Patent ID: 7674049

Claim:
An optical module comprising: a fiber array including plural optical fibers which are divided to at least a transmitter group and a receiver group; a laser diode array including plural laser diodes which are grouped in at least a transmitter group; a photodiode array including plural photodiodes which are divided to at least a monitor group and a receiver group, the laser diode array being provided between the fiber array and the photodiode array such that each of end surfaces of the plural optical fibers of the transmitter group faces each of the plural laser diodes of the transmitter group, each of the plural optical fibers of the transmitter group, each of the plural laser diodes of the transmitter group and each of the plural photodiodes of the monitor group being optically aligned, respectively, and each of the plural optical fibers of the receiver group being optically aligned with each of the plural photodiodes of the receiver group, respectively; a laser diode submount being provided with the laser diode array; a bridge being provided with the laser diode submount and being arranged to allow optical signals, emitted from the transmitter group of the laser diode array and from the receiver group of the fiber array, to pass through without being attenuated; a terminal block having a bonding pad and being provided with the bridge; and a laser diode lead wire one end of which is bonded to the bonding pad of the terminal block.