Line driver

A line driver which is especially suitable for wirebound transmission of data at high bit rates, comprising several parallel-connected driver stages (3) respectively comprising a first pair of transistors consisting of two transistors (4,5) which are controlled in a differential manner according to digital data to be transmitted, and a second pair of transistors (6,7). The transistors belonging tothe second pair of transistors (6,7) are series-connected to a corresponding transistor (4,5) of the first pair of transistors. The individual driver stages (3) are connected by the transistors (6, 7) of the second pair of transistors in a parallel manner to both line terminals of the line driver. Each driver stage (3) is associated with a control circuit (2) with transfer gates (14, 15), producing the differential control signals (VGA, VGB) for the two transistors (4, 5) of the corresponding first pair of transistors.