Patent ID: 8831432
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: H04B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first transceiver port configured to send and receive first data communications across a first transceiver channel; a second transceiver port configured to send and receive second data communications across a second transceiver channel; and a set of signal pins configured to receive the first data communications from the first transceiver port at a first group of signal pins and to receive the second data communications from the second transceiver port at a second group of signal pins, wherein the first group of signal pins is arranged in a signal-signal-ground configuration on a pin connector and comprises a first pair of differential signal pins, a second pair of differential signal pins and a first ground pin shared between the first pair and the second pair; and wherein the second group of signal pins is arranged in a ground-signal-signal-ground configuration on the pin connector and comprises a third pair of differential signal pins, a fourth pair of differential signal pins and a plurality of ground pins.