Patent ID: 7693360

Claim:
An optoelectronic hybrid integrated module comprising: an optical device for converting one of an optical signal into an electric signal and an electrical signal into an optical signal; an input/output IC for drive-controlling the optical device; and a transparent base material having electric wiring and light permeability, the transparent base material including a light coupling means at a position substantially facing the optical device, wherein the optical device and the input/output IC are flip-chip mounted on a surface of the transparent base material substantially aligned with the light coupling means, such that light coupling is performed in a direction other than a direction horizontal with respect to said transparent base material, wherein light inputting/outputting between the optical device and an area outside of the integrated module is carried out due to the light permeability of the transparent base material, wherein the electric wiring connects the optical device and the input/output IC so as to transfer an electric signal between them, the electric wiring being positioned on a surface of the transparent base material opposite to the surface where the optical device is mounted, the electric wiring being provided as a ground electrode and serving as an electromagnetic shield for the optical device and the input/output IC, wherein the optical device comprises at least one of a light emitting device which converts an electrical current signal into an optical signal and outputs said optical signal, and a light receiving device which converts an optical signal into an electrical current signal, wherein the input/output IC comprises at least one of a driver IC that converts an electrical voltage signal into an electrical current signal and outputs the electrical current signal to the optical device and an amplifier IC which converts the electrical current signal from the light receiving device into an electrical voltage signal, and wherein light emitted from said optical device, said optical device being flip-chip mounted on a first surface of said transparent base material, passes through said transparent base material approximately perpendicular to the surface of said transparent base material and is emitted from said transparent base material approximately perpendicular to a second surface of said transparent base material, the second surface comprising a surface opposite the first surface.