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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1994
Masato Kosugi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Date, Tokyo, JP;
Kazumasa Hamaguchi, Yokohama, JP;
Toshiyuki Fukui, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In an optical communication system, a plurality of apparatuses are connected by a star coupler. A signal from each of the optical communication apparatuses is received by a receiving device such as a photodiode while a signal to each of the apparatuses is transmitted by a transmitting device such as a laser diode. A reference clock is supplied to the transmitting device. A clock of the signal from an optical communication apparatus is extracted to generate a phase comparison information signal of the extracted clock and the reference clock so as to supply the phase comparison information signal to the transmitting device. In the optical communication apparatus, a clock from the signal from the transmitting device is extracted, the phase comparison information signal contained in the signal from the transmitting device is extracted, and a transmit clock of the signal to be transmitted from the optical communication apparatus is controlled and oscillated such that a phase difference represented by the phase comparison signal is minimized.