Patent ID: 7359646

Claim:
An arrangement for at least one of transmitting and receiving an optical signal, the arrangement comprising: an optical element for one of transmitting and receiving the optical signal; a base plate, on which the optical element is arranged; electrical line feeds for supplying electrical power to the optical element; and a beam-shaping element mounted adjacent to the optical element for at least one of directing light emitted by an optical waveguide coupled to the transmitting and/or receiving arrangement onto the optical element, and coupling light emitted by the optical element into the optical waveguide; wherein the base plate, the optical element and the beam-shaping element are arranged such that an intermediate space is provided between the base plate and the beam-shaping element in which the optical element is located; wherein the electrical line feeds are arranged on a carrier element that is fastened to the base plate and extends at least partly into the intermediate space, the carrier element with the electrical line feeds having an edge that is located adjacent to the partly filling a lateral opening portion of the intermediate space, and wherein, in addition to a first opening of the intermediate space through which the electrical feed lines extend, one of the base plate and the beam-shaping element defines at least one further opening that communicates with the intermediate space.