Optical module and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeFujitsu Limited
InventorsAkio Sugama, Naoaki Nakamura, Takayoshi Matsumura
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Abstract
An optical module includes a circuit board having, an electronic circuit formed therein and an optical circuit mounted thereon, and coupled to a first end of an inner optical fiber, a connector assembly to which a second end of the inner optical fiber is fixed, and a housing including a first housing including a slid surface on which a sliding surface included in the connector assembly slides so as to position the connector assembly, a second housing including an engaging protrusion engaged with the positioned connector assembly so as to fix the connector assembly, the second housing being bonded to the first housing and the housing being mounted with the circuit board.
Claims8
An optical module comprising:
- a circuit board, having an electronic circuit formed therein and an optical circuit mounted thereon, coupled to a first end of an inner optical fiber;
- a connector assembly to which a second end of the inner optical fiber is fixed;
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- a housing including a first housing including a slid surface on which a sliding surface included in the connector assembly slides so as to position the connector assembly and a second housing including a plurality of first engaging protrusions along a sliding direction of the connector assembly, each of the plurality of first engaging protrusions extending in the direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the connector assembly, being aligned to the sliding direction, and being engaged with the positioned connector assembly so as to fix the connector assembly, the second housing being bonded to the first housing and the housing being mounted with the circuit board.
A method of manufacturing an optical module, the method comprising:
- positioning a connector assembly with respect to a first housing by:
- mounting a circuit board mounted with an optical circuit coupled to a first end of an inner optical fiber on a circuit board mounting area of the first housing that includes a slid surface on a first end side and the circuit board mounting area on a second end side;
- placing the connector assembly, to which a second end of the inner optical fiber is fixed, on the slid surface of the first housing;
- bringing a sliding surface included in the connector assembly into contact with the slid surface of the first housing;
- and
- bonding the first housing and the second housing in a state in which a plurality of first engaging protrusions along sliding direction of the connector assembly included in the second housing bonded with the first housing is engaged with the connector assembly to fix the connector assembly, each of the plurality of first engaging protrusions, being aligned to the sliding direction, extending in the direction orthogonal to the sliding direction of the connector assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.