Patent ID: 6985365

Claim:
A computer system, comprising: a control signal source; a control signal destination; a control signal path having a length, the control signal path coupling the control signal source and control signal destination, comprising: a first plurality of signal paths each having two ends, a source end of a selected path of the first plurality of signal paths coupled to the control signal source; a second plurality of signal paths each having two ends, a destination end of a selected path of the second plurality of signal paths coupled to the control signal destination; a spanning circuit coupling the selected path of the first plurality of signal paths to the selected path of the second plurality of signal paths the spanning circuit comprising: a medial solder pad; a first zero ohm resistor connecting a remaining end of the selected path of the first plurality of signal paths to the medial solder pad; and a second zero ohm resistor connecting a remaining end of the selected path of the second plurality of signal paths to the medial solder pad; and wherein the length of the control signal path is at least the sum of a length of the selected path of the first plurality of signal paths and a length of the selected path of the second plurality of signal paths.