Patent ID: 7764130

Claim:
A clock distribution system comprising: a continuous length of two-conductor transmission line arranged in a serpentine configuration such that there are a plurality of locations at which portions of the transmission line are physically adjacent to other portions of the transmission line, said transmission line being differentially terminated; a plurality of regeneration devices located a various spaced-apart positions on the transmission line, said regeneration devices operative to provide energy to a wave propagating on the two-conductor transmission line; a plurality of regeneration device pair, each pair connected between portions of the transmission line at the locations where the transmission lines are physically adjacent, wherein a first of the regeneration device pairs is connected between a first conductor of one physically adjacent portion and a second conductor of the other physically adjacent portion, wherein a second of the regeneration device pairs is connected between a second conductor of said one portion and a first conductor of said other portion, and wherein said portions connected by the regeneration device pairs ensure that a differential wave propagating on the transmission line at one physically adjacent portion has a phase opposite to the phase at the other physically adjacent portion.