Patent ID: 11903123
Assignee: MARVELL ASIA PTE LTD
Field: Basic communication processes (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. The method of coupling a physical layer transceiver to a functional device according to claim 11, wherein the physical layer transceiver integrated circuit device is mounted on a printed circuit board, and first and second differential signal traces on the printed circuit board are coupled to the differential input/output conductors; wherein:
terminating the first one of the first and second differential input/output conductors to the ground of the communications system comprises terminating a first one of the first and second differential signal traces to the ground of the communications system; and
coupling the common-mode filter to both of the first and second differential input/output conductors comprises coupling the common-mode filter to both of the first and second differential signal traces.