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Method and apparatus for transmitting electromagnetic waves and analyzing returns to locate underground fluid deposits

  • US 6,188,221 B1
  • Filed: 08/07/1998
  • Issued: 02/13/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus, comprising:

  • an electromagnetic pulse generator for generating a plurality of electromagnetic pulses, said electromagnetic pulse generator includes;

    an energy storage device for storing a voltage supplied from an external source;

    a sparkgap switch, coupled to said energy storage device, for generating said electromagnetic pulses when a predetermined threshold voltage of said energy storage device is achieved; and

    a matching network, coupled to said sparkgap switch, for passing said electromagnetic pulses to said transmit ground coupling device;

    a transmit ground coupling transducer, coupled to said pulse generator, for delivering said electromagnetic pulses to the earth'"'"'s interior;

    a data acquisition system for processing a plurality of reflected signals, said reflected signals being said electromagnetic pulses reflected from the earth'"'"'s interior;

    a receive ground coupling transducer, coupled to said data acquisition system, for receiving and supplying said reflected signals to said data acquisition system; and

    a data processing system, coupled to said data acquisition system, for comparing said reflected signals to determine the existence of fluids in the earth'"'"'s interior.

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