Patent ID: 8091477

Claim:
A detonator assembly, comprising: a capacitor; an initiator mechanically and electrically connected to the capacitor; a transformer mechanically and electrically connected to the capacitor; and an addressable digital chip mechanically and electrically connected to the transformer, wherein the capacitor, initiator, transformer, and addressable chip form a unified integrated detonating unit configured to respond to a command communicated from a remote source to activate an explosive; wherein the detonator assembly is connected with a perforating string and a carrier line, the carrier line being at least one selected from a list comprising: wireline, electrical cable, slickline, and tubing; and the carrier line connecting with the detonator assembly and perforating string downhole and extending uphole, wherein the remote source of the command is uphole and the command is transmitted along the carrier line to the detonator assembly.