Patent ID: 6695492
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
An optical module, comprising:a substrate surface; an optical device having at least one of a light-receiving face and a light-emitting face that is parallel to the substrate surface; at least one optical fiber having an end; a plurality of projections, a plurality of metal patterns and an electrode having a plurality of pad portions formed on the light emitting face; and a supporting member that supports the end of said optical fiber, said supporting member having at least one through hole, the end of said optical fiber being extendible through the through hole, said supporting member having a face at the optical fiber end that extends in a direction that intersects an extending direction of said through hole, said at least one of the light-receiving face and the light-emitting face of said optical device and said face of said supporting member at the optical fiber end being disposed opposed to each other at a predetermined angle so as not to extend parallel relative to each other, said optical device and said supporting member being coupled by the plurality of projections that maintain the predetermined angle, the optical device and the supporting member being placed so that optical axes of the optical device and the optical fiber intersect at the predetermined angle, the plurality of metal patterns and the plurality of pad portions serving as position members.