Patent ID: 7315224

Claim:
Interconnect apparatus for providing a communication path for data signals in a predetermined frequency band, comprising: first and second sections of a transmission line, connected at one end to first and second data transceiving devices, respectively; a switch, having conductive/non-conductive states, for connecting/disconnecting between the other ends of said first and said second sections, for providing a data communication path between said data transceiving devices while being in its conductive state; third and fourth sections of a transmission line, respectively connected at one end to first and second contacts of said switch and at the other end to first and second connectors, said first and second connectors connectable via a cord; and a compensation circuitry to compensate, within said frequency band, for parasitic effects caused by said switch and/or cord while said switch being in its conductive or non-conductive state, such that said compensation circuitry compensates for the influence of parasitic effects introduced along said communication path by said switch while being in its non-conductive state and said compensation circuitry compensates for the influence of parasitic effects introduced along said communication path by said third and fourth sections and said connectors while said switch being in its conductive state.