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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2018
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Timothy D. Wig, Northborough, MA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
A system board is provided that includes a connector. The connector includes a pinfield. The pinfield includes a set of differential signal conductors to correspond to pins of a set of differential signaling pairs; a set of one or more auxiliary signal conductors to carry auxiliary signals; and a plurality of thru-hole ground vias adjacent to a particular one of the auxiliary signal conductors in the set of auxiliary signal conductors. A method for improving signal integrity in a computer interconnect can include carrying differential signals on a set of differential signal vias in a connector pinfield; carrying sideband signals on a set of sideband vias in the connector pinfield; and reducing via-to-via crosstalk between a particular one of the sideband vias and one of the differential signal vias through one or more thru-hole ground vias adjacent to the particular sideband via in the pinfield.