| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: an optical communication apparatus capable of achieving coexistence of control area network (CAN) based communication and optical communication; a communication harness; and a communication system. <P>SOLUTION: An optical communication apparatus includes, on a substrate 10: connecting sections 11a, 11b, 11c, 11d, 11e, 11f, 11g, 11h connected to a plurality of unshielded twisted pair (UTP) cables; signal lines 12 and 13 connecting the connecting sections; a CAN transmitting/receiving section 14, connected to the signal lines 12 and 13, for transmitting/receiving an electrical signal based on a CAN; and a converting section 15 for converting a signal received by the CAN transmitting/receiving section 14 into an optical signal, transmitting the optical signal from an optical connector to an optical communication line 3, converting the optical signal received by the optical connector via the optical communication line 3 into an electrical signal and outputting the electrical signal to the CAN transmitting/receiving section 14 so as to transmit it from the CAN transmitting/receiving section 14. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT |
