Patent ID: 8619432

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a first circuit board configured to include an electronic component, said electronic component including a plurality of leads, said first circuit board including first wires configured to connect to a first portion of the plurality of leads; a second circuit board affixed to the first circuit board, said second circuit board including second wires, said second circuit board being smaller in size than the first circuit board; and a plurality of electrical connectors that extend through a thickness of the first circuit board, said plurality of electrical connectors configured to connect a second portion of the plurality of leads to the second wires, wherein the first circuit board is further configured to include an additional electronic component, wherein the second circuit board is limited in size to approximately a distance between the electronic component and the additional electronic component, wherein the distance between the electronic component and the additional electronic component is between approximately 5 inches to approximately 30 inches, and wherein the second wires include a spatial configuration on the second circuit board that has a signal-to-cross talk ratio of greater than 17 decibels for signal communications at greater than or equal to approximately 5 Gigabits per second for single ended signaling.