Patent ID: 8680395

Claim:
A cable for carrying one or more high speed differential digital data signals and one or more auxiliary signals between a source device and a sink device according to a cable specification, the cable comprising: a raw cable having an outer braid enclosing: one or more dual shielded cable elements, each dual shielded cable element comprising two shielded conductors and a common shield; and one or more split dual shielded cable elements, each split dual shielded cable element comprising another two shielded conductors, each of said another two shielded conductors being enclosed in an individual shield; wherein: the braid, common shields and individual shields of the shielded conductors electrically couple one or more of the respective auxiliary signals from the source device to the sink device; the shielded conductors of each of said dual shielded cable elements are designated for carrying a respective high speed differential digital data signal; and the shielded conductors of each of the split dual shielded cable elements are designated for carrying a respective high speed differential digital data signal; a first circuit carrier for electrically coupling the raw cable to the source device, the first circuit carrier comprising: an electrostatic discharge (ESD) resistor electrically coupling the outer braid with an auxiliary signal connection of the source device; and a bypass capacitor capacitively coupling the outer braid with a ground connection of the source device; and a second circuit carrier for electrically coupling the raw cable with the sink device.