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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2004
Applicants:
Mitsuaki Nishie, Osaka, JP;
Hiromi Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiki Kuhara, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An optical transmission and receiver module suitable for a single-fiber bi-directional communication includes a light emitting device, a photodiode, an optical path routing element which allows light emitted from the light emitting device and light directed to the photodiode to pass through the element and which changes their optical paths, as required, and a lens transparent to both light emitted from light emitting device and light directed to the photodiode.