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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2002
John R. Benham, Westborough, MA (US);
Rajeevan Amirtharajah, Providence, RI (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
The method of networking comprises connecting a first coupler to a first and second transmission line to couple the first and second transmission lines, connecting a second coupler to the second and a third transmission line to couple the second and third transmission lines, connecting a third coupler to the first and third transmission line to couple the first and third transmission lines, connecting a first end of the first transmission line to a first digital device, connecting a first end of the second transmission line to a second digital device, and connecting a first end of the third transmission line to a third digital device. A signal is transmitted through the first, second, or third transmission line, by one of the digital devices, and is received by at least one digital device different from the transmitting digital device.