Optical connector and manufacturing method thereof
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorWataru Matsuo
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Abstract
An optical connector comprising a housing (11) including a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls each of which stands from the bottom wall, and an opening defined by the side walls; a metal lead (21) mounted on the bottom wall; a photoelectric conversion element (23) mounted on the metal lead (21); a resin case (26) covering the photoelectric conversion element (23); a lens (25) corresponding to the photoelectric conversion element (23) and provided on the resin case (26); and an electromagnetic shield (12) provided on the resin case (26) and including a first through hole (12e) from which the lens (25) is exposed.
Claims15
An optical connector comprising:
- a housing including a bottom wall, a plurality of side walls each of which stands from the bottom wall, and an opening defined by the side walls;
- a metal lead provided at the bottom wall;
- a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the metal lead;
- a resin case covering the photoelectric conversion element;
- a lens corresponding to the photoelectric conversion element and provided on the resin case;
- and
- an electrically conductive metal plate for electromagnetic shielding,
- wherein the electrically conductive metal plate is provided on a face of the resin case where the lens is provided and includes a first through hole into which the lens projects.
A method for manufacturing an optical connector comprising steps of:
- mounting a photoelectric conversion element on a metal lead frame;
- obtaining a photoelectric conversion module by molding a resin case for covering the photoelectric conversion element and a lens having an optical axis which is aligned with an optical axis of the photoelectric conversion element from a transparent resin;
- mounting an electrically conductive metal plate for electromagnetic shielding, which includes a first through hole into which the lens projects, on a face of the resin case on which the lens is provided;
- and
- forming a resin housing so as to bury the photoelectric conversion module therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.