JP2014006313A - Optical communication module - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an optical communication module that can be easily assembled.SOLUTION: An optical communication module 1 comprises: a light-emitting element 10 or a light-receiving element 11; an element mounting part 20 where the light-emitting element 10 or the light-receiving element 11 is mounted; and an optical coupling part 60 including optical coupling members 70, 70 for optically coupling the light-emitting element 10 or the light-receiving element 11 to optical fiber connectors 100, 100. The element mounting part 20 comprises: abutting faces 21, 21 where element-side end faces 70a, 70a of the optical coupling members 70, 70, which are end faces opposing to the light-emitting element 10 or the light-receiving element 11, are made to abut against; and element disposition recesses 30, 30 formed into recesses with respect to the abutting faces 21, 21, in which the light-emitting element 10 or the light-receiving element 11 is disposed on a bottom face 30a of the recess so as to oppose to the element-side end faces 70a, 70a leaving a predetermined gap for optical coupling.

Description

  The present invention relates to an optical communication module having a light emitting element or a light receiving element.

Conventionally, an optical communication module having a light emitting element or a light receiving element includes a light emitting element such as a semiconductor laser, or a light receiving element such as a photodiode, an element installation portion provided with the light emitting element or the light receiving element, and a light emitting element or And an optical coupling part including an optical coupling member for optically coupling the light receiving element to the optical fiber connector.
In such an optical communication module, an optical signal emitted from the light emitting element is transmitted to the optical fiber connector via the optical coupling member, or an optical signal emitted from the optical fiber connector is received via the optical coupling member. To be transmitted. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

Hei 2-333115 JP 2009-192666 A

  However, in the optical communication modules described in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the holding component on which the light emitting element or the light receiving element is mounted and held is different from the holding component on which the optical coupling member is held, and the light emitting element Or when adjusting a light receiving element and an optical coupling member to the space | interval with good optical coupling efficiency, since it was necessary to adjust the position of holding parts, there existed a problem that an assembly | attachment operation | work will become complicated.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and an object thereof is to provide an optical communication module that can be easily assembled.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, an optical communication module according to claim 1 of the present invention includes a light emitting element or a light receiving element and an element mounting portion on which the light emitting element or the light receiving element is mounted. And an optical coupling module including an optical coupling member that optically couples the light emitting element or the light receiving element to an optical fiber connector, wherein the element mounting section includes the optical coupling member. A light-emitting element or a light-receiving element that faces the element-side end surface facing the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element, a concave shape with respect to the abutting surface, and the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element on the bottom surface And an element disposition recess disposed to face the element side end face with a predetermined interval for optical coupling.

  The optical communication module according to claim 2 of the present invention is the optical coupling member according to the above invention, wherein the element mounting portion protrudes from the abutting surface and abuts against the abutting surface. It is provided along the outer peripheral surface, and has a positioning guide wall part which performs the positioning function of the optical coupling member.

  The optical communication module according to claim 3 of the present invention is the optical communication module according to the invention, wherein the element mounting portion is provided at two locations so that the element placement recesses are arranged with the light emitting element and the light receiving element, respectively. The positioning guide wall portion of the optical coupling member corresponding to each of the light emitting element and the light receiving element is provided so as to surround the outer peripheral surface of each optical coupling member on the side where each optical coupling member faces each other. It is characterized by becoming.

  The optical communication module according to claim 4 of the present invention is the optical communication module according to the above invention, wherein the element mounting portion is a circuit board, and the element placement recess is the element other than the light emitting element or the light receiving element. Electronic components to be mounted on the mounting portion are arranged.

  In the optical communication module according to claim 1 of the present invention, the light-emitting element or the light-receiving element and the optical coupling member are spaced at a good optical coupling efficiency by simply abutting the optical coupling member against the abutting surface. Since it can be set, it can be assembled easily.

  The optical communication module according to claim 2 of the present invention can easily position the light emitting element or the light receiving element and the optical coupling member by the positioning guide wall portion.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided the optical communication module, wherein the light emitting element and the light receiving element are surrounded by the optical coupling member and the positioning guide wall portion so as to surround the light emitting element and the light receiving element. Light leakage in each of the element mounting regions is suppressed, and as a result, light crosstalk between the light emitting element and the light receiving element is suppressed. In addition, since light crosstalk between the light emitting element and the light receiving element can be suppressed, the light emitting element and the light receiving element can be arranged close to each other, resulting in a compact optical communication module. can do.

  In the optical communication module according to claim 4 of the present invention, when the light emitting element or the light receiving element and the electronic component are connected by a bonding wire, the bonding wire can be shortened. High frequency characteristics can be improved.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an optical communication module according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a perspective view of the optical communication module shown in FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the element mounting portion shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is a partial cross-sectional view in which the periphery of the abutting surface of the element mounting portion shown in FIG. 1 is enlarged. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the element mounting portion shown in FIG. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a state in which each optical coupling member is abutted against each abutment surface of the element mounting portion illustrated in FIG. 1. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the one optical coupling member shown in FIG. 6 and the periphery of the abutting surface. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining that the optical communication module shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the counterpart connection board while being positioned. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an assembly procedure of the optical communication module. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the optical communication module according to Modification 1 of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the optical communication module according to the second modification of the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of an optical communication module according to Modification 3 of the embodiment of the present invention.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an optical communication module according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an optical communication module 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 1, two optical fiber connectors connected to the optical communication module are additionally shown.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the optical communication module 1 shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of the element mounting portion 20 shown in FIG. FIG. 4 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view of the vicinity of the abutting surface 21 of the element mounting portion 20 shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view taken along line AA of the element mounting portion 20 shown in FIG. 6 is a view showing a state in which each optical coupling member 70 is abutted against each abutment surface 21 of the element mounting portion 20 shown in FIG. FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of the optical coupling member 70 shown in FIG. 6 and the periphery of the abutting surface 21. FIG. 8 is a view for explaining that the optical communication module 1 shown in FIG. 1 is attached to the counterpart connection board 200 while being positioned.
An optical communication module 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention optically connects an optical signal between two optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 and a light emitting element 10 or a light receiving element 11. .
The optical communication module 1 includes a light emitting element 10 and a light receiving element 11, an element mounting portion 20 on which the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 are mounted, the light emitting element 10, and the light receiving element 11. And an optical coupling portion 60 including two optical coupling members 70 and 70 to be optically coupled.

First, the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 will be described.
The light emitting element 10 is realized by a laser diode or the like and mounted on the element mounting unit 20. The light emitting element 10 converts an electrical signal transmitted via the element mounting unit 20 into an optical signal, and emits light as the converted optical signal.
The light receiving element 11 is realized by a photodiode or the like and mounted on the element mounting unit 20. The light receiving element 11 is incident on one optical coupling member 70 as an optical signal from one optical fiber connector 100, and converts the light emitted from the optical coupling member 70 into an electrical signal.

Next, the element mounting unit 20 will be described.
The element mounting unit 20 is realized by a circuit board such as a printed wiring board, and is an electronic circuit such as an integrated circuit (IC), a resistor, or a capacitor necessary for the configuration of the light emitting element 10, the light receiving element 11, and the optical communication module 1. Components 12 and 12 are mounted.
The element mounting portion 20 includes abutting surfaces 21 and 21 on which the respective optical coupling members 70 and 70 corresponding to the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 are abutted, and the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 respectively. The element placement recesses 30, 30, the positioning guide wall portions 40, 40 that form the positioning function of the optical coupling members 70, and the element mounting portion 20 with respect to the mating connection substrate 200 (see FIG. 8). And a mating substrate connecting mounting surface 50 formed so as to be surface mountable.

  Each abutting surface 21, 21 is a surface to which each element-side end surface 70 a, 70 a, which is an end surface of each optical coupling member 70, 70 facing the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11, is abutted.

The element placement recesses 30, 30 are provided side by side so that each of the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 is arranged, has a recessed shape with respect to each abutment surface 21, 21, and each bottom surface The light-emitting element 10 and the light-receiving element 11 are arranged at 30a and 30a so as to face the element-side end faces 70a and 70a with a predetermined interval for optical coupling.
More specifically, in each of the element placement recesses 30 and 30, the upper edge surface around the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 becomes the abutting surfaces 21 and 21, and the depth of the recess is the light emitting element 10 or It is set to be equal to a predetermined interval in order to improve the optical coupling efficiency between the light receiving element 11 and each of the optical coupling members 70 and 70.

  In addition, each of the element placement recesses 30 is filled with a light transmissive resin 31 such as a junction coating resin (JCR). By filling the light transmissive resin 31 in this way, the light transmissive resin 31 protects the light emitting element 10, the light receiving element 11, and the electronic component 12 from the outside air. Such a light-transmitting resin 31 is filled in the recesses 30 and 30 for element arrangement without filling the recesses and without flowing out to places other than the place where filling is necessary.

  The light-transmitting resin 31 is filled in each of the element placement recesses 30 and 30 so as to be flush with the abutting surfaces 21 and 21 or so as not to protrude from the abutting surfaces 21 and 21. Thus, the functions of the abutting surfaces 21 and 21 are not disturbed.

The positioning guide walls 40 and 40 protrude from the abutting surfaces 21 and 21 and are arranged on the outer peripheral surfaces 70b and 70b of the optical coupling members 70 and 70 abutted against the abutting surfaces 21 and 21. The optical coupling members 70 and 70 are positioned with respect to the element mounting portion 20.
More specifically, each positioning guide wall portion 40, 40 is a wall erected in a circumferential shape corresponding to the outer peripheral surface 70b, 70b of each optical coupling member 70, 70, and each optical coupling member 70, 70 is inserted while being aligned from the upper end portions 40a, 40a toward the abutting surfaces 21, 21.

  Further, the positioning guide walls 40 and 40 corresponding to the respective optical coupling members 70 and 70 surround the outer peripheral surfaces 70b and 70b of the respective optical coupling members 70 and 70 on the side where the respective optical coupling members 70 and 70 face each other. It is provided. As described above, the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 are enclosed by the optical coupling members 70 and 70 and the positioning guide wall portions 40 and 40 so that light leakage in the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 is prevented from leaking. As a result, crosstalk of light between the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 is suppressed.

As shown in FIG. 3, the mating substrate connection mounting surface 50 is fitted into an electrical connection pad 51 that is electrically connected to the mating connection substrate 200 and three positioning holes 201 formed in the mating connection substrate 200. And the three positioning protrusions 52 that are projected so as to be surface-mountable with respect to the mating connection board 200.
The mating substrate connecting mounting surface 50 is an edge surface formed by bending the substrate end 20a of the element mounting portion 20 at a right angle. That is, as shown in FIG. 8, the element mounting unit 20 is mounted on the mating connection substrate 200 such that the mounting surface on which the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 are mounted is orthogonal to the connection surface 200 a of the mating connection substrate 200. Connected.

  In this embodiment, three positioning holes 201 are formed in the mating connection board 200 and the element mounting portion 20 includes three positioning protrusions 52 provided corresponding to the three positioning holes 201. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and one or more positioning holes 201 are formed in the mating connection substrate 200, and the element mounting portion 20 includes positioning protrusions 52 provided in a number corresponding to the positioning holes 201. That's fine.

Next, the optical coupling unit 60 will be described.
The optical coupling unit 60 includes two optical coupling members 70 and 70 corresponding to the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11, and a coupling member that is accommodated in a state where the optical coupling members 70 and 70 are attached to the split sleeve 80. And an accommodating portion 90.

  Each optical coupling member 70 is realized by a so-called optical fiber stub. More specifically, each of the optical coupling members 70, 70 has a through hole 61a formed in the axial center of a cylindrical optical fiber holding portion 61 made of a ceramic material or the like, and the optical fiber 62 is inserted into the through hole 61a. And fixed.

The split sleeves 80 and 80 are members for fixing the optical coupling portions 60 and 60 at predetermined positions in the cylindrical portions 92 and 92 (to be described later) of the coupling member accommodating portion 90.
The split sleeves 80 and 80 are cylindrical metal members that are formed of a metallic thin plate in a cylindrical shape and elastically shrinkable in the radial direction by slits 80a and 80a formed in the axial direction. Such split sleeves 80, 80 are arranged such that the outer peripheral surfaces of the split sleeves 80, 70 are in contact with the inner surfaces of cylindrical portions 92, 92 described later in a state where a part of the optical coupling members 70, 70 is inserted into the cylinders. The coupling members 70 are fixed to a predetermined position of the cylindrical portion 92.

The coupling member accommodating portion 90 has a rectangular parallelepiped shape and is provided at two locations so as to be aligned in the longitudinal direction of the base portion 91 and a base portion 91 having a mounting surface 91a on the side attached to the element mounting portion 20. And cylindrical portions 92, 92.
Each of the cylindrical portions 92 and 92 is set so that the inner diameter of the cylinder can accommodate the optical coupling members 70 and 70 attached to the split sleeves 80 and 80.
In addition, each cylindrical portion 92, 92 has an end protruding in a cylindrical shape serving as an insertion port 92a of each optical fiber connector 100, 100, and a distal end portion is inserted into each split sleeve 80, 80. The optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 are brought into contact with the optical coupling members 70 and 70 so that the optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 and the optical coupling members 70 and 70 are connected to each other.
Further, the coupling member accommodating portion 90 and the element mounting portion 20 are fixed through an adhesive applied to the attachment surface 91a, for example. Or the coupling member accommodating part 90 and the element mounting part 20 are fixed by the engaging part not shown, for example.

In such an optical communication module 1, each optical coupling member 70, 70 is attached to the element mounting portion 20 while the element side end faces 70a, 70a are abutted against the abutting surfaces 21, 21, respectively. 70 and 70 are arranged at a predetermined interval with respect to the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 for optical coupling.
For this reason, each optical fiber connector 100,100 is inserted in each insertion port 92a, 92a, and contact | abuts to the end surface on the opposite side to element side end surface 70a, 70a of each optical coupling member 70,70, The optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 and the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 are optically coupled.

Here, the assembly procedure of the optical communication module 1 will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an assembling procedure of the optical communication module 1. For this assembling work, an automatic assembling apparatus or the like may be used.
First, the worker temporarily sets the optical coupling members 70 and 70 in the cylindrical portions 92 and 92 of the coupling member accommodating portion 90 in a state where the optical coupling members 70 and 70 are attached to the split sleeves 80 and 80 (FIG. 9A). reference). Here, the temporary setting means that the element-side end surface 70a of each of the optical coupling members 70 and 70 is held in a state of protruding with respect to the mounting surface 91a of the coupling member accommodating portion 90. In this temporarily set state, the element-side end surface 70a of each optical coupling member 70, 70 is pressed, so that each optical coupling member 70, 70 can be pushed to the installation completion position in each cylindrical portion 92, 92. It has become.

  Thereafter, the operator abuts against the abutting surfaces 21 and 21 while guiding the optically coupled members 70 and 70 temporarily set by the positioning guide wall portions 40 and 40 (see FIG. 9B). As a result, the optical coupling members 70 are arranged with a predetermined interval for optical coupling with respect to the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11.

Thereafter, the operator fixes the element mounting portion 20 and the coupling member accommodating portion 90 so that the mounting surface 91a of the coupling member accommodating portion 90 is in contact with the element mounting portion 20 (see FIG. 9C). . Thereby, each optical coupling member 70 and 70 is arrange | positioned in the predetermined position in each cylindrical part 92 and 92, and the assembly | attachment of the optical communication module 1 is completed.
The connection of the optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 to the optical communication module 1 and the attachment work of the mating connection board 200 may be performed before the assembly work of the optical communication module 1 or the optical communication module 1. It may be performed after the assembly work is completed.

  In the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention, each of the light coupling element 70 and the light receiving element 11 and each of the optical coupling members 70 can be obtained simply by abutting the optical coupling members 70 and 70 against the abutting surfaces 21 and 21. , 70 can be set at intervals with good optical coupling efficiency, and can be easily assembled.

  In addition, the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can easily position the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 and the optical coupling members 70 and 70 by the positioning guide walls 40 and 40, respectively. Can do.

  Further, the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention emits light by enclosing the mounting regions of the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 with the optical coupling members 70 and 70 and the positioning guide wall portions 40 and 40, respectively. Light leakage in the respective mounting regions of the element 10 and the light receiving element 11 is suppressed, and as a result, light crosstalk between the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 is suppressed. In addition, since light crosstalk between the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 can be suppressed, the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 can be disposed close to each other, resulting in a compact optical communication module 1. can do.

  In addition, the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can shorten the bonding wire when the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 and the electronic component 12 are connected by the bonding wire. In particular, the high frequency characteristics can be improved.

  Further, the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention can increase the holding strength between the element mounting portion 20 and the mating connection substrate 200 by fitting the positioning hole 201 and the positioning protrusion 52. The holding strength between the element mounting portion 20 and the mating connection substrate 200 can be improved against the stress when the optical fiber connectors 100 are inserted and removed.

  In addition, the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a light emitting element arranged in each element arrangement recess 30, 30 by filling the element arrangement depressions 30, 30 with the light transmitting resin 31. 10, since the light receiving element 11 or the electronic component 12 is covered with the light transmitting resin 31, the light emitting element 10, the light receiving element 11, or the electronic component 12 can be protected by the light transmitting resin 31. In addition, since the light-transmitting resin 31 is filled in the recesses, the light-transmitting resin 31 can be prevented from flowing out to places other than the place where filling is required.

(Modification 1)
Next, Modification 1 of the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is an exploded perspective view of the optical communication module 2 according to the first modification of the embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 10, two optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 connected to the optical communication module 2 are additionally shown.
The optical communication module 2 of Modification 1 is different from the optical communication module 1 of the embodiment in that the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 are provided in separate element mounting portions 22 and 23.
Other configurations are the same as those in the embodiment, and the same components as those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  The optical communication module 2 of this modification 1 can have the same effects as the optical communication module 1 of the embodiment.

(Modification 2)
Next, Modification 2 of the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is an exploded perspective view of the optical communication module 3 according to the second modification of the embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 11, two optical fiber connectors 100 and 100 connected to the optical communication module 3 are additionally shown.
The optical communication module 3 of this modification 2 is an optical communication module of the embodiment in that instead of the optical fiber stub, a refractive index distribution type lens, a so-called GRIN (Graded Index) lens is used as the optical coupling members 71, 71. Different from 1.
Other configurations are the same as those in the embodiment, and the same components as those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  Each of the optical coupling members 71 and 71 has a cylindrical shape that is the same shape as the optical coupling members 70 and 70 of the embodiment, and optically couples the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 to the optical fiber connectors 100 and 100, respectively. It has a function to let you.

  The optical communication module 3 of this modification 2 can have the same effects as the optical communication module 1 of the embodiment.

(Modification 3)
Next, Modification 3 of the optical communication module 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the optical communication module 4 according to the third modification of the embodiment of the present invention.
In FIG. 12, two optical fiber connectors connected to the optical communication module 4 are additionally shown.
The optical communication module 4 of the third modification differs from the optical communication module 1 of the embodiment in that the element mounting portion 20 is connected to the mating connection board 200 via the lead frame 53.
Other configurations are the same as those in the embodiment, and the same components as those in the embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals.

  Similar to the optical communication module 1 of the embodiment, the optical communication module 4 of the third modification has the light emitting element 10 and the light receiving element 11 only by abutting the optical coupling members 70 and 70 against the abutting surfaces 21 and 21. Since each of the optical coupling members 70 and 70 can be set at an interval with good optical coupling efficiency, they can be assembled easily.

  In addition, although the optical communication modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 which concern on the Example of implementation of this invention illustrated what the element mounting parts 20, 22, and 23 have the positioning guide wall parts 40 and 40, Not limited to this, the element mounting portions 20, 22, and 23 may have a structure that does not include the positioning guide wall portions 40 and 40. In this case, a positioning function is provided so that the optical coupling members 70 and 70 are positioned on the abutting surfaces 21 and 21 between the coupling member accommodating portions 90, 93 and 94 and the element mounting portions 20, 22 and 23. It is good to make it.

  Moreover, although the optical communication modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 which concern on the Example of this invention illustrated what the element mounting parts 20, 22, and 23 are circuit boards, not only this but the light emitting element 10, or Other devices may be used as long as the light receiving element 11 is mounted. For example, the element mounting portion may be an insulating plate-like member, and may be connected to the mating connection substrate 200 via a lead wire.

  The optical communication modules 1, 2, 3, and 4 according to the embodiments of the present invention are those in which other electronic components 12 are arranged in addition to the light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 in the element arranging recesses 30 and 30. Although it illustrated, it is not restricted to this, The light emitting element 10 or the light receiving element 11 should just be arrange | positioned in the recessed parts 30 and 30 for element arrangement | positioning.

  The invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the above-described embodiments of the invention. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments of the invention and does not depart from the gist thereof. Various changes can be made.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1, 2, 3, 4 Optical communication module 10 Light emitting element 11 Light receiving element 12 Electronic component 20, 22, 23 Element mounting part 20a Board | substrate edge 21 Abutting surface 30 Element arrangement | positioning recessed part 30a Bottom face 31 Light-transmitting resin 40 Positioning guide wall Portion 40a Upper end 50 Mounting surface for connecting to the other substrate 51 Electrical connection pad 52 Positioning projection 53 Lead frame 60 Optical coupling portion 61 Optical fiber holding portion 61a Through hole 62 Optical fiber 70, 71 Optical coupling member 70a, 71a Element side end surface 70b , 71b Outer peripheral surface 80 Split sleeve 80a Slit 90, 93, 94 Coupling member accommodating portion 91 Base portion 91a Mounting surface 92 Cylindrical portion 92a Insertion port 100 Optical fiber connector 200 Mating connection substrate 200a Connection surface 201 Positioning hole

Claims (4)

An optical coupling including a light emitting element or a light receiving element, an element mounting portion on which the light emitting element or the light receiving element is mounted, and an optical coupling member for optically coupling the light emitting element or the light receiving element to an optical fiber connector. An optical communication module comprising:
The element mounting part is
An abutting surface against which an element side end surface that is an end surface facing the light emitting element or the light receiving element of the optical coupling member is abutted;
For element arrangement in which a concave shape is formed with respect to the abutting surface, and the light emitting element or the light receiving element is arranged on the bottom surface so as to face the element side end face with a predetermined interval for optical coupling. A recess,
An optical communication module comprising: The element mounting part is
A positioning guide wall portion that protrudes from the abutting surface and is provided along the outer peripheral surface of the optical coupling member that is abutted against the abutting surface and that functions to position the optical coupling member. The optical communication module according to claim 1, wherein The element mounting part is
The element placement recess is provided at two locations so that each of the light emitting element and the light receiving element is disposed,
The positioning guide wall portion of the optical coupling member corresponding to each of the light emitting element and the light receiving element is provided so as to surround the outer peripheral surface of each optical coupling member on the side where each optical coupling member faces each other. The optical communication module according to claim 2. The element mounting part is
Circuit board,
The recess for element arrangement is
4. The optical communication module according to claim 1, wherein an electronic component mounted on the element mounting portion is disposed in addition to the light emitting element or the light receiving element.

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