Background technology
Due to present interior of mobile phone core processor processing speed Fast Growth, and outside each spare part is also because the raising of core processor usefulness also is inconjunction with and drives outside spare part specification raising., as camera model, improved pixel, volume of transmitted data that also relatively must be larger; The LCD display module, promoted the LCD display pixel, makes the more careful perfection of picture, volume of transmitted data that also must be larger.
How to solve the more more substantial volume of transmitted data than in the past,, except the data transmission channel number with traditional flexible circuit board connecting line increases,, to strengthen outside transmission quantity, also utilize optical circuit board to realize.Optical circuit board replaces the copper cash on flexible circuit board to carry out transmission information with optical fiber, because optical fiber is with optical signal transmission, optical signal transmission obtains major advantage, can not be subject to Electromagnetic Interference (EMI), and ray velocity is faster than electric speed, so use optical fiber fast doubly a lot of more than adopting copper cash to transmit on data transmission.
Because encapsulation LED on printed circuit board (PCB) and photodiode are generally done with the COB processing procedure, the mode that the light-emitting area of light emitting diode and the sensitive surface of photodiode make progress, only, this mode must have extra connector that optical fiber is padded will surpass the height of light emitting diode and photodiode when optical fiber connects, to avoid light emitting diode and photodiode to be subjected to wounding or weighing wounded of optical circuit board, therefore this kind structure makes that whole height is higher and light loss is larger.
Summary of the invention
In view of this, be necessary to provide the lower optic module of loss that a kind of whole height is little and light transmits.
A kind of optical fiber module, comprise light emitting diode and photodiode, described light emitting diode has light-emitting area, described photodiode has sensitive surface, described optical fiber module also comprises: circuit board, have relative first surface and second surface, described circuit board has the first through hole and the second through hole that runs through described first surface and second surface; Ceramic substrate, be arranged on the first surface of described circuit board and be used for carrying described light emitting diode and photodiode, and described light-emitting area and sensitive surface are towards the first surface of described circuit board; Optical circuit board, be positioned at the second surface of described circuit board, and described optical circuit board comprises flexible circuit board and is arranged on the first planar optical waveguide and the second planar optical waveguide on described flexible circuit board; The first reflector element, be arranged on described flexible circuit board and corresponding described the first through hole, the light that described light emitting diode sends passes described the first through hole and incides on described the first reflector element, by the light of described the first reflector element reflection, is coupled into described the first planar optical waveguide; And second reflector element, be arranged on described flexible circuit board and aim at described the second through hole and be used for reflecting the light of described the second planar optical waveguide outgoing, passed described the second through hole by the light of described the second reflector element reflection and received by described photodiode.
Compared to prior art, the optical fiber module of the present embodiment is by arranging through hole on circuit board, and make the sensitive surface of the light-emitting area of light emitting diode and photodiode directly towards circuit board, thereby can reduce the whole height of optical circuit board, circuit board, light emitting diode and photodiode, and the unnecessary bending that can avoid optical circuit board to produce when with circuit board, being connected, reduced the loss of optical circuit board light transmission.
Embodiment
See also Fig. 1 and Fig. 2, the optical fiber module 100 that the embodiment of the present invention provides comprises optical circuit board 10, circuit board 20, photovoltaic element 30, the first reflector element 40 and the second reflector element 50.
Circuit board 20 has relative first surface 201 and second surface 202, and wherein, second surface 202 is close to optical circuit board 10.Circuit board 20 has the first through hole 21 and the second through hole 22 that runs through first surface 201 and second surface 202.
Optical circuit board 10 comprises flexible circuit board 11 and the first planar optical waveguide 12 and the second planar optical waveguide 13 that arrange on flexible circuit board 11.Flexible circuit board 11 has relative the 101 and the 4th surface 102, the 3rd surface, and circuit board 20 is positioned on the 4th surface 102, is provided with groove 14, the first reflector elements 40 and the second reflector element 50 on flexible circuit board 11 and is arranged in groove 14.
The first through hole 21 and the second through hole 22 be the first reflector element 40 and the second reflector elements 50 in alignment indentation 14 respectively, and corresponding the first planar optical waveguide 12 of the first reflector element 40, corresponding the second planar optical waveguide 13 of the second reflector element 50.
Flexible circuit board 11 is fixed on the second surface 202 of circuit board 20 by hot pressing mode, and the 4th surface 102 is close on second surface 202 so that the first planar optical waveguide 12 and the second close circuit board 20 of planar optical waveguide 13.
Photovoltaic element 30 comprises ceramic substrate 31, light emitting diode 32, photodiode 33, the first chip 34 and the second chip 35.Ceramic substrate 31 can be LTCC (low temperature co-fired ceramic) substrate.Light emitting diode 32 has light-emitting area 320, and photodiode 33 has sensitive surface 330, the first chips 34, and to be used for driving light emitting diode 32 luminous, and the second chip 35 is used for processing the electric signal of photodiode 33 inputs.
Certainly, in other embodiments, the first chip 34 and the second chip 35 also can integrate, and are used for driving the signal that light emitting diode 32 is luminous and processing photodiode 33 is inputted.
Ceramic substrate 31 has base plate 310 and sidewall 311, thereby sidewall 311 vertical base plate 310 settings make ceramic substrate 31 integral body present U-shaped.Light emitting diode 32, photodiode 33, the first chip 34 and the second chip 35 adopt COB(chip on board) processing procedure be arranged on base plate 310 and make the light-emitting area 320 of light emitting diode 32 and the sensitive surface 330 of photodiode 33 away from base plate 310, in addition, online parallel two relative sidewalls 311 between light emitting diode 32 and photodiode 33, contrast Fig. 1, online vertical paper inwards.
Sidewall 311 is fixed on the first surface 201 of circuit board 20, and the light-emitting area 320 of light emitting diode 32 is aimed at sensitive surface 330 aligning second through holes 22 of the first through hole 21, photodiode 33.
The first chip 34 drives light emitting diode 32 and sends the light of basic perpendicular circuit board 20, light passes the first through hole 21 and incides on the first reflector element 40, the first reflector element 40 becomes light reflection the light of substantially parallel circuit board 20, and the light of substantially parallel circuit board 20 is coupled into the first planar optical waveguide 12 and transmits.
The light of the second planar optical waveguide 13 transmission basic perpendicular circuit board 20 after the second reflector element 50 reflections enters the second through hole 22, photodiode 33 receives from the light of the second through hole 22 outgoing and is converted into electric signal exports to second chip 35, the second chips 35 these electric signal of processing to obtain the signal of the second planar optical waveguide 13 transmission.
Optical fiber module 100 is by arranging through hole on circuit board 20, and make the sensitive surface 330 of the light-emitting area 320 of light emitting diode 32 and photodiode 33 directly towards circuit board 20, thereby can reduce the overall packaging height of optical circuit board 10, circuit board 20, photovoltaic element 30, and the unnecessary bending that can avoid optical circuit board 10 to produce when with circuit board 20, being connected, reduced the loss of optical circuit board 10 light transmission.
Be understandable that, those skilled in the art also can do other variation etc. and be used in design of the present invention in spirit of the present invention, as long as it does not depart from technique effect of the present invention and all can.The variation that these are done according to spirit of the present invention, within all should being included in the present invention's scope required for protection.