CN117369059A

CN117369059A - Optical device and optical module for optical communication

Info

Publication number: CN117369059A
Application number: CN202210770354.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 魏尹; 江桓; 肖鹏; 王旻琦; 邓秀菱
Original assignee: Chengdu Innolight Technology Co ltd
Current assignee: Chengdu Innolight Technology Co ltd
Priority date: 2022-06-30
Filing date: 2022-06-30
Publication date: 2024-01-09
Also published as: WO2024001486A1

Abstract

The invention discloses an optical device and an optical module for optical communication. The optical device comprises a tube shell, an optical window arranged on one side of the tube shell, an airtight packing box arranged in the tube shell and an optical path action assembly; the tube shell forms a non-airtight package; the airtight packing box comprises a base, a light-passing cover surrounding the airtight packing cavity with the base and a photoelectric chip arranged in the airtight packing cavity, wherein light signals received and transmitted by the photoelectric chip pass through the light-passing cover to enter and exit the airtight packing cavity, and the light-passing cover is hermetically packed on the base to realize airtight packing of the airtight packing cavity; the light path action component processes and adjusts the light entering and exiting the tube shell from the light window or entering and exiting the airtight cavity from the light passing cover. Compared with a common packaging structure, the light module has the advantages of low air-tight packaging difficulty, low cost, easiness in implementation and capability of meeting the application requirement of the light module on high speed.

Description

Optical device and optical module for optical communication

Technical Field

The invention belongs to the technical field of manufacturing of optical communication elements, and particularly relates to an optical device and an optical module for optical communication.

Background

Common packaging forms for hermetic optical devices of optical modules include BOX packages and TO packages.

The TO package structure generally comprises a TO tube seat (or tube seat for short), a TO tube cap (or tube cap for short) and an internal component; the TO tube seat is used as a base of the packaging element for bearing an internal component and is used for being connected with an external circuit board, and the TO tube cap is used for shaping optical signals. In the existing TO packaging process of the optical device, firstly, the cap body of the TO pipe cap and the lens are connected together in a welding mode, and then, the cap body of the TO pipe cap and the TO pipe seat are connected together in a welding mode, so that the TO packaging process of the existing optical device can be used for protecting a sensitive semiconductor element (namely an internal component), and the problems of troublesome process, high cost and low packaging precision and difficulty in improving the yield are caused.

The BOX package structure is generally formed by fixedly mounting the optoelectronic chip on a base of the airtight package, and then electrically connecting the optoelectronic chip with a circuit board extending into the package or a circuit board outside the package through a transition piece. Although the BOX packaging structure has some advantages in a high-speed application scene compared with TO packaging, the BOX packaging structure has complex manufacturing process, a tube shell needs TO be provided with large-area gold plating, the price is high, and the high-frequency performance is difficult TO further optimize in the application of a higher-speed product.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention aims to provide an optical device and an optical module for optical communication, which are used for solving the problems of high speed, low airtight packaging difficulty, low cost and the like which are difficult to consider.

In order to achieve the above object, an embodiment provides an optical device for optical communication, which includes a tube shell, an optical window disposed at one side of the tube shell, an airtight packing box disposed in the tube shell, and an optical path action assembly; the cartridge forming a non-hermetic enclosure to house the hermetic enclosure and the light path effecting assembly; the airtight packing box comprises a base, a light-passing cover surrounding the airtight packing cavity with the base and a photoelectric chip arranged in the airtight packing cavity, wherein light signals received and transmitted by the photoelectric chip pass through the light-passing cover to enter and exit the airtight packing cavity, and the light-passing cover is hermetically packed on the base to realize airtight packing of the airtight packing cavity; the light path action component processes and adjusts light entering and exiting the tube shell from the light window or entering and exiting the airtight cavity from the light through cover, and establishes light path connection from the photoelectric chip to the light window.

Further, the base has a first land group located inside the hermetically sealed cavity and a second land group located outside the hermetically sealed cavity; the first pad group is electrically connected to the optoelectronic chip, and the second pad group is electrically connected to the first pad group and is used for being electrically connected with an external member.

Further, the base is further provided with a dielectric layer, the first bonding pad group, the dielectric layer and the second bonding pad group are sequentially stacked in the thickness direction of the base, and the first bonding pad group and the second bonding pad group are connected through a conductive via hole penetrating through the dielectric layer.

Further, the first pad group and the second pad group are disposed back to back in a thickness direction of the submount; alternatively, the first portion of the second pad group and the first pad group are disposed in the same direction in the thickness direction of the submount, and the second portion of the second pad group and the first pad group are disposed opposite to each other in the thickness direction of the submount.

Further, the first bonding pad group comprises a first radio frequency bonding pad, a first ground bonding pad and a first direct current bonding pad; the second bonding pad group comprises a second radio frequency bonding pad electrically connected with the first radio frequency bonding pad through a conductive via hole, a second ground bonding pad electrically connected with the first ground bonding pad through a conductive via hole, and a second direct current bonding pad electrically connected with the first direct current bonding pad through a conductive via hole.

Further, the submount has a dielectric layer located between the first pad group and the second pad group in a thickness direction of the submount; the second bonding pad group comprises a first part which is arranged in the same direction with the first bonding pad group in the thickness direction of the base and a second part which is arranged back to the first bonding pad group in the thickness direction of the base, and the first part of the first bonding pad group, the first part of the second bonding pad group and the second part of the second bonding pad group are sequentially laminated in the thickness direction of the base; the first portion of the second set of pads is electrically connected to the first set of pads through a conductive layer on a side end face of the dielectric layer, and the second portion of the second set of pads is connected to the first set of pads through a conductive via through the dielectric layer.

Further, the first bonding pad group comprises a first radio frequency bonding pad, a first ground bonding pad and a first direct current bonding pad; the first part of the second bonding pad group comprises a second radio frequency bonding pad electrically connected with the first radio frequency bonding pad through the conductive layer and a second grounding bonding pad electrically connected with the first grounding bonding pad through the conductive layer; the second portion of the second set of pads includes a second dc pad electrically connected to the first dc pad through a conductive via.

Further, the dielectric layer is provided as an insulating hermetic material, preferably aluminum nitride.

Further, the base is provided with a seal ring around the first land group, and the photomask is provided with a solder ring welded with the seal ring to form the airtight packing chamber.

Further, the photoelectric chip is arranged as a light detection chip, and the light incident surface of the photoelectric chip receives the light signal which passes through the light passing cover and is incident into the airtight cavity; the airtight packing box further comprises an electric chip positioned in the airtight packing cavity, the light detection chip is electrically connected to the electric chip through bonding wires, and the electric chip is electrically connected to the first bonding pad group through bonding wires.

Further, the light incident surface of the light detection chip faces to one side of the light passing cover far away from the base, the light path action assembly comprises a reflecting mirror, a micro lens array, a wave decomposition multiplexer and a collimating lens which are sequentially arranged on an optical path from the light detection chip to the light window, and the reflecting mirror is positioned at one side of the light passing cover, which is opposite to the base, so that a light signal entering the tube shell through the light window is reflected by the reflecting mirror and then passes through the cover plate to be incident to the light detection chip.

Further, the photoelectric chip is arranged as a laser chip, the airtight packing box further comprises a ceramic substrate positioned in the airtight packing cavity, and the laser chip is fixedly arranged on the ceramic substrate and is electrically connected with a signal wire of the ceramic substrate carrier plate through a bonding lead or welding; the ceramic substrate carrier is electrically connected to the first bonding pad group through bonding wires.

Further, the airtight packing box further comprises a refrigerator positioned in the airtight packing cavity, the bottom surface of the refrigerator is fixedly arranged on the base, and the ceramic substrate is fixedly arranged on the top surface of the refrigerator.

Further, a focusing lens is arranged between the light emitting surface of the laser chip and the light passing cover, the light signal emitted by the laser chip passes through the light passing cover and exits to the outside of the airtight cavity after passing through the focusing lens, the light path action component comprises a collimating lens, a wavelength division multiplexer and an isolator which are sequentially arranged on the optical path from the laser chip to the light window, and the collimating lens, the wavelength division multiplexer and the isolator are fixedly arranged on a bottom plate of the tube seat.

Further, the number of the photo chips is set to two or more.

Further, the light-transmitting cover is made of a material through which infrared light signals can pass, preferably a glass structure or a silicon structure.

Further, the tube shell is provided with a side wall provided with the light window and a bottom plate perpendicular to the side wall; the base is provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite in the thickness direction, the first side is provided with the first bonding pad group and the photoelectric chip, and the second side is fixedly attached to the bottom plate of the tube shell; the light transmission cover is provided with a cover plate opposite to the base and a coaming perpendicular to the cover plate; and an optical signal in an optical path between the photoelectric chip and the optical path acting component passes through the cover plate or the coaming plate to enter and exit the airtight cavity.

Further, the tube shell is of a cuboid box-packed structure, the airtight box packing and the light path action assembly are distributed along the length direction of the tube shell, the airtight box packing is also of a cuboid box-packed structure, and the length direction of the airtight box packing is perpendicular to the length direction of the tube shell.

Further, the airtight packing box is arranged on one side, far away from the light window, of the tube shell, one side, far away from the light window, of the airtight packing box protrudes out of the tube shell along the direction away from the light window, and the second bonding pad group is arranged on the part, exposed out of the tube shell, of the airtight packing box.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention further provides an optical module, which includes the optical device and a circuit board, and the second bonding pad group is electrically connected to the circuit board through a bonding wire or soldering.

Further, the circuit board is provided as a hard circuit board.

Compared with the common technology, the invention has the technical effects that: based on the arrangement of the airtight packing box, the photoelectric chip is airtight-packed in an airtight packing cavity surrounded by the base and the light-transmitting cover, and is in light path connection with an external component through the light-transmitting cover, so that the airtight protection requirement of the photoelectric chip is met, and the optical communication use function of the photoelectric chip is met; when the optical device has certain air tightness requirements, the air tightness requirements on the tube shell are greatly reduced, so that the air tightness packaging difficulty and packaging cost of the tube shell are reduced, or the tube shell can meet the air tightness protection requirements on the photoelectric chip in the air tightness packaging box without air tightness packaging; furthermore, compared with a common packaging structure, the light module has the advantages of low air-tight packaging difficulty, low cost, easiness in implementation and capability of meeting the application requirement of the light module on high speed.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural view of an optical device of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 2 is a schematic view of the structure of the optical device according to embodiment 1 of the present invention with the cover plate omitted;

fig. 3 is an exploded structure schematic view of an optical device of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the structure of the airtight packing box of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 5 is a structural exploded view of the airtight packing box of embodiment 1 of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of an optical module according to embodiment 1 of the present invention;

fig. 7 is a schematic structural view of an optical device of embodiment 2 of the present invention;

fig. 8 is a schematic view showing a structure of the optical device according to embodiment 2 of the present invention with a cover plate omitted;

fig. 9 is an exploded structural schematic view of an optical device of embodiment 2 of the present invention;

fig. 10 is a schematic view showing the structure of the airtight packing box according to embodiment 2 of the present invention at a viewing angle;

fig. 11 is a schematic view showing the structure of the airtight packing box of embodiment 2 of the present invention at still another view angle;

fig. 12 is a structural exploded view of the airtight packing box of embodiment 2 of the present invention;

fig. 13 is a schematic structural view of an optical module according to embodiment 2 of the present invention.

Detailed Description

The present application will be described in detail with reference to the following detailed description of the embodiments shown in the drawings. However, these embodiments are not intended to limit the present application, and structural, methodological, or functional modifications made by one of ordinary skill in the art based on these embodiments are included within the scope of the present application.

Example 1

Referring to fig. 1 to 5, the present embodiment provides an optical device 100 for optical communication, and the optical device 100 specifically includes an airtight packing 11, a tube case 12, an optical path effecting member 13, and an optical port member 14.

Referring to fig. 1 and 2, the envelope 12 has a substantially rectangular box-like structure, and the airtight packing 11, the optical path effecting assembly 13 and the optical port assembly 14 are arranged along the length direction of the envelope 12. The tube shell 12 includes a tube base 121 and a cover plate 122 that is matched with the tube base 121 to enclose a containing cavity, and the tube base 121 and the cover plate 122 may be fixed to each other by laser welding or fixing glue. In the present invention, the envelope 12 is formed as a non-airtight package or airtight package based on the arrangement of the airtight packing 11.

In this embodiment, referring to fig. 2, the stem 121 includes a bottom plate 1211 having a rectangular shape, a pair of first side walls 1212 extending vertically at opposite edges of the bottom plate 1211, and a second side wall 1213 extending vertically at the other edge of the bottom plate 1211. Referring to fig. 1, the cap plate 122 is provided in an L-shaped structure, which includes a rectangular top plate 1221 disposed opposite to the bottom plate 1211, and a third sidewall 1222 disposed opposite to the second sidewall 1213, in conformity with the configuration of the tube socket 121. It will be appreciated that the configuration of the stem 121 and the configuration of the cover 122 shown in this embodiment are merely a specific example, and that the stem 121 and the cover 122 may be implemented in any configuration feasible in the art, in which case the stem 121 and the cover 122 may cooperate to form a box-packed structure.

Further, the stem 121 is preferably made of a metal material excellent in heat dissipation, and constitutes a mounting base for fixedly mounting the air-supply sealed case 11, the optical port assembly 14, and the like. Wherein, referring to fig. 3, an optical window 1210 is formed at one end of the tube shell 12, in this embodiment, the optical window 1210 is a circular through hole penetrating the second side wall 1213, and the accommodating cavity of the tube shell 12 is communicated with the outside through the optical window 1210; the optical port assembly 14 is fixedly installed at the optical window 1210, and specifically, a laser welding mode can be adopted. The airtight packing 11 is fixedly mounted on the base 1211 at an end of the envelope 12 opposite to the light window 1210, and specifically, the second side 111b of the base 111 is attached to the base 1211 by means of a fixing adhesive or by means of welding.

As can be seen from fig. 2 and 4, the airtight packing box 11 is also in a rectangular box structure, and the length direction of the airtight packing box 11 is perpendicular to the length direction of the tube shell 12, so that the airtight packing box 11 can be mounted conveniently based on the matching of the shapes of the airtight packing box 11 and the tube shell 12. Referring to fig. 4, the airtight packing box 11 includes a base 111, a light-transmitting cover 112, and a plurality of electronic components.

The base 111 forms a mounting seat for fixedly mounting the electronic components. Referring to fig. 4 and 5, in the present embodiment, the base 111 has a substantially rectangular plate-like structure having a first side 111a and a second side 111b opposite in the thickness direction thereof. The electronic components are fixedly mounted on the first side 111a of the base 111, and the second side 111b of the base 111 forms part of the outer surface of the airtight enclosure 11.

Referring to fig. 5, the light-passing cover 112 and the base 111 surround the airtight sealed chamber of the airtight sealed box 11, and the plurality of electronic components are located in the airtight sealed chamber to be air-tightly protected by the light-passing cover 112 and the base 111. In this embodiment, the photomask 112 has a substantially rectangular pentahedron box structure, which includes a rectangular cover plate 1121, and vertical enclosures 1122 at peripheral edges of the cover plate 1121. The light-transmitting cover 112 is fastened to the first side 111a of the base 111, and is disposed in a state in which the cover plate 1121 is opposed to the base 111, the surrounding plate 1122 is connected to the base 111 and surrounds the plurality of electronic components and the first land group 1111 described later, thereby constructing the airtight chamber between the light-transmitting cover 112 and the base 111.

In the present embodiment, the mask 112 and the base 111 are hermetically and fixedly coupled by welding. Specifically, the first side 111a of the base 111 has a sealing ring 1113, and the sealing ring 1113 may specifically be a gold-plated ring that is rectangular and surrounds the circumference; correspondingly, the end surface of the shroud 1122 of the photomask 112 is provided with a solder ring 1123, such as solder. The solder ring 1123 and the seal ring 1113 are positioned to match, and the airtight matching between the light-transmitting cover 112 and the base 111 is realized by welding between the two. Of course, the airtight coupling between the light-transmitting cover 112 and the base 111 in the present application is not limited thereto, and for example, the airtight coupling may be implemented by a fixing adhesive.

The light-transmitting cover 112 has light transmittance, and is at least partially made of a material that allows light signals of infrared light to pass therethrough, such as glass, silicon, or the like. In this embodiment, the cover plate 1121 of the light transmitting mask 112 and the shroud 1122 are integrally formed as a glass structure or a silicon structure.

The electronic components at least include a photo-electric chip 113 for implementing photo-electric conversion and transmitting/receiving optical signals, the optical signals transmitted/received by the photo-electric chip 113 can enter/exit the airtight cavity through a light-transmitting cover 112, that is, the light-transmitting cover 112 can be used for connecting the photo-electric chip 113 inside the airtight cavity with an optical path acting component 13 (reference numeral reference fig. 5) outside the airtight cavity in an optical path.

Referring to fig. 4 and 5, the base 111 has a first padset 1111 located inside the hermetically sealed cavity and a second padset 1112 located outside the hermetically sealed cavity. The first bonding pad group 1111 is formed on the first side 111a of the base 111, and is completely surrounded by the sealing ring 1113 as described above and is insulated from the sealing ring 1113, and the first bonding pad group 1111 is electrically connected to the optoelectronic chip 113 in the hermetically sealed package. The second land group 1112 is electrically connected to the first land group 1111 and is electrically connected to an external member of the air-supply sealing case 11 (such as a circuit board 190 described later). In this way, the airtight packing box 11 of this embodiment, the base 111 and the light-transmitting cover 112 surround the airtight packing cavity, thereby realizing the airtight protection requirement of the optoelectronic chip 113, and simultaneously satisfying the optical communication use function of the optoelectronic chip 113, and the second bonding pad group 1112 is provided, so that the airtight packing box 11 can satisfy the electrical communication use function in a bonding pad manner, and compared with the conventional packing structure, the airtight packing box has low airtight packing difficulty and low cost, and is simple in electrical connection operation with external components, easy to realize, and capable of satisfying the application requirement of the optical module to high speed.

Specifically, referring to fig. 5, the first pad group 1111 includes a first radio frequency pad 11111, a first ground pad 11112, and a first direct current pad 11113 arranged in the same layer in the thickness direction of the submount 111; referring to fig. 4, the second pad group 1112 includes a second radio frequency pad 11121, a second ground pad 11122, and a second direct current pad 11123 arranged in the same layer in the thickness direction of the submount 111.

The base 111 further has a dielectric layer located between the first land group 1111 and the second land group 1112 in the thickness direction, which is provided as an airtight material which is insulating and excellent in heat dissipation, preferably, but not limited to, an aluminum nitride material. That is, in the present embodiment, the first pad group 1111, the dielectric layer, and the second pad group 1112 are sequentially stacked in the thickness direction of the base 111.

In the present embodiment, the first pad group 1111 and the second pad group 1112 are disposed opposite in the thickness direction of the base 111. Specifically, the first pad group 1111 is disposed on the first side 111a of the base 111 as described above, and may be formed by patterning, for example, a gold plating layer disposed on one surface of the dielectric layer (the surface facing the first side 111a of the base 111); the second pad group 1112 is disposed on the second side 111b of the base 111, and may be formed by patterning, for example, a gold plating layer disposed on the other surface (the surface facing the second side 111b of the base 111) of the dielectric layer.

The first set of pads 1111 and the second set of pads 1112 are connected by conductive vias 1114 that extend through the dielectric layer. Specifically, the first rf pad 11111 is connected to the second rf pad 11121 through a conductive via, the first ground pad 11112 is connected to the second ground pad 11122 through a conductive via, and the first dc pad 11113 is connected to the second dc pad 11123 through a conductive via. Of course, the connection manner of the first pad group 1111 and the second pad group 1112 is not limited to the ground conductive via 1114, but may be replaced with others (such as a conductive layer 2115 structure shown in embodiment 2 below). Thus, through the ground conductive via 1114, the cost can be further reduced and the feasibility in high-rate applications can be improved based on the benefits described above.

Further, the number of the photo chips 113 is set to two or more so that the airtight packing box 11 of the present embodiment can be applied to a two-channel or more optical device/optical module. In the drawing, the number of the photo chips 113 is exemplified by 4, and accordingly four-way optical devices/optical modules may be used. Thus, compared with the conventional packaging mode, the advantages of the embodiment in the two-channel or more-channel optical device/optical module are more obvious, for example, compared with the BOX packaging, the high cost caused by the gold plating area and the high cost and high difficulty caused by the high requirement on the air tightness of the tube shell are greatly reduced, compared with the TO packaging, the mounting difficulty caused by too many pins is greatly reduced, and therefore, the packaging difficulty and the structural cost are greatly reduced as a whole, and the application requirement of high speed is met.

In this embodiment, the photo-electric chip 113 is specifically configured as a photo-detection chip (for convenience of understanding, the reference numeral 113 is also used to describe the embodiment) that receives the optical signal and converts the optical signal into an electrical signal, and the plurality of electronic components further includes an electrical chip 114 and a capacitor 115, where the electrical chip 114 is a transimpedance amplifier in this embodiment.

The bottom surface of the light detecting chip 113 is adhered and fixed on the base 111 by conductive adhesive (such as silver adhesive), and the top surface is electrically connected to the electric chip 114 by bonding wires to realize radio frequency signal connection and ground signal connection between the two.

The bottom surface of the electric chip 114 is adhered and fixed on the base 111 by conductive adhesive (such as silver adhesive), specifically, the electric chip is fixed on the first ground pad 11112 to realize grounding; the top surface of the electrical chip 114 is electrically connected to the first rf pad 11111 and the first ground pad 11112, respectively, by bonding wires.

The bottom surface of the capacitor 115 is adhered and fixed on the base 111 by conductive adhesive (such as silver adhesive), specifically, may be fixed on the first ground pad 11112 to achieve grounding.

It will be appreciated that the manner in which the photo-detecting chip 113, the electric chip 114, and the capacitor 115 are fixed to the base 111 by conductive adhesive may be replaced by a soldering manner, for example, the photo-detecting chip 113 is fixed to the base 111 by soldering, and others are not enumerated.

In the airtight packing box 11 of the present embodiment, the light incident surface of the light detecting chip 113 (i.e. the top surface of the aforementioned optoelectronic chip 113) is disposed towards the cover plate 1121 of the light-transmitting cover 112, and the optical signal is incident to the light incident surface of the light detecting chip 113 in the airtight packing box 11 through the cover plate 1121 of the light-transmitting cover 112, and then is converted into an electrical signal by the light detecting chip 113, and the electrical signal is sequentially transmitted to the electrical chip 114 via the bonding wire, to the first bonding pad set 1111 (may be specifically the first rf bonding pad 11111) of the base 111 via the bonding wire, and to the second bonding pad set 1112 (may be specifically the second rf bonding pad 11121) of the base 111 via the conductive via 1114.

In a conventional packaging manner, in order to ensure airtightness, airtightness is often required at a series of joint positions between the optical port assembly 14 and the optical window 1210, between the tube seat 121 and the cover plate 122, and the like, while in the present application, based on the arrangement of the airtight packing box 11, the optoelectronic chip 113 is hermetically packed in an airtight packing cavity surrounded by the base 111 and the through-optical cover 112, and the optoelectronic chip 113 can be electrically connected with an external member through the base 111 and optically connected with the external member through the through-optical cover 112, so that, on one hand, when the optical device 100 has a certain airtightness requirement (i.e., the optical device 100 is arranged as an airtight optical device), the airtightness requirement on the tube housing 12 itself is greatly reduced, such as the airtightness requirement on the joint position between the tube seat 121 and the cover plate 122, the airtightness requirement on the joint position between the optical window 1210 and the optical port assembly 14, and the like, so as to reduce the airtight packing and packing cost of the tube housing 12 itself, or the tube housing 12 itself does not need to be hermetically packed (i.e., the optical device 100 is arranged as a non-airtight optical device) so as to achieve the airtight protection requirement on the electronic components, i.e., the airtight protection requirement on the one package or the other; on the other hand, large-area gold plating on the tube seat 121 can be avoided, and the material cost is greatly reduced; on the other hand, the second bonding pad group 1112 can be directly and electrically connected with external components in a bonding pad mode, so that the connection operation is simple and convenient, the difficulty and cost of electrical connection are greatly reduced, and the high-speed further improvement is facilitated.

As can be seen from the above, the airtight packing box 11 of the present embodiment can be applied to both the scenes of airtight light devices and the scenes of non-airtight light devices.

Wherein, in the present embodiment, the light port assembly 14 includes a metal sleeve 141, a metal transition ring 142, and an upper piece 143 disposed in sequence along a distance from the light window 1210. Wherein, the upper piece 143 is connected with the transition ring 142 by laser welding, and the transition ring 142 is connected with the metal sleeve 141 by laser welding; the metal sleeve 141 is fixed in the optical window 1210 by laser welding, and the collimating lens 134 is fixedly installed in the internal channel, and the collimating lens 134 and the metal sleeve 141 can be fixedly connected by insulating glue. When the optical device 100 is implemented as an airtight optical device, the metal sleeve 141 is in airtight fit with the optical window 1210, and as mentioned above, the airtight packing requirement of the package 12 itself can be reduced based on the arrangement of the airtight packing 11 of the present application, and accordingly, the airtight requirement between the metal sleeve 141 and the optical window 1210 is reduced, so that the installation difficulty and cost of the metal sleeve 141 are reduced.

Furthermore, a part of the airtight packing 11 is located in the housing chamber of the package 12, and "a part of the airtight packing 11" herein includes at least a part of the light-passing cover 112 so that an optical connection is established between the photo chip 113 and the optical path effecting member 13 in the package 12 through the light-passing cover 112. While the other part of the airtight packing 11 protrudes out of the receiving cavity of the envelope 12 in a direction away from the optical window 1210, where the other part has a second land group 1112 so that the second land group 1112 is electrically connected with an external member such as a circuit board described later, thereby further improving the high-speed feasibility. In this way, based on the arrangement of the airtight packing 11, when the tube shell 12 is packaged, the airtight requirements between the tube seat 121 and the airtight packing 11 and between the cover plate 122 and the airtight packing 11 are reduced, and the packaging difficulty and cost are reduced.

In addition, as described above, the photo-electric chips 113 are provided as the photo-detection chips 113 and the number is set to 4 in the present embodiment, and accordingly, the optical device 100 is provided as a four-way light receiving device. Of course, the number of channels of the optical device 100 is not limited thereto, and varies accordingly according to the number of the photo chips 113.

Further, referring to fig. 5, the optical path action module 13 processes and adjusts the light entering and exiting the package 12 from the optical window 1210 or entering and exiting the hermetic sealing cavity from the light-passing mask 112, and establishes an optical path connection from the optoelectronic chip 113 to the optical window 1210. The optical path acting component 13 includes a reflecting mirror 131, a microlens array 132, a wavelength division demultiplexer 133, and a collimator lens 134, which are sequentially arranged along the optical path from the light detecting chip 113 to the optical window 1210. Thus, in the optical device 100 of the present embodiment, the external optical signal enters the optical device 100 from the optical port assembly 14, is collimated by the collimating lens 134, is split by the wavelength division multiplexer 133, is focused by the micro lens array 132, is reflected by the reflecting mirror 131, passes through the light-transmitting mask 112, and is incident on the light incident surface of the light detection chip 113 in the airtight enclosure 11 (i.e. the top surface of the aforementioned photo-electric chip 113), and is then converted into an electrical signal by the photo-detection chip 113, and the electrical signal is then sequentially transmitted to the electrical chip 114 via the bonding wire, and is then transmitted to the first bonding pad set 1111 (specifically, the first rf bonding pad 11111) of the base 111 via the bonding wire, and is then transmitted to the second bonding pad set 1112 (specifically, the second rf bonding pad 11121) of the base 111 via the conductive via hole.

It will be understood that the specific elements included in the optical path acting component 13 are not limited to the examples shown in the drawings, but may include other optical elements besides the reflecting mirror 131, the microlens array 132, the wavelength division demultiplexer 133 and the collimating lens 134, or may omit some of the optical elements, and are implemented in a manner known in the art and not described herein.

Further, in the present embodiment, as described above, the second side 111b of the base 111 is attached to the bottom plate 1211 of the tube holder 121, and the corresponding reflector 131 is located on the side of the cover plate 1121 of the light-transmitting cover 112 opposite to the base 111, and the optical signal is reflected by the reflector 131 and then enters the optical detection chip 113 through the cover plate 1121. However, the present application is not limited thereto, and for example, the orientation of the base 111 may be changed from the orientation parallel to the bottom plate 1211 of the stem 121 to the orientation perpendicular to the bottom plate 1211 of the stem 121 in the drawing, and the cover plate 1121 of the light-passing cover 112 may be disposed toward the direction of the light window 1210, whereby the reflecting mirror 131 may be omitted, so that the light signal may be emitted from the microlens array 132 and then directly passed through the cover plate 1121 of the light-passing cover 112 to reach the light detection chip 113.

In this embodiment, the light path effecting assembly 13 is at least partially mounted within the receiving cavity of the envelope 12. Specifically, the reflecting mirror 131 and the microlens array 132 are fixed as one body by an optical adhesive, and the one body is stuck and fixed on the bottom plate 1211 of the stem 121 by an insulating adhesive; likewise, the wavelength division demultiplexer 133 is fixed to the bottom plate 1211 of the tube holder 121 by means of an insulating glue; the collimating lens 134 is affixed in the hollow channel of the light port assembly 14 by an insulating glue. The mounting manner of these optical elements is not limited thereto, and for example, the reflecting mirror 131 may be provided separately from the microlens array 132, that is, not integrally fixed with the microlens array 132, but directly fixed to the cover plate 1121 of the light-transmitting mask 112 by optical adhesive bonding.

In addition, in the alternative embodiment, the reflecting mirror 131 and/or the microlens array 132 may be integrated on the light-transmitting mask 112, and specifically, a person skilled in the art may perform structural design on the light-transmitting mask 112 according to the functions of the reflecting mirror 131 and the microlens array 132, for example, directly form the reflecting mirror 131 on the light-transmitting mask 112 by plating a reflecting film, and then, for example, directly form the microlens array 132 with a focusing function on the light-transmitting mask 112 by constructing a spherical region, which will not be described herein.

Referring to fig. 6, the present embodiment also provides an optical module to which the aforementioned airtight packing box 11 and optical device 100 are applied. The light module includes an optical device 100 and a circuit board 190.

In the illustration, the circuit board 190 is located outside the package 12, and signal lines on the surface thereof are electrically connected to the second land group 1112 of the airtight packing 11 by bonding wires.

Specifically, the second rf pads 11121 of the second pad group 1112 are electrically connected to the rf signal lines of the circuit board 190 through bonding wires, so, in combination with the foregoing, electrical signals are transmitted from the first pad group 1111 (specifically, the first rf pads 11111) of the base 111 to the second pad group 1112 (specifically, the second rf pads 11121) of the base 111 through conductive vias, and then can be transmitted to the rf signal lines of the circuit board 190 through bonding wires, thereby implementing a high-speed link between the optical detection chip 113 and the circuit board 190; the second ground pads 11122 of the second pad group 1112 are electrically connected with the ground signal wires of the circuit board 190 through bonding wires, so that a high-speed link reflux path is established, compared with a common packaging mode, the speed is greatly improved while the airtight packaging difficulty is low and the cost is low, and the speed requirement of the market on the optical module is met; the second dc pad 11123 is electrically connected to the dc signal line of the circuit board 190 by a bonding wire.

In this embodiment, the circuit board 190 may be a hard circuit board, and based on the arrangement of the second bonding pad group 1112 of the airtight packaging box 11, electrical connection of bonding wires or soldering between the airtight packaging box 11 and the hard circuit board can be achieved, so that compared with a pin structure of a common packaging manner, electrical connection difficulty is greatly reduced, especially in the product of the multi-channel optical module in this embodiment. Of course, in alternative embodiments, the electrical connection between the circuit board 190 and the second pad set 1112 may be soldered instead of the bonding wire electrical connection illustrated, or the circuit board 190 may be configured as a flexible circuit board, for example, the second pad set 1112 is first electrically connected to the flexible circuit board through bonding wires or soldering, and the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to another hard circuit board through bonding wires or soldering.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the optical module may be a four-channel optical Receiver (ROSA), corresponding to the specific type and number of the optoelectronic chips 113. The optical module of the present application is not limited to this, and may be configured as an optical transceiver having both an optical transmission function and an optical reception function, or may be configured as an optical Transmitter (TOSA) having only an optical transmission function as in example 2 below. Also, the number of channels of the optical module is not limited to four channels, but may be set to eight channels, a single channel, and the like.

Example 2

Referring to fig. 7 to 12, the present embodiment provides an optical device 200 for optical communication, and the optical device 200 specifically includes an airtight packing 21, a tube case 22, an optical path effecting member 23, and an optical port member 24.

Referring to fig. 7 and 8, the envelope 22 has a substantially rectangular box-like structure, and the airtight packing 21, the optical path effecting member 23 and the optical port member 24 are arranged along the length direction of the envelope 22. The tube shell 22 includes a tube base 221 and a cover plate 222 that is matched with the tube base 221 to enclose a containing cavity, and the tube base 221 and the cover plate 222 may be fixed with each other by laser welding or fixing glue. In the present invention, the envelope 22 may be formed into a non-airtight package or airtight package as required based on the arrangement of the airtight packing 21.

In the present embodiment, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the stem 221 includes a rectangular bottom plate 2211, a pair of first side walls 2212 extending vertically at opposite edges of the bottom plate 2211, and a second side wall 2213 extending vertically at the other edge of the bottom plate 2211. Referring to fig. 7, the cap plate 222 is provided in an L-shaped structure, which includes a rectangular top plate 2221 disposed opposite to the bottom plate 2211, and a third side wall 2222 disposed opposite to the second side wall 2213, in conformity with the configuration of the tube socket 221. It will be appreciated that the configuration of the tube holder 221 and the configuration of the cover plate 222 shown in this embodiment are only one specific example, and that the tube holder 221 and the cover plate 222 may be implemented in any configuration feasible in the art, in which case the tube holder 221 and the cover plate 222 may cooperate to form a box-packed structure.

Further, the tube holder 221 is preferably made of a metal material excellent in heat dissipation, and forms a mounting seat for fixedly mounting the air supply sealing case 21, the optical path operating unit 23, the optical port unit 24, and the like. Referring to fig. 9, an optical window 2210 is formed at one end of the tube shell 22, in this embodiment, the optical window 2210 is a circular through hole penetrating through the second side wall 2213, and the accommodating cavity of the tube shell 22 is communicated with the outside through the optical window 2210; the optical port assembly 24 is fixedly installed at the optical window 2210, and specifically, a laser welding mode can be adopted. The airtight packing 21 is fixedly mounted on the bottom plate 2211 at an end of the envelope 12 opposite to the light window 1210, and specifically, the second side 211b of the base 211 is attached to the bottom plate 2211 by means of fixing glue or by means of welding.

As can be seen from fig. 8 and 10, the airtight packing box 21 is also in a rectangular box structure, and the length direction of the airtight packing box 21 is perpendicular to the length direction of the tube shell 22, so that the airtight packing box 11 can be easily installed based on the matching of the shapes of the airtight packing box 11 and the tube shell 12. Referring to fig. 10, the airtight packing box 21 includes a base 211, a light-transmitting cover 212, and a plurality of electronic components.

The base 211 forms a mounting seat for fixedly mounting the electronic components. In the present embodiment, the base 211 has a substantially rectangular plate-like structure having a first side 211a and a second side 211b opposite in the thickness direction thereof. The electronic components are fixedly mounted on the first side 211a of the base 211, and a part of the first side 211a and the second side 211b of the base 211 form part of the outer surface of the airtight packing box 21.

Referring to fig. 10 to 12, the light-passing cover 212 and the base 211 enclose an airtight sealed cavity of the airtight packing 21, and the plurality of electronic components are located in the airtight sealed cavity to be air-tightly protected by the light-passing cover 212 and the base 211. In this embodiment, the mask 212 is a generally rectangular pentahedron box structure that includes a rectangular cover plate 2121 and vertical webs 2122 at the peripheral edges of the cover plate 2121. The light-transmitting cover 212 is fastened to the first side 211a of the base 211, and is disposed in a state in which the cover plate 2121 is opposite to the base 211, the surrounding plate 2122 is connected to the base 211 and surrounds the plurality of electronic components and the first bonding pad group 2111 described later, thereby constructing the airtight chamber between the light-transmitting cover 212 and the base 211.

In the present embodiment, the mask 212 and the base 211 are hermetically and fixedly coupled by welding. Specifically, the first side 211a of the base 211 has a sealing ring 2113, and the sealing ring 2113 may specifically be a gold-plated ring that is rectangular and surrounds the circumference; correspondingly, the end surface of the shroud 2122 of the light-transmitting mask 212 is provided with a solder ring 2123, such as solder. The solder ring 2123 and the seal ring 2113 are positionally adapted, and the airtight coupling of the photomask 212 and the base 211 is achieved by welding therebetween. Of course, the airtight coupling between the light-transmitting cover 212 and the base 211 in the present application is not limited thereto, and for example, the airtight coupling may be implemented by using a fixing adhesive.

The light transmissive mask 212 has a light transmissive property, and is at least partially formed of a material through which an optical signal of infrared light can pass, such as a glass structure, a silicon structure, or the like. In this embodiment, the cover plate 2121 and the cover plate 2122 of the photomask 212 are integrally formed of a glass structure or a silicon structure.

The electronic components at least include a photo-electric chip 213 for implementing photo-electric conversion and transmitting/receiving optical signals, the optical signals transmitted/received by the photo-electric chip 213 can pass through a light-passing cover 212 to enter/exit the airtight cavity, that is, the light-passing cover 212 can make the photo-electric chip 213 inside the airtight cavity and the optical path action component 23 (reference numeral, fig. 9) outside the airtight cavity perform optical path connection.

Referring to fig. 10 to 12, the base 211 has a first pad group 2111 located inside the airtight chamber and a second pad group located outside the airtight chamber. The first bonding pad group 2111 is formed on the first side 211a of the base 211, and is completely surrounded by the sealing ring 2113 described above from the periphery and is insulated from the sealing ring 2113, and the first bonding pad group 2111 is electrically connected to the photo-electric chip 213 in the hermetic package. The second land group is electrically connected to the first land group 2111 and is electrically connected to an external member of the air-supply sealing case 21 (such as a circuit board 290 described later). In this way, the airtight packing box 21 of this embodiment, the airtight packing cavity is surrounded by the base 211 and the light-passing cover 212, thereby realizing the airtight protection requirement of the optoelectronic chip 213, and simultaneously satisfying the optical communication use function of the optoelectronic chip 213, and the setting of the second bonding pad group, so that the airtight packing box 21 can satisfy the electrical communication use function in a bonding pad manner, and compared with the common packing structure, the airtight packing box has low airtight packing difficulty and low cost, and is simple in electrical connection operation with external components, easy to realize, and capable of satisfying the application requirement of the optical module to high speed.

Specifically, referring to fig. 12, the first pad group 2111 includes a first radio frequency pad 21111, a first ground pad 21112, and a first dc pad 21113 arranged in the same layer in the thickness direction of the submount 211; referring to fig. 10 and 11, the second pad group includes a second rf pad 21121, a second ground pad 21122, and a second dc pad 21123.

The base 211 further has a dielectric layer located between the first pad group 2111 and the second pad group in the thickness direction, and the dielectric layer is preferably provided as an insulating airtight material which is insulating and excellent in heat dissipation, preferably, but not limited thereto, an aluminum nitride material.

In the present embodiment, the first portion 2112a of the second pad group and the first pad group 2111 are disposed in the same direction in the thickness direction of the submount 211, and the second portion 2112b of the second pad group and the first pad group 2111 are disposed opposite to each other in the thickness direction of the submount 211. Wherein the first pad group 2111, the first portion 2112a of the second pad group, and the second portion 2112b of the second pad group are sequentially stacked in the thickness direction of the submount.

Specifically, the first pad group 2111 is provided on the first side 211a of the base 211 as described above, and may be formed by patterning, for example, a gold plating layer provided on one surface of the dielectric layer (the surface facing the first side 211a of the base 211); referring to fig. 10, the second rf pads 21121 and the second ground pads 21122 of the second pad set are disposed on the first side 211a of the base 211 to form the first portion 2112a of the second pad set, and the second dc pads 21123 of the second pad set are disposed on the second side 211b of the base 211 to form the second portion 2112b of the second pad set. In this way, the second rf pad 21121 and the second ground pad 21122 are closer to the first pad group 2111 than the second dc pad 21123 in this embodiment, so that the link length of the high-speed signal is shortened, which is beneficial to further increasing the speed of the high-speed signal.

Of course, this embodiment is only a preferred implementation, and the application is not limited thereto, and for example, the second pad group may be configured to be disposed entirely opposite to the first pad group 2111, or configured to be disposed entirely in the same direction as the first pad group 2111, or any of the second rf pad 21121, the second ground pad 21122, and the second dc pad 21123 of the second pad group may be configured to be disposed entirely opposite to the first pad group 2111, and the rest may be configured to be in the same direction as the first pad group 2111, as in embodiment 1.

Further, for the second portion 2112b of the second pad set disposed opposite the first pad set 2111, the second portion 2112b is preferably connected to the first pad set 2111 through a conductive via 2114 penetrating the dielectric layer. For example, the second dc pads 21123 are electrically connected to the first dc pads 21113 through conductive vias 2114.

For the first portion 2112a of the second pad group disposed in the same direction as the first pad group 2111, referring to fig. 12, the first portion 2112a may be electrically connected to the first pad group 2111 through the conductive layer 2115 on the side end face of the dielectric layer. For example, the second rf pad 21121 is electrically connected to the first rf pad 21111 through the conductive layer 2115, and the second ground pad 21122 is electrically connected to the first ground pad 21112 through the conductive layer 2115. It will be appreciated that in alternative embodiments, the first portion 2112a of the second set of pads may also be electrically connected to the first set of pads 2111 by conductive vias (e.g., as illustrated by the dashed circle and reference numeral 2114' in fig. 12), with the conductive layer 2115 being omitted from the side faces of the dielectric layer.

Further, the number of the photo chips 213 is set to two or more so that the airtight packing box 21 of the present embodiment can be applied to a two-channel or more optical device/optical module. In the drawing, the number of the photo chips 213 is exemplified by 4, and accordingly four-way optical devices/optical modules can be used. Therefore, compared with the existing packaging mode, the advantages of the embodiment in the two-channel or more-channel optical device/optical module are more obvious, the packaging difficulty and the structure cost are greatly reduced, and the high-speed application requirement is met.

In this embodiment, the optoelectronic chip 213 is specifically configured as a laser chip (for easy understanding, reference numeral 213 is also used to describe the present embodiment) that receives an electrical signal and converts the electrical signal into an optical signal, and the several electronic components further include a ceramic substrate 216 and a refrigerator 217.

The laser chip 213 is mounted on a ceramic substrate 216 and electrically connects the radio frequency signal and the ground signal to the ceramic substrate 216, and is typically mechanically mounted (e.g., a refrigerator 217) with other components, optically adapted (e.g., with a focusing lens 218 described later), etc., as an integral unit, and is also commonly referred to as a COC (chip on ceramic) unit. The electrical connection and mounting and fixing between the laser chip 213 and the ceramic substrate 216 are implemented in any manner feasible in the art.

The top surface of the ceramic substrate 216 is electrically connected to the first rf pad 21111 and the first ground pad 21112, respectively, by bonding wires; the bottom surface of which is adhered and fixed to the top surface of the refrigerator 217 by conductive adhesive such as silver adhesive. The bottom surface of the refrigerator 217 is adhered and fixed on the first side 211a of the base 211 by conductive adhesive (such as silver adhesive), so that the refrigerator 217 can be used for timely and efficiently transferring the heat of the COC component (especially the laser chip 213) to the base 211 to stabilize the working temperature of the laser chip 213.

In addition, in the present embodiment, the seal ring 2113 may be arranged to be insulated from the first pad group 2111 and the second pad group, respectively, by an insulating dielectric material to avoid a short circuit of the first pad group 2111 and the second pad group.

Further, in the present embodiment, airtight packing box 21 further includes focusing lens 218 fixedly mounted on first side 211a of base 211 by a fixing adhesive, focusing lens 218 and laser chip 213 being disposed side by side on first side 211a of base 211 and facing away from base 211 above sealing ring 2113. Thus, the airtight packing box 21 of the present embodiment transmits the electrical signal from the second land group of the base 211 to the first land group 2111 of the base 211, then transmits to the ceramic substrate 216 via the bonding wire, and then transmits to the laser chip 213 and is converted into the optical signal by the laser chip 213, and the optical signal is emitted to the focusing lens 218 to be focused, passes through the surrounding plate 1122 of the light-transmitting cover 112, and then leaves the airtight packing box 21.

In a conventional packaging manner, in order to ensure airtightness, it is often required to strictly require airtightness at a series of joint positions between the optical port assembly 24 and the optical window 2210, between the pipe seat 221 and the cover plate 222, etc., whereas in the present application, based on the arrangement of the airtight packing box 21, the optoelectronic chip 213 is hermetically packed in the airtight packing cavity surrounded by the base 211 and the through-optical cover 212, and the optoelectronic chip 213 can be electrically connected with external components through the base 211 and the optical path is connected with the external components through the through-optical cover 212, so that, on one hand, when the optical device 200 has the airtight requirement (i.e., the optical device 200 is arranged as an airtight optical device), the airtight requirement on the pipe seat 22 itself is greatly reduced, such as the airtight requirement on the joint position between the pipe seat 221 and the cover plate 222, the airtight requirement on the joint position between the optical window 2210 and the optical port assembly 24, etc., thereby reducing the airtight packing and packing cost of the pipe seat 22 itself, and even the airtight packing of the pipe seat 22 itself need not be completely required (i.e., the optical device 200 is arranged as a non-airtight optical device), and the airtight protection requirement on the electronic components can be achieved, i.e., the airtight protection requirement on the other hand, the invention can be formed into a hermetic package or a non-airtight package; on the other hand, large-area gold plating on the tube seat 221 can be avoided, and the material cost is greatly reduced; on the other hand, the second bonding pad group can be directly electrically connected with an external component in a bonding pad mode, the connection operation is simple and convenient, the difficulty and the cost of the electrical connection are greatly reduced, and the high-speed further improvement is facilitated.

As can be seen from the above, the airtight packing box 21 of the present embodiment can be applied to both the scenes of airtight light devices and the scenes of non-airtight light devices.

In addition, as described above, the photo chips 213 are provided as the laser chips 213 and the number is set to 4 in the present embodiment, and accordingly, the optical device 200 is provided as a four-way light emitting device. Of course, the number of channels of the optical device 200 is not limited thereto, and varies accordingly according to the number of the photo chips 213.

The light port assembly 24 includes a metal sleeve 241 and an upper member 243 disposed in sequence along a distance from the light window 2210. The upper member 243 is connected to the metal sleeve 241 by laser welding, and the metal sleeve 241 is fixed in the light window 2210 by laser welding. When the optical device 200 is implemented as an airtight optical device, the metal sleeve 241 is in airtight fit with the optical window 2210, and as described above, the airtight packing requirement of the package shell 22 can be reduced based on the arrangement of the airtight packing box 21 of the application, and accordingly, the airtight requirement between the metal sleeve 241 and the optical window 2210 is reduced, so that the installation difficulty and cost of the metal sleeve 241 are reduced.

A part of the airtight packing 21 is located in the housing chamber of the package 22, and "a part of the airtight packing 21" herein includes at least a part of the light passing cover 212 so that an optical connection is established between the photo chip 213 and the optical path effecting member 23 in the package 22 through the light passing cover 212. While another part of the airtight packing 21, which has the second land group, protrudes out of the receiving cavity of the envelope 22 in a direction away from the optical window 2210. That is, the second padset is located outside the receiving cavity of the package 22, so that the second padset can be electrically connected to an external member (such as a circuit board 290 described later), thereby further improving the high-speed feasibility. And, as mentioned above, based on the arrangement of the airtight packing 21, the airtight requirements between the tube seat 221 and the airtight packing 21 and between the cover plate 222 and the airtight packing 21 are reduced, and the packaging difficulty and cost are reduced.

Further, referring to fig. 8 and 9, the optical path action module 23 processes and adjusts the light entering and exiting the envelope 22 from the optical window 2210 or the hermetically sealed cavity from the light-passing mask 212, and establishes an optical path connection from the optoelectronic chip 213 to the optical window 2210. The optical path acting component 23 includes a collimator lens 231, a wavelength division multiplexer 232, and an isolator 233 sequentially arranged along an optical path from the laser chip 213 to the optical window 2210. In this way, in the optical device 200 of the present embodiment, the optical signal converted by the laser chip 213 is focused by the focusing lens 218, passes through the shroud 1122 of the light-transmitting mask 112, is collimated by the collimating lens 231, is multiplexed by the wavelength division multiplexer 232, and is isolated by the isolator 233, and then leaves the optical device 200 through the optical port assembly 24 at the optical window 2210.

It is understood that the specific elements included in the optical path acting component 23 are not limited to the examples shown in the drawings, but may include other optical elements such as an isolator besides the collimating lens 231, the wavelength division multiplexer 232, and the isolator 233, or may omit some of the optical elements, and are implemented in a manner known and feasible in the art, and will not be described herein.

As described above, in the present embodiment, the focusing lens 218 is fixedly mounted on the first side 211a of the base 211, and the collimator lens 231, the wavelength division multiplexer 232, and the isolator 233 are fixedly mounted on the bottom plate 2211 of the stem 221. In a variant embodiment, the focusing lens 218 or the collimating lens 231 may be integrated on the light-transmitting mask 212, and in particular, those skilled in the art may design the structure of the light-transmitting mask 212 under the feasible condition according to the functions of the focusing lens 218 and the collimating lens 231, for example, the focusing lens 218 having the focusing function is directly formed on the light-transmitting mask 212 by constructing a spherical region, which will not be described again.

Further, referring to fig. 13, the present embodiment also provides an optical module to which the aforementioned airtight packing box 21 and the optical device 200 are applied. The light module includes an optical device 200 and a circuit board 290.

In the illustration, the circuit board 290 is located outside the package 22, and the signal lines on the surface thereof are electrically connected to the second land group of the airtight packing 21 by bonding wires.

Specifically, the second rf pads 21121 of the second pad set are electrically connected to the rf signal lines of the circuit board 290 through bonding wires, so, in combination with the foregoing, electrical signals are transmitted from the first pad set 2111 (specifically, the first rf pads 21111) of the base 211 to the second pad set (specifically, the second rf pads 21121) of the base 211 through conductive vias, and then can be transmitted to the rf signal lines of the circuit board 290 through bonding wires, thereby realizing a high-speed link between the laser chip 213 and the circuit board 290; the second ground pads 21122 of the second pad group are electrically connected with the ground signal line of the circuit board 290 through bonding wires, so that a high-speed link reflux path is established, compared with a common packaging mode, the speed is greatly improved while the air-tight packaging difficulty is low and the cost is low, and the speed requirement of the market on the optical module is met; the second dc pads 21123 are electrically connected to the dc signal lines of the circuit board 290 by bonding wires.

In this embodiment, the circuit board 290 may be a hard circuit board, and based on the arrangement of the second bonding pad group of the airtight packing box 21, electrical connection of bonding wires or soldering between the airtight packing box 21 and the hard circuit board may be achieved, so that compared with a pin structure of a common packaging manner, electrical connection difficulty is greatly reduced, especially in a product of the multi-channel optical module in this embodiment. Of course, in alternative embodiments, the electrical connection between the circuit board 290 and the second pad set may be soldered instead of the bonding wire electrical connection illustrated, or the circuit board 190 may be configured as a flexible circuit board, for example, the second pad set is first electrically connected to the flexible circuit board through bonding wires or soldering, and the flexible circuit board is electrically connected to another hard circuit board through bonding wires or soldering.

Furthermore, in this embodiment, the optical module may be a four-channel optical Transmitter (TOSA), corresponding to the specific type and number of the optoelectronic chips 213. The optical module of the present application is not limited to this, and may be provided as an optical transceiver having both an optical transmission function and an optical reception function, or may be provided as an optical Receiver (ROSA) having only an optical reception function. Also, the number of channels of the optical module is not limited to four channels, but may be set to eight channels, a single channel, and the like.

In summary, the beneficial effects of the present embodiment are as follows: the photoelectric chip is hermetically packaged in the airtight packaging box, and can be electrically connected with an external component (such as a circuit board) through the base and connected with an external optical element through the photomask, so that on one hand, the airtight requirement on the tube shell is greatly reduced, the airtight packaging difficulty and the packaging cost are reduced, and even the tube shell can meet the airtight protection requirement on a plurality of electronic components without airtight packaging; on the other hand, the large-area gold plating on the tube shell can be avoided, and the material cost is greatly reduced; on the other hand, the second bonding pad group can be directly and electrically connected with an external component (such as a circuit board) in a bonding pad mode, so that the connection operation is simple and convenient, the difficulty and the cost of the electrical connection are greatly reduced, and the high-speed further improvement is facilitated.

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 application, and they are not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all equivalent embodiments or modifications that do not depart from the spirit of the technical spirit of the present application are included in the scope of the present application.

Claims

1. An optical device for optical communication is characterized by comprising a tube shell, an optical window arranged on one side of the tube shell, an airtight packing box arranged in the tube shell and an optical path action assembly;

the cartridge forming a non-hermetic enclosure to house the hermetic enclosure and the light path effecting assembly;

the airtight packing box comprises a base, a light-passing cover surrounding the airtight packing cavity with the base and a photoelectric chip arranged in the airtight packing cavity, wherein light signals received and transmitted by the photoelectric chip pass through the light-passing cover to enter and exit the airtight packing cavity, and the light-passing cover is hermetically packed on the base to realize airtight packing of the airtight packing cavity;

the light path action component processes and adjusts light entering and exiting the tube shell from the light window or entering and exiting the airtight cavity from the light through cover, and establishes light path connection from the photoelectric chip to the light window.

2. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 1, wherein the submount has a first set of pads located inside the hermetically sealed cavity and a second set of pads located outside the hermetically sealed cavity; the first pad group is electrically connected to the optoelectronic chip, and the second pad group is electrically connected to the first pad group and is used for being electrically connected with an external member.

3. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the submount further has a dielectric layer, the first pad group, the dielectric layer, and the second pad group are sequentially stacked in a thickness direction of the submount, and the first pad group and the second pad group are connected by a conductive via penetrating the dielectric layer.

4. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 3, wherein the first pad group and the second pad group are disposed back to each other in a thickness direction of the submount;

alternatively, the first portion of the second pad group and the first pad group are disposed in the same direction in the thickness direction of the submount, and the second portion of the second pad group and the first pad group are disposed opposite to each other in the thickness direction of the submount.

5. The optical device for optical communication of claim 4, wherein the first set of pads comprises a first radio frequency pad, a first ground pad, and a first direct current pad;

the second bonding pad group comprises a second radio frequency bonding pad electrically connected with the first radio frequency bonding pad through a conductive via hole, a second ground bonding pad electrically connected with the first ground bonding pad through a conductive via hole, and a second direct current bonding pad electrically connected with the first direct current bonding pad through a conductive via hole.

6. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the submount has a dielectric layer located between the first pad group and the second pad group in a thickness direction of the submount;

the second bonding pad group comprises a first part which is arranged in the same direction with the first bonding pad group in the thickness direction of the base and a second part which is arranged back to the first bonding pad group in the thickness direction of the base, and the first part of the first bonding pad group, the first part of the second bonding pad group and the second part of the second bonding pad group are sequentially laminated in the thickness direction of the base;

the first portion of the second set of pads is electrically connected to the first set of pads through a conductive layer on a side end face of the dielectric layer, and the second portion of the second set of pads is connected to the first set of pads through a conductive via through the dielectric layer.

7. The optical device for optical communication of claim 6, wherein the first set of pads comprises a first radio frequency pad, a first ground pad, and a first direct current pad;

the first part of the second bonding pad group comprises a second radio frequency bonding pad electrically connected with the first radio frequency bonding pad through the conductive layer and a second grounding bonding pad electrically connected with the first grounding bonding pad through the conductive layer;

the second portion of the second set of pads includes a second dc pad electrically connected to the first dc pad through a conductive via.

8. An optical device for optical communication according to claim 3 or 6, wherein the dielectric layer is provided as an insulating hermetic material.

9. An optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the base is provided with a sealing ring surrounding the first land group, and the light passing cover is provided with a solder ring welded with the sealing ring to form the airtight sealed cavity.

10. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the photo-electric chip is provided as a photo-detection chip whose light-incident surface receives an optical signal incident into the hermetically sealed package through the light-passing mask;

The airtight packing box further comprises an electric chip positioned in the airtight packing cavity, the light detection chip is electrically connected to the electric chip through bonding wires, and the electric chip is electrically connected to the first bonding pad group through bonding wires.

11. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 10, wherein the light incident surface of the optical detection chip faces the side of the light transmission cover away from the base, and the optical path acting component comprises a reflector, a microlens array, a wavelength division multiplexer and a collimating lens which are sequentially arranged along the optical path from the optical detection chip to the optical window, and the reflector is positioned on the side of the light transmission cover facing away from the base, so that the optical signal entering the tube shell through the optical window is reflected by the reflector and then enters the optical detection chip through the cover plate.

12. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the optoelectronic chip is provided as a laser chip, the airtight packaging box further comprises a ceramic substrate positioned in the airtight packaging cavity, and the laser chip is fixedly mounted on the ceramic substrate and electrically connected with a signal wire of the ceramic substrate carrier plate through a bonding wire or welding; the ceramic substrate carrier is electrically connected to the first bonding pad group through bonding wires.

13. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 12, wherein the airtight packing box further comprises a refrigerator in the airtight packing chamber, a bottom surface of the refrigerator being fixedly mounted on the base, and a top surface thereof being fixedly mounted with the ceramic substrate.

14. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 12, wherein a focusing lens is disposed between the light emitting surface of the laser chip and the light transmitting cover, the optical signal emitted by the laser chip passes through the light transmitting cover after passing through the focusing lens and exits to the outside of the airtight packaging cavity, and the optical path acting component comprises a collimating lens, a wavelength division multiplexer and an isolator which are sequentially disposed on an optical path from the laser chip to the optical window, and the collimating lens, the wavelength division multiplexer and the isolator are fixedly mounted on a bottom plate of the tube seat.

15. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 1, wherein the number of the optoelectronic chips is set to two or more.

16. An optical device for optical communication according to claim 1, wherein the light-transmitting mask is arranged as a material, preferably a glass structure or a silicon structure, through which infrared light signals can pass.

17. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 2, wherein the package has a side wall on which the optical window is formed and a bottom plate disposed perpendicular to the side wall;

the base is provided with a first side and a second side which are opposite in the thickness direction, the first side is provided with the first bonding pad group and the photoelectric chip, and the second side is fixedly attached to the bottom plate of the tube shell;

the light transmission cover is provided with a cover plate opposite to the base and a coaming perpendicular to the cover plate;

and an optical signal in an optical path between the photoelectric chip and the optical path acting component passes through the cover plate or the coaming plate to enter and exit the airtight cavity.

18. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 17, wherein the package is of a rectangular box structure, the airtight box and the optical path action assembly are arranged along a length direction of the package, the airtight box is also of a rectangular box structure, and the length direction of the airtight box is perpendicular to the length direction of the package.

19. The optical device for optical communication according to claim 17, wherein the airtight packing box is disposed at a side of the package case away from the optical window, and a side of the airtight packing box away from the optical window protrudes out of the package case in a direction away from the optical window, and the second bonding pad group is disposed at a portion of the airtight packing box exposed out of the package case.

20. An optical module comprising the optical device of any one of claims 2 to 14 or 17 to 19 and a circuit board, the second set of bond pads being electrically connected to the circuit board by wire bonds or solder.

21. The optical module of claim 20, wherein the circuit board is configured as a rigid circuit board.