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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2019
Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co., Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Norikazu Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Toru Sugamata, Tokyo, JP;
SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An initial change and a secular change in an optical characteristic and a high frequency characteristic in a case where an optical modulator is mounted in a package of an optical transmission apparatus are suppressed while improving a space utilization rate in the package of the optical transmission apparatus. An optical modulator that is electrically connected to an electric circuit configured on a circuit board, includes: a package that houses an optical modulation element; and a signal input part or the like for inputting an electric signal for causing the optical modulation element to perform an modulation operation from the electric circuit, in which the package has, on a part of a bottom surface facing the circuit board, a first protrusion portion protruding from the bottom surface, and the signal input part is provided on an upper surface of the first protrusion portion.