Patent ID: 8254402

Claim:
A method for connecting a transmitting data source device to a receiving data sink device carrying differential signals, comprising steps of: boosting at least one of the differential signals in a boost device that is mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB); coupling a raw differential signal from the data source device through tracks of the PCB to two or more inputs of the boost device to produce one or more delayed raw differential signals; terminating the delayed raw differential signals in said the boost device; in an input selector circuit of said boost device, the input selector circuit having first adjustable parameters, selecting one of the delayed raw differential signals and outputting a deskewed signal; processing the deskewed signal into an equalized signal in an equalizer circuit of said boost device, the equalizer circuit having second adjustable parameters; amplifying the equalized signal into a boosted signal in the boost device; and sending the boosted signal to the data sink device.