Switch device with non-addressable scheme for wellbore operations

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11891891
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17443701

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A non-addressable switch device that is part of a chain of switch devices in a gun string, the non-addressable switch device including a first switch configured to make an electrical connection between an electrical line and another non-addressable switch device of the chain of switch devices; a second switch configured to make an electrical connection between a detonator and the electrical line; and a processor PA connected to the first and second switches and configured to close and open the first and second switches. The processor PA is configured to not use a digital address, and the processor PA is configured to perform one of plural functions based on a corresponding pulse received along the electrical line.

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GEODYNAMICS INC10400 WEST I-20 MILLSAP TX 76066

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Archibald, Roger Hurst, US 9 17

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