In a differential line receiver circuit having differential amplifier
circuit where output rise and fall times are influenced by the ability of
internal current sources to charge parasitic capacitances, a feedback
circuit is provided to tune those current sources so as to deliver equal
rise and fall time on both outputs. According to one embodiment a
detector signal is derived from timing errors resulting from such rise
and fall time discrepancies by means of a nested CMOS inverter
arrangement coupled to an integrating element, and then used to control
one or both of said current sources. It is further disclosed how
deviations in the center voltage of the internal power supplies caused by
the current source tuning can be allowed for by pre-processing of the
signal at the input of the differential line receiver circuit by means of
a differential signal transfer circuit which is able to impose a common
mode signal on the input signal so as to match the center voltage of the
differential amplifiers internal power supply.