Patent ID: 9151663
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: G01J,G02B

Abstract:
1. An optical module, comprising: a circuit board including a mount surface and a non-mount surface opposite the mount surface; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the mount surface of the circuit board; an optical coupling member for holding an optical fiber, the optical coupling member optically coupling the optical fiber and the photoelectric conversion element; a semiconductor circuit element mounted on the mount surface of the circuit board, and electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion element; a plate-shaped supporting member arranged so as to sandwich the optical coupling member between the supporting member and the circuit board; and an electrically conductive body supported by the supporting member, extended in a thickness direction of the supporting member, and connected at one end to an electrode provided on the non-mount surface of the circuit board, wherein the optical coupling member includes a groove therein which opens into the supporting member to receive a tip of the optical fiber, and the supporting member sandwiches the tip of the optical fiber received in the groove between the supporting member and the optical coupling member.