Patent ID: 8150272

Claim:
A system 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, said system comprising: an input for receiving an incoming burst signal; a signal adaptation block with at least one controllable adaptation element connected to said input and provided for adapting said at least one widely varying characteristic of the incoming burst signal; a single-ended-to-differential converter connected to said signal adaptation block for converting the burst signal to a differential signal to be placed on said pair of differential lines in forwards direction; an end-of-burst detector connected to said pair of differential lines and provided for detecting burst ends in said differential signal; a reset signal generator connected to said end-of-burst detector for generating a reset signal to be placed on said differential lines in backwards direction upon detection of one of said burst ends; a reset signal receptor connected to said pair of differential lines backwards from said reset signal generator, for receiving said reset signal; and a settings determination block connected to said reset signal receptor and said signal adaptation block, for controlling each adaptation element of said signal adaptation block upon receipt of said reset signal on the basis of a measurement of the incoming burst signal.