Patent ID: 6232792
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: G06F,H03K,H04L

Abstract:
An information handling system comprising:at least one system transmission line having a characteristic impedance;a plurality of clusters, each cluster being coupled to each other cluster through at least one of said system transmission lines, each cluster comprisingat least one cluster transmission line each having a characteristic impedance equal to the characteristic impedance of said at least one system transmission line, each of said cluster transmission lines having a first end coupled to at least one of the system transmission lines and a second end coupled to a circuit chosen from the following: an active driver, an on-chip terminator, an off-chip terminator, an inactive driver in a termination configuration; each driver having a pull-up circuit having an output resistance matching the characteristic impedance of said cluster transmission lines, at least one second end being connected to one of the following: an on-chip terminator, an inactive driver in a termination configuration.