Input stage for an LVDS receiver circuit

An input stage for an LVDS receiver circuit, comprising:

• at least one supply voltage connection;
• a first stage input and a second stage input to be acted upon by a differential input signal pair;
• a first differential stage and a second differential stage, each of the first and second stage inputs being directly connected to a different respective input of the first differential stage, and indirectly connected to a different respective input of the second differential stage via a different respective level-shifting circuit;
• two stage outputs, each of the outputs including a connection from one output each of the first and of the second differential stage;
• wherein each of the first differential stage and the second differential stage is connected to the supply voltage connection via a different respective transistor each of a third differential stage, a control input of one of the respective transistors of the third differential stage being connected to a measuring path, the measuring path connecting the first and second stage inputs to one another, and a control input of the other one of the respective transistors of the third differential stage being connected to a device for providing a reference voltage;
• wherein a first of the respective level-shifting circuits includes a first series circuit of two transistors each having a respective control input, wherein a first end of the first series circuit is electro-conductively connected to the supply voltage connection, wherein each of the respective control inputs of the two transistors of the first series circuit is directly electro-conductively connected to a different respective one of the first and second stage inputs, and wherein a first of the respective inputs of the second differential stage is electro-conductively connected to the first series circuit between the transistors of the first series circuit.