What is Differential Signaling? Give an example, On a two wire transmission Circuit, the instantaneous voltages of a = 151/and b = 10V, find the: differential voltage, common mode voltage, odd-mode signal, and even mode signal. Solution Most electrical signals are single-ended, comprised of a single wire and ground. Differential signals use two wires which are the inverse of each other -- when one swings positive, the other swings negative in equal magnitude. The receiving circuit looks only at the difference between the two, ignoring any common-mode voltage. This \"push-pull\" arrangement reduces the impact of electrical interference because external noise will affect both wires equally and the common- mode rejection will ignore the noise. Examples: RS-422, RS-485, professional audio signal standards (especially for microphones), the signal lines employed by Ethernet, and the standard twisted-pair analog telephone (POTS) line.