A single-signal receiver including an active inductor continuous time linear equalizer and a reference voltage selection equalizer is provided. The single-signal receiver includes a continuous time linear equalizing unit to receive a single signal, and compensate for distortion of the single signal to generate an output, and a reference voltage selection equalizing unit to select one of a first reference voltage value and a second reference voltage value based on a previous output from a comparator, and sample the output from the continuous time linear equalizing unit, based on the one of the first reference voltage value and the second reference voltage value.