This is an interesting hypothetical discussion, but as I wrote to Chris (visible in his "thank you") PCI Express mandates AC coupling only on the TX side of a lane, before the card connector. It does not mandate another AC block at the RX, It's prettty clear that the intent of the spec is to only have 1. (And the clock is not AC coupled). ------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from si-list: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field or to administer your membership from a web page, go to: //www.freelists.org/webpage/si-list For help: si-list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'help' in the Subject field List technical documents are available at: http://www.si-list.net List archives are viewable at: //www.freelists.org/archives/si-list Old (prior to June 6, 2001) list archives are viewable at: http://www.qsl.net/wb6tpu