Imec

Universiteit Gent

Tine De Ridder

Johan Bauwelinck

Jan Vandewege

Cedric Mélange

Xing Zhi Qiu

Peter Ossieur

Xing-Zhi Qiu

Bart Baekelandt

Systems and methods for transferring incoming single-ended burst signals of which at least one characteristic varies widely from burst to burst onto a pair of differential lines. The systems comprise an input for receiving an incoming burst signal, a signal adaptation block for adapting said widely varying characteristic and a single-ended-to-differential converter. In a first aspect a reset signal for resetting a settings determination block, which controls the signal adaptation block, is sent backwards over the differential lines, preferably using a common-mode signal. In a second aspect, a status freezing mechanism is employed for freezing the settings of the settings determination block after the end of the preamble of an incoming burst.

Systems and methods for transferring single-ended burst signal onto differential lines, especially for use in burst-mode receiver

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