Patent ID: 7593650

Claim:
An optical receiver comprising: an optical receiver sub-assembly including a light receiving element for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal and a first amplifier for amplifying an output signal from the light receiving element; and a main printed circuit board mounting a second amplifier for further amplifying an output from said first amplifier, wherein said optical receiver sub-assembly and said main printed circuit board are connected through a flexible printed circuit board for transmitting the electrical signal amplified by said first amplifier, wherein said first amplifier has a pair of differential output terminals and said second amplifier has a pair of differential input terminals, wherein said flexible printed circuit board includes two micro-strip lines for transmitting differential signals from the first amplifier to the second amplifier, wherein said main printed circuit board includes a pair of signal lines for the differential signals, the pair of signal lines connecting a flexible printed circuit board connected portion and said second amplifier, wherein said pair of signal lines includes two DC cut capacitors and a frequency characteristic compensating circuit, wherein said frequency characteristic compensating circuit consists of passive elements, including resistors forming a balanced attenuator circuit, and two capacitors each of which connects an input and an output of the balanced attenuator circuit, and wherein said frequency characteristic compensating circuit maintains an output reflection characteristic to be −10 dB or less in a frequency range from DC to 10 GHz.