Patent ID: 8824898

Claim:
A circuit arrangement for transmitting signals from at least one data source to at least one data sink, said signals being TMDS encoded at least in part, wherein said circuit arrangement comprises: at least one driver circuit being connected downstream of at least one connection interface, which is assigned to the data source, and being suppliable by said connection interface with a supply voltage, and being connected upstream of at least one light-emitting element, said light-emitting element being provided for electro-optically converting the electrical TMDS encoded signals, wherein light being supplied with the TMDS encoded signals is coupleable into at least one optical fiber by means of said light-emitting element, and at least one transimpedance converter circuit being connected downstream of at least one light-absorbing element, said light-absorbing element being provided for opto-electrically converting the light being supplied with the TMDS encoded signals, wherein the light being supplied with the TMDS encoded signals is coupleable out from the optical fiber by means of said light-absorbing element, being connected upstream of at least one connection interface being assigned to the data sink, and being suppliable by a direct voltage portion being applied to at least one differential pair of wires, the at least one driver circuit including at least one voltage increasing circuit, by means of which voltage increasing circuit electrical energy can be taken and/or given from a potential difference or voltage difference, or termination voltage.