Patent ID: 9158079
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical module, comprising: a circuit board; an optical element mounted on a front surface of the circuit board; a semiconductor circuit element mounted on the front surface of the circuit board and electrically connected with the optical element; an optical connection member formed on a back surface of the circuit board, the optical connection member including an optical fiber receiving groove to receive a tip of an optical fiber introduced from a base end side of the circuit board and optically connect together the optical fiber received in the optical fiber receiving groove and the optical element; and a pressing plate disposed on an opposite side of the optical connection member to the circuit board, the optical fiber receiving groove being open toward the pressing plate, the optical fiber being received and fixed in the optical fiber receiving groove with the pressing plate being pressed directly against the optical fiber, wherein the semiconductor circuit element is mounted on the base end side of the circuit board relative to the optical element, and configured in such a manner that the circuit board, the optical connection member and the tip of the optical fiber are sandwiched between the semiconductor circuit element and the pressing plate, and wherein the circuit board includes a plurality of electrodes aligned and formed at a tip of the back surface of the circuit board so as to be electrically connected to an equipment side circuit board.