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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Karl Joseph Bois, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David W. Quint, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Timothy L. Michalka, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01P 5/12 ;
Abstract
A four-drop bus has each driver or receiver terminated at the characteristic impedance of Z . Each driver or receiver is connected to a segment of transmission line with a characteristic impedance of Z . Two of these segments are connected at a first point. The other two of these segments are connected at a second point. The first and second points are connected by a central transmission line with a characteristic impedance of Z /2.