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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Yoichi Taira, Tokyo, JP;
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Optical communication module. The optical communication module includes an optical-connector input and output unit that is provided on a first face of a substrate, the optical-connector input and output unit including a first light reflection member which is arranged at each of N grid points and which reflects incident light at a right angle; an optical-device optical input and output unit that is provided in adjacent to the optical-connector input and output on the first face of the substrate including N second light reflection members which are arranged in a linear manner with spaces therebetween; a plurality of optical waveguides that are provided on the first face of the substrate; and an optical device that is provided on a second face of the substrate, the optical device including N light-receiving units or N light-emitting units which are aligned with N light transmission units of the substrate.