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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2012
Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Hajime Arao, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihisa Yokochi, Yokohama, JP;
Atsushi Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Mitsuaki Tamura, Yokohama, JP;
SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., Osaka-shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An optical module () of the invention includes a circuit substrate () on which light receiving and emitting elements () are mounted, a connector component () for holding optical fibers (), and a lens array component () which is fixed on the circuit substrate () and optically connects the optical fibers () to the light receiving and emitting elements () on the circuit substrate (), and the circuit substrate () has a lens array mounting region (A) in which the lens array component () is fixed and a connector component opposed region (A) opposed to the connector component (), and thermal insulation space is formed between the connector component () and the connector component opposed region (A).