Methods, apparatus, and systems for reducing interference on nearby conductors
AssigneeHyperchip Inc.
InventorsYvon Savaria, Jean-Jacques Laurin, Zhong-Fang Jin
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Abstract
In a method of data transmission according to one embodiment of the invention, data transitions having the same clock dependence are separated in space. In one such method, signals of one set are transmitted on corresponding conductive paths in one direction, signals of another set are transmitted on corresponding conductive paths in the other direction, and adjacent conductive paths that each carry a signal of one set are separated by at least one conductive path that carries a signal of another set. In an apparatus according to one embodiment of the invention, the conductive paths are fabricated on a semiconductor substrate.
Claims11
A system for data transmission, said system comprising:
- a plurality of conductive paths;
- a first transmitter configured and arranged to receive a plurality of first input signals, each having a series of state transitions, and to transmit a corresponding plurality of first output signals, each having a series of state transitions corresponding to the series of state transitions of the corresponding first input signal;
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- a second transmitter configured and arranged to receive a plurality of second input signals, each having a series of state transitions, and to transmit a corresponding plurality of second output signals, each having a series of state transitions corresponding to the series of state transitions of the corresponding second input signal,
- wherein a first of two ends of each one among the plurality of conductive paths is closer to the first end of an adjacent conductive path than to the second end of the adjacent conductive path, and
- wherein the first transmitter is further configured and arranged to apply each first output signal to the first end of the corresponding conductive path, and
- wherein the second transmitter is further configured and arranged to apply each second output signal to the second end of the corresponding conductive path, and
- wherein adjacent conductive paths carrying first output signals are separated by at least one conductive path carrying a second output signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.