Optical receiver with optical demultiplexer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10447405-B2
Application number	US-201816023145-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2018
Priority date	Sep 29, 2017
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

An optical receiver includes: an optical demultiplexer to demultiplex an optical signal in which a plurality of wavelengths is multiplexed and divide the optical signal into optical signals corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths, respectively; a reflector to change a progress direction of the divided optical signals; an optical coupling lens including, in an array form, light transmission lenses through which the divided optical signals are transmitted, respectively; a plurality of photodetectors to mount on a photodiode (PD) substrate provided on the optical coupling lens, receive the divided optical signals that are transmitted through the light transmission lenses of the optical coupling lens, respectively, and convert the received optical signals to electrical signals; and a plurality of trans impedance amplifiers provided at desired intervals to electrically connect to the plurality of photodetectors through wire bonding and amplify the received plurality of electrical signals to be a desired magnitude.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical receiver comprising:
an optical demultiplexer configured to demultiplex an optical signal in which a plurality of wavelengths is multiplexed and to divide the optical signal into optical signals corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths, respectively;
a reflector configured to change a progress direction of the divided optical signals transferred from the optical demultiplexer;
an optical coupling lens including, in an array form, light transmission lenses through which the divided optical signals reflected through the reflector are transmitted, respectively;
a plurality of photodetectors configured to mount on a photodiode (PD) substrate provided on the optical coupling lens, to receive the divided optical signals that are transmitted through the light transmission lenses of the optical coupling lens, respectively, and to convert the received optical signals to electrical signals; and
a plurality of trans impedance amplifiers provided at desired intervals, and configured to electrically connect to the plurality of photodetectors through wire bonding, and to amplify the plurality of electrical signals received through the plurality of photodetectors to be a desired magnitude,
wherein the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers is mounted on a first substrate having a thermal conductivity for emitting a heat generated from the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers toward a package of the optical receiver, and
wherein the plurality of photodetectors is mounted on a second substrate thermally separate from the first substrate.

2. The optical receiver of claim 1 , further comprising a feedthrough configured to output the plurality of electrical signals amplified by the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers to an outside,
wherein the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers and the feedthrough are provided at desired intervals, and are electrically connected through wire bonding to be thermally separate.

3. The optical receiver of claim 1 , wherein the PD substrate includes a plurality of via-holes through which the optical signals transmitted through the light transmission lenses pass, respectively, and the optical signals passing through the plurality of via-holes are received at the plurality of photodetectors, respectively.

4. The optical receiver of claim 3 , wherein:
the PD substrate further comprises a via-hole for alignment with the optical coupling lens, and
the PD substrate and the optical coupling lens are aligned through the via-hole for alignment with the optical coupling lens and an alignment lens formed on the optical coupling lens.

5. The optical receiver of claim 1 , wherein the PD substrate is provided as a transparent substrate on which an area allowing the optical signals transmitted through the light transmission lenses to pass is processed with anti-reflection coating, and the optical signals passing through the transparent substrate are received at the plurality of photodetectors, respectively.

6. The optical receiver of claim 5 , wherein:
the PD substrate further comprises an alignment mark for alignment with the optical coupling lens, and
the PD substrate and the optical coupling lens are aligned through the alignment mark for alignment with the optical coupling lens and an alignment lens formed on the optical coupling lens.

7. The optical receiver of claim 5 , wherein an electrode pattern is formed on the anti-reflection coating processed area, or formed on the PD substrate corresponding to an area on which anti-reflection coating is removed by removing anti-reflection coating from the area on which the electrode pattern is to be formed.

8. An optical receiver comprising:
an optical demultiplexer configured to demultiplex an optical signal in which a plurality of wavelengths is multiplexed and to divide the optical signal into optical signals corresponding to the plurality of wavelengths, respectively;
a reflector configured to change a progress direction of the divided optical signals transferred from the optical demultiplexer;
an optical coupling lens including, in an array form, light transmission lenses through which the divided optical signals reflected through the reflector are transmitted, respectively;
a plurality of photodetectors configured to mount on a photodiode (PD) substrate provided on the optical coupling lens, to receive the divided optical signals that are transmitted through the light transmission lenses of the optical coupling lens, respectively, and to convert the received optical signals to electrical signals; and
a plurality of trans impedance amplifiers configured to amplify the plurality of electrical signals received through the plurality of photodetectors to be a desired magnitude,
wherein the PD substrate includes a plurality of via-holes through which the optical signals transmitted through the light transmission lenses pass, respectively, or is provided as a transparent substrate on which an area allowing the optical signals transmitted through the light transmission lenses to pass is processed with anti-reflection coating,
wherein the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers is mounted on a first substrate having a thermal conductivity for emitting a heat generated from the plurality of trans impedance amplifiers toward a package of the optical receiver, and
wherein the plurality of photodetectors is mounted on a second substrate thermally separate from the first substrate.

9. The optical receiver of claim 8 , wherein:
the PD substrate further comprises a via-hole for alignment with the optical coupling lens, and
the PD substrate and the optical coupling lens are aligned through the via-hole for alignment with the optical coupling lens and an alignment lens formed on the optical coupling lens.

10. The optical receiver of claim 8 , wherein:
the PD substrate further comprises an alignment mark for alignment with the optical coupling lens, and
the PD substrate and the optical coupling lens are aligned through the alignment mark for alignment with the optical coupling lens and an alignment lens formed on the optical coupling lens.

11. The optical receiver of claim 8 , wherein an electrode pattern is formed on the anti-reflection coating processed area, or formed on the PD substrate corresponding to an area on which anti-reflection coating is removed by removing anti-reflection coating from the area on which the electrode pattern is to be formed.

12. The optical receiver of claim 8 , wherein the optical signals divided through the optical demultiplexer to be transmitted toward the light transmission lenses, respectively, have a parallel-beam form, or a form of a beam emitted based on a refractive index each of an interface of an emission portion of the optical demultiplexer and an external medium.

Assignees

• Electronics & Telecommunications Res Inst

Inventors

• Kang Sae-Kyoung
• Huh Joon Young
• Lee Joon Ki
• Lee Jie Hyun

Classifications

• H04B10/691 Primary

  Arrangements for optimizing the photodetector in the receiver · CPC title

• H04B10/693

  Arrangements for optimizing the preamplifier in the receiver · CPC title

• H04B10/675 Primary

  for controlling the optical bandwidth of the input signal, e.g. spectral filtering · CPC title

• H04J14/02

  Wavelength-division multiplex systems · CPC title

• H04J14/0305

  in end terminals · CPC title