US 12,247,481 B2
Digitally reconfigurable analog computations for solving optimization problems
Christopher Michael Jones, Houston, TX (US); Xiang Wu, Singapore (SG); and Imran Sharif Vehra, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to HALLIBURTON ENERGY SERVICES, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Filed by Halliburton Energy Services, Inc., Houston, TX (US)
Filed on Mar. 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/124,985.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/391,466, filed on Jul. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0026779 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. E21B 47/12 (2012.01); E21B 47/00 (2012.01); E21B 47/07 (2012.01); H03M 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC E21B 47/12 (2013.01) [E21B 47/00 (2013.01); E21B 47/07 (2020.05); H03M 1/089 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a set of components;
a set of configurable switch elements that make connections to at least a subset of the set of components via controlled programming of the set of configurable switch elements;
a first input that receives a first set of configuration information, wherein the set of configurable switch elements are programmed to perform a function in an analog domain based on a receipt of the first set of configuration information via the first input; and
a second input that receives a sensor signal, wherein the function is performed in the analog domain based on receipt of the sensor signal to generate a second signal.