Sumitomo Electric Industries, Limited

Yoshihide Enami

Hisao Go

Mitsutoshi Kamakura

Akihiko Shioda

The optical module manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention includes a pallet 205 on which the optically operating members and the lead frame are set to be kept in a positional relationship; a wire connection means 202 and 213 for connecting the wires to the members, the frame and the electronic circuits on the frame as the members and the frame remain kept in the positional relationship; conveyors 207, 208 and 209 for conveying the members and the frame to dies 204 after the connection as the members and the frame remain kept in the relationship; and a die-setting means 203 for setting the members and the frame in the dies through the suction of the members and the frame away from the pallet onto the setting means after the conveyance as the members and the frame remain kept in the relationship.

Method for manufacturing an optical module

The optical module manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention includes a pallet 205 on which the optically operating members and the lead frame are set to be kept in a positional relationship; a wire connection means 202 and 213 for connecting the wires to the members, the frame and the electronic circuits on the frame as the members and the frame remain kept in the positional relationship; conveyors 207, 208 and 209 for conveying the members and the frame to dies 204 after the connection as the members and the frame remain kept in the relationship; and a die-setting means 203 for setting the members and the frame in tile dies through the suction of the members and the frame away from the pallet onto the setting means after the conveyance as the members and the frame remain kept in the relationship.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshihide Enami