Patent ID: 8674223
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: H01B,H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A cable for carrying one or more high speed differential digital data signals and one or more auxiliary signals between a source device and a sink device according to a cable specification, the cable comprising: a raw cable having one or more dual shielded cable elements, each dual shielded cable element comprising a shield and two shielded conductors for transmitting two polarities of a high speed differential digital data signal, an impedance of at least one dual shielded cable element being higher than a nominal impedance of the cable specified in the cable specification; a first circuit carrier electrically coupling the source device with the raw cable, the first circuit carrier including a shunt resistor, the shunt resistor being electrically coupled between the shielded conductors of said at least one dual shielded cable element; and a second circuit carrier electrically coupling the raw cable with the sink device, the second circuit carrier including a boost device for terminating the at least one dual shielded cable element and boosting the high speed differential digital data signal carried by said at least one dual shielded cable element, an output of the boost device being electrically coupled to the sink device.