Patent ID: 8023280
Filing Date: 2011-09-20
Classification: G06F,Y02D

Abstract:
1. An electronic system, comprising: a master device mounted on printed circuit board and adapted to communicate with a plurality of slave devices mounted on the printed circuit board; and a bus adapted to electrically connect said master device to said plurality of slave devices, said bus including a central node and a plurality of printed circuit board conductive trace segments between said central node and said plurality of slave devices, wherein each one of said plurality of segments comprises substantially the same length, wherein a first one of said plurality of segments configured to connect a first one of said plurality of slave devices to said central node comprises a shared first segment portion and a second segment portion and a second one of said plurality of segments configured to connect a second one of said plurality of slave devices to said central node comprises the shared first segment portion and a third segment portion different from said second segment portion, wherein said bus further includes a primary segment between said central node and said master device exhibiting substantially the same length and impedance as each one of said plurality of segments.