The invention discloses a variable-frequency drilling
radar antenna and a method. The variable-frequency drilling
radar antenna comprises a three-stage sleeve type telescopic radiator, a
control system, a traction device, a displacement sensor, a limiting device, an impedance switcher, a pulse source circuit board and an acquisition circuit board. According to the invention, through a three-stage sleeve type telescopic structure, continuous variation of the physical length of the antenna is realized in a standard
drill hole with the
diameter of 76mm, so that a frequency adjustment range of 100-400MHz is obtained; the mechanical structure realizes large-range step switching of frequency, and the
circuit switching performs frequency
fine tuning and impedance optimization on each step point, so that the overall
impedance matching efficiency is improved to more than 85%, and the
radiation efficiency under each frequency point is ensured; a single antenna can replace a plurality of traditional fixed-frequency antennas, so that the equipment cost and the line changing time of single-hole operation are greatly reduced; according to the impedance self-
adaptive matching link based on the
dielectric electric constant, matching parameters can be dynamically optimized according to actual
slurry in the
drill hole or the stratum environment, and the
signal quality under different depths and different stratum conditions is improved.