Optical module and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKimio Nagasaka
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Abstract
An optical module includes: an optical element; a support member for supporting the optical element; a lid member that seals the optical element with respect to the support member; a sealing member that is provided to bond the lid member with the supporting member; and a case with a lens provided such that the lens is disposed on an optical path of light oscillated by the optical element, wherein the case with the lens is opposed in an optical axis direction of light passing through the lens to and in contact with the supporting member.
Claims11
An optical module comprising:
- an optical element;
- a support member for supporting the optical element;
- a lid member that seals the optical element with respect to the support member;
- a sealing member that is provided to bond the lid member with the supporting member;
- and
- a case with a lens provided such that the lens is disposed on an optical path of light oscillated by the optical element,
- wherein the case with the lens is opposed in an optical axis direction of light passing through the lens to and in contact with the supporting member.
A method for manufacturing an optical module equipped with an optical element, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) preparing a support member for supporting an optical element;
- (b) affixing the optical element to the supporting member;
- (c) providing a sealing member on an upper surface of the supporting member and around the optical element;
- (d) disposing a lid member for sealing the optical element above the sealing member and affixing the lid member to the supporting member;
- and
- (e) affixing a case with a lens to the supporting member,
- wherein, in the step (e), the case with the lens is affixed to the supporting member such that the lens is disposed on an optical path of light oscillated by the optical element, and the case with the lens is disposed opposite in an optical axis direction of light passing through the lens to and in contact with the supporting member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.