Patent ID: 7968802

Claim:
A printed circuit board (PCB) comprising: a first via having an upper cap disposed on a top layer of the PCB, and a lower cap disposed on a bottom layer of the PCB; a second via having an upper cap disposed on the top layer of the PCB, and a lower cap disposed on the bottom layer of the PCB; and a differential pair having a first differential trace comprising a first segment and a second segment, and a second differential trace comprising a third segment and a fourth segment, wherein the first and the third segments are disposed on the top layer of the PCB, and are electrically coupled to the upper caps of the first and the second vias respectively, the second and the fourth segments are disposed on the bottom layer of the PCB, and are electrically coupled to the lower caps of the first and the second vias respectively, the first and the third segments extend from corresponding upper caps in different directions, the second and the fourth segments extend from corresponding lower caps in different directions.