Patent ID: 7958294

Claim:
An integrated circuit formed on a substrate and having a plurality of data transceivers, said integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of circuit elements of data transceivers formed in said substrate and positioned in a column extending in a first direction on an end of said integrated circuit, wherein said plurality of circuit elements in said column comprises analog circuit elements positioned in a sub-column closer to the end of said integrated circuit than digital circuit elements positioned in a sub-column; a plurality of circuit elements formed in said substrate and positioned adjacent to said plurality of circuit elements of data transceivers; a plurality of buses, each bus comprising conductors extending in said first direction across said plurality of circuit elements of each data transceiver of said plurality of data transceivers over a portion of said substrate having said plurality of circuit elements of data transceivers; and a plurality of interconnect elements providing connections between said plurality of circuit elements of data transceivers formed in said substrate and said plurality of circuit elements formed in said substrate and positioned adjacent to said plurality of circuit elements of data transceivers.