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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 08, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2021
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Sergio Kolor, Haifa, IL;
Dany Davidov, Tirat Carmel, IL;
Nir Leshem, Beit Yanai, IL;
Mark Pilip, Kiryat Bialik, IL;
Lior Zimet, Kerem Maharal, IL;
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A system includes a first instance and a second instance of an integrated circuit. The integrated circuits include respective external interfaces with a physical pin layout having transmit and receive pins for a particular bus located in complementary positions relative to an axis of symmetry. The external interfaces of the first and second instances of the integrated circuit are positioned such that the transmit and receive pins for the given I/O signal on the first instance are aligned, respectively, with the receive and transmit pins for the given I/O signal on the second instance.