Patent ID: 6998734

Claim:
A cable, comprising: a first connector; a second connector comprising: a signal processing element configured to process signals transmitted between the first and second connectors, the signal processing element comprises: a first pulse transformer configured to translate signals transmitted from the first connector to the second connector from first single ended signals to first balanced signals, a first common mode choke configured to remove common mode noise from the first balanced signals, a second pulse transformer configured to translate signals transmitted from the second connector to the first connector from second balanced signals to second single ended signals, and a second common mode choke configured to remove common mode noise from the second balanced signals, where the first pulse transformer and the first common mode choke are located on a first side of the second connector and the second pulse transformer and the second common mode choke are located on a second side of the second connector; and a cable conductor connected at a first end to the first connector and at a second end to the second connector, where the cable conductor comprises: a transmit cable configured to transmit the signals from the first connector to the second connector, and a receive cable configured to transmit the signals from the second connector to the first connector.