Patent ID: 7026654

Claim:
A package for an optical semiconductor comprising a wiring board on which a light-emitting device and a light-receiving device are mounted and which has a circuit pattern for wiring of said devices; a surrounding member layer made of a resin material having a light transmittance property so as to cover outer surfaces of the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device; a substrate member layer made of a transparent material covering the outer surface of the surrounding member layer; and a straight groove formed in said surrounding member and said substrate member between the light-emitting device and the light-receiving device, wherein said straight groove is filled with a material having light shielding property and, has a depth which extends from a side from which light beam emitted from the light-emitting device emerges outside and which does not reach said wiring board so that at least a conducting portion of the circuit pattern on said wiring board exists below said straight groove such that the light-emitting device and light-receiving device are connected electrically passing under the groove.