Patent ID: 7609778

Claim:
A method of data transmission, said method comprising: receiving a first set of input signals and a second set of input signals, each input signal having a series of state transitions synchronized to a data clock signal having a period T_CLK; transmitting corresponding first and second sets of output signals such that each output signal (1) corresponds to an input signal of the corresponding set, (2) passes along a corresponding one of a corresponding set of a plurality of conductive paths, and (3) has a series of state transitions corresponding to the series of state transitions of the corresponding input signal; transmitting each among a third set of output signals on a corresponding one of a third set of the plurality of conductive paths; and transmitting each among a fourth set of output signals on a corresponding one of a fourth set of the plurality of conductive paths, wherein adjacent conductive paths of the first set are separated by at least one conductive path of the third set, and wherein adjacent conductive paths of the second set are separated by at least one conductive path of the fourth set, and wherein a time between a state transition on an input signal of the first set and the corresponding state transition on the corresponding output signal exceeds a time between a state transition on an input signal of the second set and the corresponding state transition on the corresponding output signal by a delay period T_DLY, and wherein the period T_CLK is greater than the delay period T_DLY, and wherein a first of two ends of each one among the plurality of conductive paths is closer to the first end of an adjacent conductive path than to the second end of the adjacent conductive path, and wherein said transmitting each among the first and second sets of signals includes applying the signal to the first end of the corresponding conductive path, and wherein said transmitting each among the third and fourth sets of signals includes applying the signal to the second end of the corresponding conductive path.