Simultaneous multi-band transmission on a printed circuit board
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1. A computer system, comprising:
- a transmission path provided for transmitting data in the computer system;
at least one printed circuit board for mounting at least one transmitting integrated circuit and at least one receiving integrated circuit and for forming the transmission path, wherein the at least one transmitting integrated circuit comprises at least one transmitter, and the at least one receiving integrated circuit comprises at least one receiver;
a first transmitter, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to output a first modulated signal communicating data;
a second transmitter, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to output a second modulated signal communicating data on the transmission path, wherein a modulated transmission on the transmission path comprises the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal;
a first receiver, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to receive the modulated transmission; and
a second receiver, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to receive the modulated transmission, wherein the first and second receiver receive the modulated transmission for data communications,wherein the transmission path formed on the at least one printed circuit board connects the first and the second transmitter to the first and the second receiver without being branched directly to an antenna or a cable line for transmitting data.
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Abstract
The present invention is an apparatus and method for increasing the amount of data on a transmission path on a printed circuit board. Conventional methods allow only one data signal to be transmitted on the transmission path. The present invention uses multiple transmitters to modulate multiple data signals to form multiple modulated signals. The modulated signals are transmitted, possibly simultaneously, on the transmission path to receivers configured to demodulate individual modulated signals and recover the original data signals.
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1. A computer system, comprising:
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a transmission path provided for transmitting data in the computer system; at least one printed circuit board for mounting at least one transmitting integrated circuit and at least one receiving integrated circuit and for forming the transmission path, wherein the at least one transmitting integrated circuit comprises at least one transmitter, and the at least one receiving integrated circuit comprises at least one receiver; a first transmitter, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to output a first modulated signal communicating data; a second transmitter, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to output a second modulated signal communicating data on the transmission path, wherein a modulated transmission on the transmission path comprises the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal; a first receiver, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to receive the modulated transmission; and a second receiver, disposed on the at least one printed circuit board, arranged to receive the modulated transmission, wherein the first and second receiver receive the modulated transmission for data communications, wherein the transmission path formed on the at least one printed circuit board connects the first and the second transmitter to the first and the second receiver without being branched directly to an antenna or a cable line for transmitting data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transmitting data in a computer system with at least one printed circuit board for mounting at least one transmitting integrated circuit and at least one receiving integrated circuit and for forming a transmission path, wherein the at least one transmitting integrated circuit comprises at least two transmitters, and the at least one receiving integrated circuit comprises at least two receivers, the method comprising:
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disposing the transmission path on the at least one printed circuit board for transmitting data in the computer system; generating a first modulated signal using a first carrier frequency, wherein the first carrier frequency is within a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands; generating a second modulated signal using a second carrier frequency, wherein the second carrier frequency is within a second frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands; transmitting a modulated transmission communicating data on the at least one transmission path, wherein the modulated transmission comprises the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal; and receiving the modulated transmission for data communication, wherein the transmission path formed on the at least one printed circuit board connects the at least two transmitters to the at least two receivers without being branched directly to an antenna or a cable line for transmitting data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus, comprising:
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a transmission path provided for transmitting data in a computer system; at least one printed circuit board for mounting at least one transmitting integrated circuit and at least one receiving integrated circuit and for forming the transmission path, wherein the at least one transmitting integrated circuit comprises at least one transmitter, and the at least one receiving integrated circuit comprises at least one receiver; means for generating a first modulated signal using a first carrier frequency, wherein the first carrier frequency is within a first frequency band of a plurality of frequency bands; means for generating a second modulated signal using a second carrier frequency, wherein the second carrier frequency is within a second frequency band of the plurality of frequency bands; means for transmitting a modulated transmission communicating data on the transmission path, wherein the modulated transmission comprises the first modulated signal and the second modulated signal; and means for receiving the modulated transmission, wherein the transmission path formed on the at least one printed circuit board connects the means for transmitting the modulated transmission communicating data to the means for receiving the modulated transmission without being branched directly to an antenna or a cable line. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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