Optical data communication system
First Claim
1. An optical communications system comprising:
- a multiplicity of stations at least one of which is a master station, each having a predetermined address coded signal designated thereto;
means at each of said stations for coupling said stations to stations adjacent thereto;
means remotely located from said coupling means at each of said stations for generating optical signals for transmission to said adjacent stations in response to an optical signal received from one of said adjacent stations, and for generating electrical signals when said predetermined address coded signal is received; and
an optical fiber bundle wherein optical fibers are interleaved to couple optical signals received at said coupling means from adjacent stations to said receiver-generator means and to couple signals from said receiver-generator means to said coupling means for transmission to adjacent stations.
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Abstract
An optical communication system is disclosed wherein a multiplicity of stations in a linear, random, or grid arrangement are coupled in a party-line type network in which optical signals originated by a master or responding station are relayed from station to station. Coupling between stations may be accomplished by means of optical lenses, the focal regions of which are coupled to electronic equipments that may be remotely located therefrom. This electronic equipment detects received optical signals, regenerates and retransmits these received optical signals, and originates a responding optical signal to the master station when the received optical signal is addressed to the receiving station.
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1. An optical communications system comprising:
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a multiplicity of stations at least one of which is a master station, each having a predetermined address coded signal designated thereto; means at each of said stations for coupling said stations to stations adjacent thereto; means remotely located from said coupling means at each of said stations for generating optical signals for transmission to said adjacent stations in response to an optical signal received from one of said adjacent stations, and for generating electrical signals when said predetermined address coded signal is received; and an optical fiber bundle wherein optical fibers are interleaved to couple optical signals received at said coupling means from adjacent stations to said receiver-generator means and to couple signals from said receiver-generator means to said coupling means for transmission to adjacent stations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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