Patent ID: 9697160
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,H01R

Claim:
1. A system comprising: a cabled midplane interconnect having a first connection and a second connection; a first circuit board having a third connection configured to be coupled to the first connection, the third connection having transmit connections and receive connections in a first orientation; a second circuit board having a fourth connection configured to be coupled to the second connection, the fourth connection having transmit connections and receive connections in a second orientation that is opposite to the first orientation, wherein the fourth connection and the second circuit board are configured such that a midplane cable, having a plurality of conductors, couples the first connection to the second connection such that none of the plurality of conductors crosses another of the plurality of conductors; and a third circuit board having a fifth connection and a fourth circuit board having a sixth connection wherein the first circuit board is coupled to the midplane interconnect directly across from the second circuit board and the third circuit board is coupled to the midplane interconnect directly across from the fourth circuit board, further wherein transmit connections of the third connection are coupled through the midplane interconnect directly across from receive connections of the fourth connection and transmit connections of the fifth connection are coupled through the midplane interconnect directly across from the receive connections of the sixth connection.