Optical module, communication device, and poe device

A power over Ethernet (PoE) device, comprising an optical module;

• the optical module comprising:
• a housing, a first end of the housing is provided with a first socket and a second end of the housing is provided with a second socket;
• an optical component, the optical component comprises a first optical connector, an optical-to-electrical conversion component, and a second optical connector, one end of the optical-to-electrical conversion component being connected to the first optical connector, and the other end of the optical-to-electrical conversion component being connected to the second optical connector;
• and
• a power supply component, the power supply component comprises a first electrical connector, a power supply line, and a second electrical connector, one end of the power supply line being connected to the first electrical connector and the other end of the power supply line being connected to the second electrical connector;
• the optical-to-electrical conversion component and the power supply line are both located in the housing, the first optical connector is located in the first socket and the first electrical connector is located at the first socket, positions of the first optical connector and the first electrical connector are independent of each other, and both the second optical connector and the second electrical connector are located in the second socket;
• and
• the first socket is configured to couple with a composite cable or an optical cable that is matched with the optical module, the second socket is configured to be coupled with any communication device that is matched with the optical module, and the optical module is of a standard optical module packaging type.