Patent ID: 8213894

Claim:
An integrated circuit comprising: an internal transmission line in one or more layers of the integrated circuit, the internal transmission line to receive a signal at a first end of the internal transmission line from a transmission line external to the integrated circuit without use of termination circuitry at the first end of the internal transmission line, the internal transmission line to transmit the signal passively to a second end of the internal transmission line; first circuitry in the integrated circuit, the first circuitry having an input coupled to the internal transmission line at a first location of the internal transmission line to receive the signal; and second circuitry in the integrated circuit, the second circuitry having an input coupled to the internal transmission line at a second location of the internal transmission line to receive the signal, wherein the second location is different from the first location, wherein the internal transmission line, the first circuitry, and the second circuitry are in the same integrated circuit.