for example, in extracting the carrier from the modulated signal, the extracted carrier then being useful in the demodulation operation. The carrier tracking loop has a voltage controlled oscillator having a control terminal and a comparator for generating a control signal by comparing the phase of a signal derived from the received PSK modulated signal to the phase of a signal derived from the output of the voltage controlled oscillator. The control signal is applied to the control terminal of the oscillator. In accordance with an important feature of the invention, the signal applied to the control terminal is compensated as a function of transitions in the received signal to account for the difference between the nominal frequency of the carrier and the average frequency of the received signal. This difference results from the unidirectional nature of the carrier modulation. -2-
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Schroeder Gene F.
Waggener William N.
Schlumberger Technology Corporation
Smart & Biggar
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