Optical module and fabrication method

An optical module comprising:

• a flexible printed circuit board on which at least any one among a light receiving element and a light emitting element is mounted face-down as an optical element, and that has a part that when the light receiving element is mounted, transmits incoming light to the light receiving element and when the light emitting element is mounted, transmits outgoing light from the light emitting element;
• a lens member that is disposed on the flexible printed circuit board, on a surface on which the optical element is not mounted, the lens member is integrally formed to have within a predetermined area, a lens that transmits at least any one among the incoming light and the outgoing light, and a convex part that abuts the flexible printed circuit board;
• a bonding member that is disposed in an area other than the predetermined area, between the flexible printed circuit board and the lens member, and that bonds the flexible printed circuit board and the lens member;
• and
• a cooling member that is disposed in a state that applies pressure to the optical element toward the flexible printed circuit board and cools the optical element, wherein
• a terminal of the optical element is disposed above the predetermined area and an arrangement position of the convex part is a position directly below or inside the terminal toward a light path of the optical element.