Patent ID: 6905261

Claim:
An optical fiber module lead frame comprising: an enclosure having a bottom wall and a plurality of sidewalls formed on the periphery of the bottom wall, said enclosure housing a light emitting device, a photodetector, and a wiring pattern for routing electrical signals within said enclosure; at least a first lead terminal extending through a first one of said plurality of sidewalls for inputting electrical transmit signals into said enclosure that are converted to optical signals within said enclosure and transmitted by said light emitting device, said first lead terminal terminating inside said enclosure at a tip end and being electrically connected to said wiring pattern with a bonding wire internal to said enclosure; and at least a second lead terminal extending through a second one of said plurality of sidewalls different from said first one of said plurality of sidewalls for outputting received electrical signals that were converted from optical signals to electrical signals in said enclosure by said photodetector, said second lead terminal terminating inside said enclosure at a tip end and being electrically connected to said wiring pattern with a bonding wire internal to said enclosure; wherein the lead terminal for inputting transmit signals and the lead terminal for outputting received signals are disposed so that their respective tip ends are not facing each other; and wherein a tip end part of at least one of the lead terminal for inputting transmit signals and the lead terminal for outputting received signals is bent along the bottom wall inside said enclosure so that an extended central line of the lead terminal for inputting transmit signals crosses an extended central line of the lead terminal for outputting received signals.