Patent ID: 7751350

Claim:
A splitter circuit comprising: a printed circuit board; first, second and third Ethernet ports mounted on said printed circuit board: said first Ethernet port having a set of transmit nodes which electrically couple to wires of a transmit data path of an Ethernet link when an Ethernet link is coupled to said first Ethernet port, and said first Ethernet port having a set of receive nodes which electrically couple to wires of a receive data path of an Ethernet when an Ethernet link is coupled to said first Ethernet port; said second Ethernet port having a set of transmit nodes for electrical coupling to a first transceiver of a full duplex radio bridge to establish an outer loop connection, and having a set of inner loop nodes for electrically coupling to an inner loop packet network port of said first transceiver; said third Ethernet port having a set of receive nodes for electrically coupling to a second transceiver of said full duplex radio bridge to establish an outer loop connection, and having a set of inner loop nodes for electrically coupling to an inner loop packet network port of said second transceiver; a first set of conductive traces on said printed circuit board that electrically couple said set of transmit nodes of said first Ethernet port to said set of transmit nodes of said second Ethernet port; a second set of conductive traces on said printed circuit board that electrically couple said set of receive nodes of said first Ethernet port to said set of receive nodes of said third Ethernet port; and a third set of conductive traces that couple said set of inner loop nodes of said second Ethernet port to said set of inner loop nodes of said third Ethernet port.