CN116449510A

CN116449510A - Optical module

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Publication number: CN116449510A
Application number: CN202310548007.6A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 孙雨舟; 陈龙; 于登群; 李伟龙
Original assignee: Innolight Technology Suzhou Ltd
Current assignee: Innolight Technology Suzhou Ltd
Priority date: 2017-07-19
Filing date: 2017-07-19
Publication date: 2023-07-18
Also published as: CN109283632B; CN115421259A; CN109283632A; CN115421258A; CN115421259B; CN115421258B

Abstract

The invention discloses an optical module which comprises a shell, a heat sink, a PCB and a plurality of lasers, wherein the heat sink and the PCB are arranged in the shell, the lasers are arranged on the heat sink, one end of the optical module is provided with an optical interface, the other end of the optical module is provided with an electrical interface, the PCB is constructed as a hard plate, the vertical projection of the PCB on the shell is at least partially overlapped with the vertical projection of the heat sink on the shell, the PCB is fixedly connected with the heat sink, the lasers are arranged close to the PCB and are electrically connected with the PCB, and the vertical projection of the lasers on the heat sink is not overlapped with the vertical projection of the PCB on the heat sink. The optical module provided by the invention adopts a whole PCB hard board, and provides better high-speed electric signal transmission performance.

Description

Optical module

The present application is a divisional application of chinese invention patent application with application number 2017105907964, which is filed by applicant in 2017, 7, 19 and entitled "optical module".

Technical Field

The invention relates to the technical field of optical communication, in particular to an optical module.

Background

With the development of society, the data volume is larger and larger. Optical communication modules place demands for faster transmission rates and lower costs. The existing 3G cannot meet the numerous and complex demands of users and markets, and TD-LTE (Time Division-Long Term Evolution, long term evolution of TD-SCDMA) has been developed as a technology for 3G to 4G. Because of the shortage of optical fiber resources at present, the new laying cost is high, the distribution distance of the base stations is far, and the demand of small pluggable (SFP+) packaged optical modules is gradually increased.

Generally, in the optical module structure, an electrical signal enters the PCBA from the golden finger and then is output to the optoelectronic chip, which converts the electrical signal into an optical signal, which is output to the optical port via the optical system. The optical port and the electrical port (golden finger) are fixed relative to the module housing. Generally PCBA is rigid, the optical system is also rigid, and all devices are subject to certain dimensional tolerances.

Most of the optical module packaging technologies now use flexible circuit boards (FPCs) to absorb assembly tolerances, but the flexible circuit boards and PCBA solder joints introduce large electrical signal attenuation, which can only be applied at transmission rates below 10G.

Optical module product designs for higher transmission rates, long-range transmission require less attenuation of high-speed electrical signals. Meanwhile, the assembly requirements of the modules are met, golden fingers, PCBA, photoelectric chips, free space light path components and light ports are assembled together, and the scheme of how to integrally design to obtain the optimal photoelectric signal conversion transmission becomes the problem to be solved at present.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an optical module which can realize better high-speed signal transmission.

To achieve the above object, the present invention provides an optical module including:

the optical module comprises a shell, a heat sink, a PCB (printed circuit board) and a plurality of lasers, wherein the heat sink and the PCB are arranged in the shell, the lasers are arranged on the heat sink, one end of the optical module is provided with an optical interface, and the other end of the optical module is provided with an electrical interface;

the PCB is constructed as a hard board, the vertical projection of the PCB on the shell is at least partially overlapped with the vertical projection of the heat sink on the shell, and the PCB is fixedly connected with the heat sink;

the plurality of lasers are arranged close to the PCB and are electrically connected with the PCB, and the vertical projection of the plurality of lasers on the heat sink is not overlapped with the vertical projection of the PCB on the heat sink.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the drivers of the plurality of lasers are encapsulated on the PCB, and the plurality of lasers are electrically connected with the PCB through gold wires.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, there is no solder flexible board between the plurality of lasers and the PCB board.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, drivers of the plurality of lasers are packaged on the heat sink, and a vertical projection of the drivers on the heat sink is not overlapped with a vertical projection of the PCB board on the heat sink; the lasers are electrically connected with the driver through gold wires, and the driver is electrically connected with the PCB through gold wires.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the driver is disposed adjacent to the PCB board.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the invention, an end of the PCB remote from the optical interface is configured as the electrical interface along a main extension direction of the housing.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the invention, one end of the PCB opposite to the optical interface is provided with a golden finger which is inserted with the outside.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module further includes an optical system and an optical receiver disposed within the housing, at least a portion of the optical system being disposed on the heat sink and disposed adjacent to the optical interface; the optical system is disposed between the plurality of lasers and the optical interface to direct light emitted by the plurality of lasers to the optical interface and/or to direct received light to an optical receiver.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical receiver includes any one of a PD chip, a PIN chip, or an APD chip.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical interface includes a transmitting end optical interface and a receiving end optical interface, where the transmitting end optical interface is used for transmitting an optical signal, and the receiving end optical interface is used for receiving the optical signal;

the emitting end optical interface is optically coupled with the plurality of lasers;

the optical interface of the receiving end transmits the received optical signal to the optical receiver through the optical system, and the optical receiver converts the optical signal into an electric signal.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical system includes a transmitting optical path including a wavelength division multiplexer and a receiving optical path including a wavelength division multiplexer and a reflecting prism;

the optical signals emitted by the lasers are conducted to the optical interface of the transmitting end through the wavelength division multiplexer;

the optical signals received from the receiving end optical interface are conducted to the optical receiver through the wavelength division multiplexer and the reflecting prism.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the emission light path further includes a lens assembly for processing the light emitted from the plurality of lasers to adjust the propagation direction of the light emitted from the plurality of lasers.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the transmitting-end optical interface and the receiving-end optical interface are separately or integrally arranged.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module further includes an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly disposed between the optical system and the optical interface, or the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly is disposed between the plurality of lasers and the optical system;

the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes an optical element including any one of a lens, a flat glass, or a mirror;

the optical elements include a transmitting-end optical element and a receiving-end optical element.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module further comprises an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly being arranged between the optical system and the optical interface;

the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes a transition port and at least one optical fiber connecting the transition port and the optical port.

As a further development of an embodiment of the invention, the adapter is fixed relative to the heat sink.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the switching port includes a transmitting switching port corresponding to the plurality of lasers and a receiving switching port corresponding to the light receiver;

the at least one optical fiber comprises a first optical fiber and a second optical fiber, wherein the first optical fiber is connected between the transmitting conversion interface and the corresponding optical interface, and the second optical fiber is connected between the receiving conversion interface and the corresponding optical interface.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the heat sink includes a first heat sink and a second heat sink, the optical system is disposed on the first heat sink, and the plurality of lasers are disposed on the second heat sink.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the first heat sink, the second heat sink, the PCB board, and the optical interface are all fixed to the housing;

the optical system is fixed relative to the first heat sink;

the plurality of lasers are fixed relative to the second heat sink.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module further includes an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly disposed between the optical system and the plurality of lasers or between the optical system and the light receiver;

the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes at least one optical fiber.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the at least one optical fiber comprises at least one transmitting-end optical fiber and/or at least one receiving-end optical fiber.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the first heat sink and the second heat sink are each provided with an optical fiber fixing element, and both ends of each of the optical fibers are fixed by the optical fiber fixing elements.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the number of the at least one optical fiber is set to match the number of the corresponding optical interfaces or to match the number of the corresponding plurality of lasers.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the heat sink and the housing are integrally formed.

The present invention provides an optical module comprising:

the optical module comprises a shell, a heat sink and a PCB board, wherein the heat sink and the PCB board are arranged in the shell, one end of the optical module is provided with an optical interface, and the other end of the optical module is provided with an electrical interface;

the optical component is integrated on the PCB or detachably arranged on the PCB or integrated on the heat sink, and is electrically connected with the PCB and is in heat conduction connection with the heat sink.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical assembly includes a plurality of lasers, a receiver, and an optical system.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical module includes a transceiver chip integrating optical reception and optical emission.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the housing is provided with a receiving space, the optical module further includes an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly connected to the housing, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly is configured as an adapter, the adapter is separately provided from the housing, and at least part of the adapter is received in the receiving space;

the optical assembly has an optical interface that mates with the adapter.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the optical interface includes an optical transmitting interface for transmitting an optical signal and an optical receiving interface for receiving the optical signal.

As a further development of an embodiment of the invention, the adapter is connected to the housing in a plugging direction parallel to the optical interface, and an adjustment gap is provided between the adapter and the housing in a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction.

As a further improvement of an embodiment of the present invention, the plurality of lasers are electrically connected to the PCB board through gold wires.

Compared with the prior art, the invention has the beneficial effects that: in the embodiment, the optical module adopts a whole PCB hard board, provides better high-speed electric signal transmission performance, has no welding spot, has optimal signals from golden fingers to drivers to lasers, is compatible with free space optical transmission, and meets the module assembly requirement. In addition, the optical module is based on the heat sink, most or all elements are fixed together with the heat sink, the assembly tolerance is small, and the heat dissipation effect is good.

Drawings

In order to more clearly illustrate the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the drawings that are needed in the description of the embodiments will be briefly described below, it being obvious that the drawings in the following description are only some embodiments of the present application, and that other embodiments may be obtained according to these drawings without inventive effort to a person skilled in the art.

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of an optical module in a preferred first embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the optical module of FIG. 1;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of the optical module of FIG. 2 taken along line A-A;

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of the optical module of FIG. 1;

fig. 5 is a perspective view of an optical module in a preferred second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the optical module of FIG. 5;

fig. 7 is a perspective view of an optical module in a preferred third embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the optical module of fig. 7;

fig. 9 is a front view of an optical module in a preferred fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a top view of the optical module of FIG. 9;

FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of portion a of the optical module of FIG. 10;

fig. 12 is a schematic perspective view of an optical module in a preferred fifth embodiment of the present invention;

fig. 13 is an exploded perspective view of the light module of fig. 12;

FIG. 14 is a front view of the light module of FIG. 12;

fig. 15 is a cross-sectional view taken along line B-B in fig. 14.

Detailed Description

The foregoing description is only an overview of the present invention, and is intended to be implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present invention, as well as the preferred embodiments thereof, together with the following detailed description of the invention, given by way of illustration only, together with the accompanying drawings.

In the description of the present invention, it should be noted that, unless explicitly specified and limited otherwise, the terms "mounted," "connected," and "connected" are to be construed broadly, and may be either fixedly connected, detachably connected, or integrally connected, for example; can be mechanically connected, electrically connected or can be communicated with each other; can be directly connected or indirectly connected through an intermediate medium, and can be communicated with the inside of two elements or the interaction relationship of the two elements. The specific meaning of the above terms in the present invention can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to the specific circumstances.

The present invention will be described in detail below with reference to specific embodiments shown in the drawings. These embodiments are not intended to limit the invention and structural, methodological, or functional modifications of these embodiments that may be made by one of ordinary skill in the art are included within the scope of the invention.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in one embodiment of the present invention, an optical module 100 includes a housing 10 (only a lower housing is illustrated herein), a heat sink 20 provided in the housing 10, a laser 31 provided on the heat sink 20, and a PCB board 40 partially provided on the heat sink 20, and the optical module 100 has an optical interface at one end and an electrical interface at the other end, and the optical interface includes a transmitting-end optical interface 51 and a receiving-end optical interface 52. Wherein the PCB 40 is configured as a hard board, one end of the PCB 40 is fixed on the heat sink 20 and is electrically connected to the laser 31, and the other end of the PCB 40 is configured as an electrical interface 43 of the optical module. Here, the other end of the PCB board 40 is provided with a gold finger, which serves as an electrical interface of the optical module.

The optical module 100 further includes an optical system 60 disposed in the housing and located between the laser 31 and the optical interface, and preferably, the optical system 60 is at least partially disposed on the heat sink 20, that is, the optical system 60 may be partially disposed on the heat sink 20 or may be disposed on the heat sink 20 entirely, and the heat sink 20 and the housing may be configured as an integrally formed structure. The driver 35 of the laser 31 is packaged on the PCB 40, the laser 31 can be directly packaged on the heat sink 20, or can be packaged on a pad of the heat sink 20, the high-speed electrical signal is output from the driver 35 to the PCB 40, and then is output to the laser 31 through a gold wire connection at a very short distance, and the optical system 60 guides the light emitted by the laser 31 to the optical interface. That is, the laser 31 is optically coupled as an optical emission end with the emission end optical interface 51. The optical signal received by the receiving-end optical interface 52 is conducted to the optical receiving end through the optical system 60, and the optical receiving end converts the received optical signal into an electrical signal. That is, the light receiving end is optically coupled with the receiving end optical interface 52 while being electrically connected with the PCB board. In the whole high-speed link, no soft board is welded, signal loss caused by welding points is reduced, and the distance between the laser 31 and the PCB 40 is close enough to ensure optimal electrical performance. In addition, with the heat sink 20 as a reference, all elements are fixed together with the heat sink 20, so that the assembly tolerance is small, heat can be dissipated through the heat sink 20, and the heat dissipation device has reliable performance and good heat dissipation.

Specifically, the optical system 60 is disposed on one side of the laser 31, and the optical system 60 includes a lens assembly and a wavelength division multiplexer, where the lens assembly includes at least one lens, and the lens assembly can process, such as focus or collimate, the light emitted by the laser 31, so as to adjust the propagation direction of the outgoing light of the laser 31; the wavelength division multiplexer can combine a plurality of split light beams into one light beam, so that the optical signal emitted from the laser 31 can be conducted to the transmitting-end optical interface 51 through the lens assembly and the guiding function of the wavelength division multiplexer. The PCB 40 is horizontally disposed inside the housing 10 of the optical module 100, and the light receiving end may be directly encapsulated on the heat sink 20 or may be encapsulated on a pad of the heat sink. Wherein the laser 31 comprises a VCSEL (vertical cavity surface emitting laser) chip, the light receiving end comprises a PD (photodiode) chip, and light transmitted from the light interface 52 at the receiving end reaches the PD chip 32 through the wavelength division multiplexer and the reflecting prism 32. The VCSEL chip is directly soldered to the heat sink 20, electrically connected to the PCB 40 by gold wires, and electrically connected to the driver 35 packaged on the PCB 40. The PD chip 32 is also soldered directly to the heat sink 20. Of course, the laser 31 may be other types of laser chips, and the light receiving end may be a PIN chip, an ADP chip, or other detector chips. In addition, the optical interface may be configured as an interface, and the transmitting-end optical interface and the receiving-end optical interface may be configured by only one or two-in-one arrangement, that is, the optical module includes a transmitting-end optical interface, and the transmitting-end optical interface may be a transmitting-end optical interface and/or a receiving-end optical interface, or an optical transmitting-receiving integrated optical interface.

Further, in this embodiment, the optical interface is fixedly disposed with respect to the housing 10, and the heat sink 20 is also fixed with respect to the housing 10, so as to absorb assembly tolerance between the optical interface and the corresponding laser and/or optical receiver (here, photodetector), the optical module 100 further includes an assembly tolerance absorbing component for ensuring that light emitted by the laser can be received by an external element connected to the optical module 100, and light emitted by the external element connected to the optical module 100 can be well transmitted to the optical receiver. That is, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly can guide the light emitted from the laser 31 through the optical system 60 to the center of the optical interface or to an external connector connected to the optical module, or the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly can guide the light emitted from the laser 31 to the optical system 60. The center position of the optical interface is approximately near the center position, and is a position where the external connector receives an optical signal after the external connector is docked with the optical module 100, and is also a position where the external connector transmits an optical signal. External connectors include fiber optic plugs, switch interfaces, and the like.

Specifically, an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly is disposed at the optical interface, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly including an optical element disposed between the optical system 60 and the optical interface for achieving optical path interfacing between the optical system 60 and the optical interface. The optical elements include an emitting-end optical element 71 and a receiving-end optical element 72, and the optical elements 71, 72 may be lenses, flat glass, mirrors, or other elements capable of transmitting light and changing the propagation direction of the light, and the optical paths are adjusted by these optical elements 71, 72 so that the light entering the emitting-end optical interface 51 is located at the center of the emitting-end optical interface, and the light entering the optical module 100 from the receiving-end optical interface 52 can well reach the light receiver. Of course, an optical element may also be provided between the optical system 60 and the laser 31 for achieving optical path interfacing between the optical system 60 and the laser 31.

The embodiment also discloses an assembly method of the optical module 100, which comprises the following steps: packaging the optical system 60, the laser 31, and the PD chip of the light receiving end on the heat sink 20; one end of the PCB board 40 is fixed on the heat sink 20; securing the heat sink 20 within the housing 10; an optical element 71 is provided between the optical system 60 and the optical interface, and the optical element 71 is adjusted so that the optical path center of the optical interface corresponds to the optical paths of the laser 31 and the PD chip 32 at the light receiving end.

Referring to fig. 5 to 6, in a second embodiment of the present invention, the optical module 200 also includes a housing 210, heat sinks 221/222 disposed in the housing, a laser 231 disposed on the heat sinks, and a PCB board 240 partially disposed on the heat sinks. The optical module 200 has an optical interface at one end and an electrical interface at the other end, and the optical interface includes a transmitting-end optical interface 251 and a receiving-end optical interface 252. The PCB 240 is configured as a hard board, one end of the PCB 240 is fixed on the heat sink and is electrically connected with the laser 231, the other end of the PCB 240 is configured as an electrical interface 243 of the optical module, and a golden finger connected with an external plug is disposed on the electrical interface 243.

In this embodiment, the heat sink includes a first heat sink 221 and a second heat sink 222, the optical system 260 of the optical module is disposed on the first heat sink 221, the laser 231 and the PD chip 232 of the light receiving end are packaged on the second heat sink 222, and the driver 235 of the laser 231 is packaged on the PCB board 240. The optical interface in this embodiment is fixedly disposed with respect to the housing 210, and the first heat sink 221 and the second heat sink 222 are also fixedly disposed with respect to the housing 210. In order to be able to absorb assembly tolerances between the optical interface and its corresponding laser and/or optical receiver, an assembly tolerance absorbing component of the optical module 200 is arranged between the optical system 260 and the PD chip 232 of the laser 231/optical receiver. Specifically, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes at least one transmitting-end optical fiber 271 and at least one receiving-end optical fiber 272, and optical fiber fixing elements are disposed on the first heat sink 221 and the second heat sink 222, and both ends of the optical fiber are fixed by the optical fiber fixing elements. The optical path connection is performed by an optical fiber, and the light emitted from the laser 231 is guided to the optical system 260, or the light received by the optical system 260 is guided to the light receiving end. Because the optical fiber is soft and deformable, tolerances can be absorbed by the optical fiber. In this embodiment, the number of optical fibers is related to the structure and the transmission rate of the optical module, and if the optical interfaces of the optical module are set to be a single optical interface, only one corresponding optical fiber may be set; when a higher transmission rate of the optical module is required, the optical module may be configured with a plurality of lasers, and the number of optical fibers is identical to the number of lasers. The tolerance is absorbed by setting a soft deformable optical fiber, so that the center of the optical path of the optical interface corresponds to the optical paths of the laser 231 at the light emitting end and the PD chip 232 at the light receiving end.

The embodiment also discloses an assembling method of the optical module 200, which includes the following steps: packaging the optical system 260 on the first heat sink 221; packaging the laser 231 and the PD chip 232 of the light receiving end on the second heat sink 222; one end of the PCB board 240 is fixed on the second heat sink 222; fixing both the first heat sink 221 and the second heat sink 222 within the housing 210; an optical fiber is connected between the optical system 260 and the laser 231 and/or the PD chip 232 at the light receiving end.

Referring to fig. 7 to 8, in a third embodiment of the present invention, the optical module 300 also includes a housing 310, a heat sink 320 disposed in the housing 310, a laser 331 disposed on the heat sink 320, and a PCB 340 partially disposed on the heat sink, wherein one end of the optical module 330 has an optical interface, and the other end has an electrical interface, and the optical interface includes a transmitting-end optical interface 351 and a receiving-end optical interface 352. Wherein the PCB 340 is configured as a hard board, one end of the PCB 340 is fixed on the heat sink 320 and electrically connected to the laser 331, and the other end of the PCB 340 is configured as an electrical interface 343 of the optical module.

The optical system 360 of the optical module is disposed on the heat sink 320, the driver 335 of the laser 331 is encapsulated on the PCB 340, the laser 331 is encapsulated on the heat sink 320, and the PD chip of the light receiving end is also encapsulated on the heat sink 320. The optical system 360 includes a transmit optical path including a wavelength division multiplexer and a receive optical path including a wavelength division multiplexer and a mirror. In this embodiment, the optical interface is fixedly disposed with respect to the housing 310, and the heat sink 320 is also fixedly disposed with respect to the housing 310, so that an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly of the optical module is disposed between the optical system 360 and the optical interface in order to absorb assembly tolerances between the optical interface and its corresponding transmitting and receiving ends. Specifically, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes a transition port 370 and at least one optical fiber connecting the transition port 370 and the optical port. The transfer port 370 is fixed on the heat sink 320, wherein the transfer port 370 includes an emission transfer port corresponding to the light emitting end and a receiving transfer port corresponding to the light receiving end. Thus, two optical fibers are also provided, a first optical fiber 371 connected between the transmitting-end optical interface 351 and the transmitting-end optical interface, and a second optical fiber 372 connected between the receiving-end optical interface 352 and the receiving-end optical interface. The optical path connection is carried out through the optical fiber, the structure is simple, and if an optical interface is arranged, the requirement can be met by only arranging one optical fiber, and the cost is low.

The embodiment also discloses an assembling method of the optical module, which comprises the following steps: packaging the optical system 360, the laser 331 and the PD chip of the light receiving end on the heat sink 320; securing the interface 370 to the heatsink 320; one end of the PCB 340 is fixed on the heat sink 320; securing the heat sink 320 within the housing 310; an optical fiber is connected between the switching port 370 and the optical interface, and the center of the optical path of the optical interface corresponds to the optical paths of the transmitting end and the receiving end through the optical fiber.

Referring to fig. 9 to 11, in a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the optical module 400 also includes a housing 410, a heat sink 420 disposed in the housing 410, a laser 431 disposed on the heat sink 420, and a PCB 440 partially disposed on the heat sink. One end of the optical module is provided with an optical interface, and the other end is provided with an electrical interface. The optical interfaces include a transmitting-side optical interface 451 and a receiving-side optical interface 452. Wherein the PCB 440 is configured as a hard board, one end of the PCB 440 is fixed on the heat sink 420 and electrically connected to the laser 431, and the other end of the PCB 440 is configured as an electrical interface 443 of the optical module. The optical system 460 of the optical module is disposed on the heat sink 420, the laser 431 and the driver 435 of the laser 431 are both packaged on the heat sink 420, and the PD chip of the light receiving end is also packaged on the heat sink 420. The present embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that the driver 435 of the laser 431 is also disposed on the heat sink 420 and connected to the laser 431 through a gold wire, and the driver 435 is also located at the edge of the PCB 440 and is also connected to the PCB 440 through a gold wire. The arrangement of other components is substantially the same as that of the first embodiment, and will not be described here again.

Referring to fig. 12 to 15, in a fifth embodiment of the present invention, an optical module 500 includes a housing 510 and a PCB 540 disposed in the housing, wherein a receiving space is provided in the housing 510, and the PCB 540 is disposed in the receiving space. The PCB 540 may be clamped to the housing 510, and of course, screws may be used to fix the PCB 540 to the housing 510, or one end of the PCB may be fixed to the heat sink as in the previous embodiment, and then the PCB may be fixed to the housing by the heat sink, or other connection methods may be used. The PCB 540 may be entirely accommodated in the accommodating space or may be partially accommodated in the accommodating space. One end of the optical module is provided with an optical interface, the other end is provided with an electrical interface, and one end of the PCB 540, which is far away from the optical interface, is configured as an electrical interface 543 of the optical module.

In addition, the optical module 500 also includes an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly coupled to the housing, which in this embodiment is configured as an adapter 570. The adapter 570 is provided separately from the housing 510, and the adapter 570 is at least partially accommodated in the accommodating space. The light module further comprises a light assembly 560 provided on the PCB board, the light assembly 560 having optical interfaces 551, 552 mated with an adapter 570, the gap S between the adapter 570 and the housing 10 being adjustable. The optical component 560 may be integrally formed on a PCB, or detachably disposed on the PCB, or integrally formed on a heat sink, that is, the optical system, the optical interface, and the circuit board are all fixed to each other with the heat sink. Wherein the optical component 560 is electrically connected to the PCB.

In this embodiment, the adapter 570 is separately disposed from the housing 510, and the gap 22 between the adapter 570 and the housing 510 is adjustable, so that the problem that the adapter 570 does not correspond to the center of the optical path of the optical module 560 due to the manufacturing tolerance of the adapter 570 and/or the housing 510 is avoided, and the manufacturing tolerance of the adapter 570 and/or the housing 510 is converted into the position tolerance of the adapter 570, so that the adapter 570 can move relative to the housing 510 according to the position of the optical module 560, and the optical module 560 and the adapter 570 of the optical module 500 are easy to be plugged and unplugged, and are convenient to assemble.

When the light assembly 560 is plugged into the adapter 570, the plugging between the light assembly 560 and the adapter 570 may be manually controlled. Of course, a positioning fixture may be additionally employed to position the light assembly 560 and adapter 570 together.

Further, the optical module 560 is configured to include a light receiving end, a light emitting end, and an optical system. Of course, the optical module 560 may be configured to include a transceiver chip that integrates optical reception and optical emission.

In this embodiment, the optical interfaces of the optical component 560 are two, wherein one of the interfaces 551 is an optical transmitting interface, and the other interface 552 is an optical receiving interface. Of course, both interfaces may also be provided as light emitting interfaces or light receiving interfaces.

The adapter 570 has an adjustment gap S between the end surfaces of the optical interfaces 551, 552 in the plug-in direction and the upper, lower, left and right sides of the housing 510. Thus, when the adapter 570 is assembled, the adapter 570 can be moved in a plurality of directions up and down and left and right, respectively, depending on the position of the light assembly 560.

In this embodiment, the adapter 570 is fixed to the housing 510 by dispensing. Of course, other fastening means may be used, such as a threaded fastening between the adapter 570 and the housing 510.

The embodiment also discloses an assembling method of the optical module, which comprises the following steps: assembling the optical assembly 560 and the PCB board to the housing 510; mating the adapter 570 with the optical interfaces 551, 552 of the light assembly 560; the adapter 570 is secured to the housing 510. When the adapter 570 is secured to the housing 510, the adapter 570 is preferably secured to the housing 510 by dispensing. Of course, other fastening means may be used, such as a threaded fastening between the adapter 570 and the housing 510. When screw-fastening is employed, a spacer (not shown) of a corresponding thickness may be placed in the gap S between the adapter 570 and the housing 510, as desired.

In other embodiments, the interface of the optical assembly is provided as one, and correspondingly, the mating interface of the adapter and the optical assembly is provided as one, i.e. the interface is provided as an integrated optical transceiver interface. Of course, the interface may be provided as only the light emitting interface, or as only the light receiving interface.

It should be understood that although the present disclosure describes embodiments, not every embodiment is provided with a separate embodiment, and that this description is for clarity only, and that the skilled artisan should recognize that the embodiments may be combined as appropriate to form other embodiments that will be understood by those skilled in the art.

The above list of detailed descriptions is only specific to practical embodiments of the present invention, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present invention, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the present invention should be included in the scope of the present invention.

Claims

1. An optical module, comprising:

2. The optical module of claim 1, wherein the optical module comprises,

the drivers of the lasers are packaged on the PCB, and the lasers are electrically connected with the PCB through gold wires.

3. The optical module of claim 1, wherein the optical module comprises,

and a soft board is not welded between the plurality of lasers and the PCB.

4. The optical module of claim 1, wherein the optical module comprises,

drivers of the plurality of lasers are packaged on the heat sink, and the vertical projection of the drivers on the heat sink is not overlapped with the vertical projection of the PCB on the heat sink;

the lasers are electrically connected with the driver through gold wires, and the driver is electrically connected with the PCB through gold wires.

5. The optical module of claim 4, wherein,

the driver is disposed adjacent to the PCB.

6. The optical module of claim 1, wherein the optical module comprises,

an end of the PCB remote from the optical interface is configured as the electrical interface along a main extension direction of the housing.

7. The optical module of claim 6, wherein the optical module,

and one end of the PCB, which is opposite to the optical interface, is provided with a golden finger which is inserted with the outside.

8. The optical module of claim 2 or 4, further comprising an optical system and an optical receiver disposed within the housing, at least a portion of the optical system disposed on the heat sink and disposed adjacent the optical interface;

the optical system is disposed between the plurality of lasers and the optical interface to direct light emitted by the plurality of lasers to the optical interface and/or to direct received light to an optical receiver.

9. The optical module of claim 8, wherein the optical module,

the optical receiver comprises any one of a PD chip, a PIN chip or an APD chip.

10. The optical module of claim 8, wherein the optical module,

the optical interface comprises a transmitting end optical interface and a receiving end optical interface, wherein the transmitting end optical interface is used for transmitting optical signals, and the receiving end optical interface is used for receiving the optical signals;

11. The optical module of claim 10, wherein the optical module,

the optical system comprises a transmitting optical path and a receiving optical path, wherein the transmitting optical path comprises a wavelength division multiplexer, and the receiving optical path comprises the wavelength division multiplexer and a reflecting prism;

12. The optical module of claim 11,

the emission light path further includes a lens assembly for processing light emitted by the plurality of lasers to adjust a propagation direction of light rays emitted from the plurality of lasers.

13. The optical module of claim 10, wherein the optical module,

the transmitting end optical interface and the receiving end optical interface are arranged in a split mode or an integrated mode.

14. The optical module of claim 8, further comprising an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly disposed between the optical system and the optical interface or between the plurality of lasers and the optical system;

15. The optical module of claim 8, further comprising an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly disposed between the optical system and the optical interface;

16. The optical module of claim 15, wherein the optical module,

the adapter is fixed relative to the heat sink.

17. The optical module of claim 16, wherein the optical module,

the switching port comprises a transmitting switching port corresponding to the plurality of lasers and a receiving switching port corresponding to the light receiver;

18. The optical module of claim 8, wherein the optical module,

the heat sink includes a first heat sink on which the optical system is disposed and a second heat sink on which the plurality of lasers are disposed.

19. The light module of claim 18,

the first heat sink, the second heat sink, the PCB and the optical interface are all fixed with the shell;

the optical system is fixed relative to the first heat sink;

the plurality of lasers are fixed relative to the second heat sink.

20. The optical module of claim 19, further comprising an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly disposed between the optical system and the plurality of lasers or between the optical system and the optical receiver;

the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly includes at least one optical fiber.

21. The optical module of claim 20, wherein the optical module,

the at least one optical fiber includes at least one transmitting-end optical fiber and/or at least one receiving-end optical fiber.

22. The optical module of claim 21, wherein the optical module,

the first heat sink and the second heat sink are respectively provided with an optical fiber fixing element, and two ends of each optical fiber are fixed through the optical fiber fixing elements.

23. The optical module of claim 22, wherein the optical module,

the set number of the at least one optical fiber matches the corresponding number of the optical interfaces or matches the corresponding number of the plurality of lasers.

24. The optical module of claim 1, wherein the optical module comprises,

the heat sink and the shell are of an integrated structure.

25. An optical module, comprising:

26. The optical module of claim 25, wherein the optical module,

the optical assembly includes a plurality of lasers, a receiver, and an optical system.

27. The optical module of claim 25, wherein the optical module,

the optical component comprises a transceiver chip integrating light receiving and light transmitting.

28. The light module of claim 26 or 27,

the light module further comprises an assembly tolerance absorbing assembly connected to the shell, the assembly tolerance absorbing assembly is an adapter, the adapter and the shell are arranged in a separated mode, and at least part of the adapter is accommodated in the accommodation space;

the optical assembly has an optical interface that mates with the adapter.

29. The optical module of claim 28, wherein the optical module,

the optical interface comprises an optical transmitting interface and an optical receiving interface, wherein the optical transmitting interface is used for transmitting optical signals, and the optical receiving interface is used for receiving the optical signals.

30. The optical module of claim 28, wherein the optical module,

the adapter is connected with the shell along a plugging direction parallel to the optical interface, and an adjusting gap is arranged between the adapter and the shell along a direction perpendicular to the plugging direction.

31. The optical module of claim 25, wherein the optical module,

the heat sink and the shell are of an integrated structure.

32. The optical module of claim 25, wherein the optical module,

33. The optical module of claim 32, wherein the optical module,

34. The optical module of claim 26, wherein the optical module,

the lasers are electrically connected with the PCB through gold wires.