Patent ID: 8774578

Claim:
An optical module comprising: a substrate including an optical device chip disposed on a top surface thereof; a spacer having at least one through hole and combined with the substrate on the substrate to insert the optical device chip into the through hole; a cover combined with the spacer on the spacer to close the through hole; an optical fiber combined with the cover on the cover in a position corresponding to a position of the optical device chip, and a groove unit or protrusion unit having an inclined surface tilted at a predetermined angle formed on a top surface or bottom surface of the cover in a position corresponding to a combined position of the optical fiber, wherein the optical module is configured such that light transmitted through the optical fiber is incident to the optical device chip or light emitted from the optical device chip is incident to the optical fiber, and wherein an electrode pattern is further formed on the substrate and electrically connected to the optical device chip.