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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 04, 2008
Peter Ossieur, Sint-Andries Brugge, BE;
Tine DE Ridder, Zwijnaarde, BE;
Johan Bauwelinck, Temse, BE;
Xing Zhi Qiu, Wondelgem, BE;
Jan Vandewege, Mariakerke, BE;
Peter Ossieur, Sint-Andries Brugge, BE;
Tine De Ridder, Zwijnaarde, BE;
Johan Bauwelinck, Temse, BE;
Xing Zhi Qiu, Wondelgem, BE;
Jan Vandewege, Mariakerke, BE;
IMEC, Leuven, BE;
Universiteit Gent, Ghent, BE;
Abstract
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.