System for cableless bidirectional data transmission in a well for the extraction of formation fluids comprising: a plurality of rods connected to each other in succession so as to form a rod string, which extends from the surface to the bottom of the well, the rod string being associable with a plurality of sensors configured for continuously detecting a plurality of parameters relating to the fluids circulating in the well and to the rock formation surrounding the well and/or to safety devices or other remote-controlled well instrumentation; a plurality of communication modules applied at predefined distances along the rod string and configured for the transmission of signals from and towards the bottom of the well; each of the communication modules including at least one metal plate.

System for cableless bidirectional data transmission in a well for the extraction of formation fluids comprising: a plurality of rods connected to each other in succession so as to form a rod string, which extends from the surface to the bottom of the well, the rod string being associable with a plurality of sensors configured for continuously detecting a plurality of parameters relating to the fluids circulating in the well and to the rock formation surrounding the well and/or to safety devices or other remote-controlled well instrumentation; a plurality of communication modules applied at predefined distances along the rod string and configured for the transmission of signals from and towards the bottom of the well; each of the communication modules including at least one metal plate.

An attenuator having an impedance that is controllable by a first setpoint signal is coupled to a transmission line. A matching circuit having an impedance that is controllable by a second setpoint signal is also coupled to the transmission line. A transformer circuit block also coupled to the transmission line has a complex impedance. A control circuit sets the first and second setpoint signals so as to control a conjugate impedance relationship between the variable impedances presented by the attenuator and matching circuit relative to the complex impedance of the transformer circuit.

An attenuator having an impedance that is controllable by a first setpoint signal is coupled to a transmission line. A matching circuit having an impedance that is controllable by a second setpoint signal is also coupled to the transmission line. A transformer circuit block also coupled to the transmission line has a complex impedance. A control circuit sets the first and second setpoint signals so as to control a conjugate impedance relationship between the variable impedances presented by the attenuator and matching circuit relative to the complex impedance of the transformer circuit.

A signal transmission system includes: a switch component, a first choke component, a first conductive path and a second choke component that are connected in series between a power wire and a load; a third choke component and a resonant circuit that are connected in series between another power wire and a common node of the switch component and the first choke component; a second conductive path connected between the load and a common node of the third choke component and the resonant circuit; and a control block. Under control of the control block, a magnetic core of each choke component reaches magnetic saturation when the switch component does not conduct, and operates at magnetic saturation when the switch component conducts.

A signal transmission system includes: a switch component, a first choke component, a first conductive path and a second choke component that are connected in series between a power wire and a load; a third choke component and a resonant circuit that are connected in series between another power wire and a common node of the switch component and the first choke component; a second conductive path connected between the load and a common node of the third choke component and the resonant circuit; and a control block. Under control of the control block, a magnetic core of each choke component reaches magnetic saturation when the switch component does not conduct, and operates at magnetic saturation when the switch component conducts.

A circuit module includes a wiring board on which are provided a ground plane, a signal line, and a conductive pattern for connection to an outer conductor of a coaxial cable including an inner conductor and the outer conductor. A common-mode choke coil is mounted on the wiring board such that one of coils of the common-mode choke coil connects the ground plane and the conductive pattern and that the other coil is inserted in the signal line. A communication element is mounted on the wiring board and includes a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. The first signal terminal is connected to the common-mode choke coil via the signal line, and the second signal terminal is connected to the ground plane. A first capacitor is inserted in series in the signal line between the common-mode choke coil and the first signal terminal.

System for cableless bidirectional data transmission in a well (10) for the extraction of formation fluids comprising: a plurality of rods (11, 12) connected to each other in succession so as to form a rod string, which extends from the surface to the bottom of the well (10), the rod string being associable with a plurality of sensors (14) configured for continuously detecting a plurality of parameters relating to the fluids circulating in the well (10) and to the rock formation surrounding the well and/or to safety devices or other remote-controlled well instrumentation; a plurality of communication modules (20) applied at predefined distances along the rod string and configured for the transmission of signals from and towards the bottom of the well (10); each of the communication modules (20) comprising: at least one metal plate selected from: a transmitting metal plate (21); a receiving metal plate (22); a transceiver metal plate (35); an electronic processing and control unit (23) configured for processing signals to be transmitted by means of the at least one metal plate (21, 35) or signals received by means of the at least one metal plate (22, 35); one or more supply batteries (24) for feeding the metal plates (21, 22) and the electronic processing and control unit (23).

System for cableless bidirectional data transmission in a well (10) for the extraction of formation fluids comprising: a plurality of rods (11, 12) connected to each other in succession so as to form a rod string, which extends from the surface to the bottom of the well (10), the rod string being associable with a plurality of sensors (14) configured for continuously detecting a plurality of parameters relating to the fluids circulating in the well (10) and to the rock formation surrounding the well and/or to safety devices or other remote-controlled well instrumentation; a plurality of communication modules (20) applied at predefined distances along the rod string and configured for the transmission of signals from and towards the bottom of the well (10); each of the communication modules (20) comprising: at least one metal plate selected from: a transmitting metal plate (21); a receiving metal plate (22); a transceiver metal plate (35); an electronic processing and control unit (23) configured for processing signals to be transmitted by means of the at least one metal plate (21, 35) or signals received by means of the at least one metal plate (22, 35); one or more supply batteries (24) for feeding the metal plates (21, 22) and the electronic processing and control unit (23).

A communications satellite system that provides one terabit/second throughput utilizing passive optical beamforming networks. An onboard telescope couples uplinked optical beams into an onboard optical signal processing system via an optical waveguide. The passive optical signal processing system comprises an optical demultiplexer, a multiplicity of single-sideband filters, and a multiplicity of optical beamforming networks. The optical beamforming networks and the SSB filters may comprise optical ring resonators. The output of the optical signal processing system is converted into electrical signals which are sent to a phased-array transmit antenna. The user links are in the radio-frequency (RF) domain.