Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Sumitomo Electric Device Innovations, Inc.

Kenichiro Uchida

Takashi Matsui

Keiji Tanaka

Shigeo Hayashi

Hiromi Kurashima

Kazushige Oki

Hirotaka Oomori

Moriyasu Ichino

Naoyuki Fukushima

An optical transceiver capable of narrowing an extra space for an external optical fiber is disclosed. The optical transceiver of an embodiment provides an optical receptacle with a port, to which the external optical fiber is to be inserted, headed for a direction in diagonal to the longitudinal axis of the optical transceiver. In another embodiment, the optical transceiver provides an optical receptacle capable of turning the port thereof.

Optical transceiver having optical receptacle arranged diagonally to longitudinal axis

A technique is disclosed for an optical transceiver, where the frame ground is electrically isolated from the signal ground in a low frequency region and is conducted in a high frequency region, without applying a capacitor as a substantial circuit component. The transceiver includes a TOSA whose housing is grounded with the FG and connected with the driver with a FPC board. On the FPC board is formed with a parallel plate capacitor, one conductive pattern on the one surface is connected with the housing of the TOSA, while the other pattern in the opposite surface is connected with the SG. This parallel plate capacitor isolates the FG from the SG in low frequencies, while conducts the FG with the SG in high frequencies.

Optical transceiver with frame ground and signal ground isolated with parallel plate capacitor

The invention discloses an optical receiver that prevents the instability of the bias voltage to the avalanche photodiode (APD) and facilitates the recovery of the bias voltage from the safety value. The optical receiver comprises the APD, the DC-DC converter to supply the bias voltage to the APD, the current detector to detect the photo current generated by the APD, and the controller to set the bias voltage. The controller, evaluating the optical input power based on the output voltage of the DC-DC converter and the monitored current, sets the output voltage based on the change of the optical input power.

Method for controlling a bias voltage applied to an avalanche photodiode

The present invention provides an optical module able to reduce the power consumption thereof. The optical module, the package of which has a type of CAN or a co-axial shape, includes a Peltier device, a block, a laser diode (LD) and a photodiode. The block, mounting the LD on the side surface thereof, has a surface for reflecting the light emitted from the light-reflecting facet of the LD, and is mounted on the Peltier device. The photodiode, installed outside the Peltier device, receives the light emitted from the LD and reflected by the surface of the block. Since the photodiode is mounted outside the Peltier device, the cooling efficiency of the Peltier device may be enhanced, which saves the power consumption of the optical module.

Optical module including a Peltier device therein and having a co-axial type package

The present invention provides a light-transmitting module capable of emitting light in stable under a predetermined temperature, especially the light-transmitting module applicable to a condition when the predetermined temperature is lower than ambient temperatures. The light-transmitting module of the present invention includes a light-emitting module, which encloses the laser diode and the Peltier device therein, a substrate electrically connected to the light-emitting module, and a heater. The heater is able to heat the package of the light-emitting module when the predetermined temperature of the laser diode is higher than the ambient temperature, thereby preventing the temperature of the package from lowering the dew-point and droplets from being generated on the substrate. The optical output from the light-transmitting module can be stabled.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Kenichiro Uchida