When a PLL circuit is used to extract and recover clock component from an information data signal, where an optical receive signal has been converted into an electrical signal, and to monitor the frequency of a recovered clock, a low frequency section frequency detection circuit having a BPF (band-pass filter) where transmission center frequency has been shifted to higher frequency relative to center frequency of the electrical signal and a high frequency section frequency detection circuit having a BPF where the transmission center frequency has been shifted to lower frequency are provided in parallel. Utilizing a slope on one side of each transmission characteristic of the BPF makes it possible to set detection frequency freely and accurately. Therefore, a frequency detection circuit without using a special device in an optical transmitter/receiver, capable of easily detecting accurate frequency shift of f0.+-..DELTA.f or more, and of low price and high performance, can be obtained.

 
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