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Method for reducing the effects of signal reflections in a data communications network

US6509811B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2001
Grant dateJan 21, 2003
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Expiry dateMar 26, 2021

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F13/4086
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for adjusting the signal transmission delay in a data transmission system wherein a driver transmits high speed data to a receiver through a plurality N of transmission media connected together. The link between the driver and the receiver is composed of a plurality of N traces, the length of the trace located on each transmission medium “i” being Li with “i” being an integer comprised between 1 and N. The method consists in adding to each trace of a transmission medium “i” a delay means generating a delay &Dgr;Ti equal to: with Ki being equal to modulo 1, and wherein T0 is the minimum duration of a data pulse between its rising transition and its falling transition, ni is an integer equal to 1 or a number which is prime with N+1, and Vi is the propagation speed of the data signals in the trace “i”.

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