Patent ID: 8705916

Claim:
An optical module configured to perform conversion between an optical signal and an electrical signal, comprising: a board having a flat-plate shape; a light-receiving part and a light-emitting part attached on a surface of the board, the light-receiving part being configured to receive a first optical signal input from an optical cable and the light-emitting part being configured to output a second optical signal based on an input electrical signal; and an optical deflection member configured to deflect the first optical signal substantially 90 degrees and output the first optical signal to the light-receiving part and to deflect the second optical signal input from the light-emitting part substantially 90 degrees and output the second optical signal to the optical cable, the optical deflection member including a plurality of optical waveguides arranged in a first array and a second array, wherein the first array is positioned outside the second array with reference to the board.