Optical module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12153267-B2
Application number	US-202217957070-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2022
Priority date	Jun 24, 2022
Publication date	Nov 26, 2024
Grant date	Nov 26, 2024

Abstract

An optical module includes a circuit board, a light transmit-receive device and a data processor. The light transmit-receive device includes a first laser array, a first detector array and a first lens assembly. The first laser array is disposed on the circuit board, and is configured to emit a plurality of channels of optical signals driven by the plurality of channels of low-speed electrical signals. The first detector array is disposed on the circuit board, and is configured to receive the plurality of channels of optical signals from outside of the optical module, and convert the plurality of channels of optical signals into a plurality of channels of electrical signals. The first lens assembly covers the first laser array and the first detector array, and is configured to change a propagation direction of optical signals incident into inside of the first lens assembly.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An optical module, comprising:
a circuit board;
a light transmit-receive device disposed on the circuit board, and the light transmit-receive device being configured to emit a plurality of channels of first optical signals, receive a plurality of channels of second optical signals from outside of the optical module, and convert the plurality of channels of second optical signals into a plurality of channels of electrical signals;
a data processor disposed on the circuit board, wherein the data processor includes:

a reverse gearbox connected to the light transmit-receive device, and the reverse gearbox being configured to receive a first high-speed electrical signal from the circuit board, decode the first high-speed electrical signal into a plurality of channels of first low-speed electrical signals, and the plurality of channels of first low-speed electrical signals driving the light transmit-receive device to emit the plurality of channels of first optical signals; and
a gearbox connected to the light transmit-receive device, and the gearbox being configured to receive a plurality of channels of second low-speed electrical signals output by the light transmit-receive device, encode the plurality of channels of second low-speed electrical signals into a second high-speed electrical signal, and transmit the second high-speed electrical signal to the circuit board;
the light transmit-receive device includes:
a first laser array disposed on the circuit board, and the first laser array being configured to emit the plurality of channels of first optical signals driven by the plurality of channels of first low-speed electrical signals;
a first detector array disposed on the circuit board, and the first detector array being configured to receive the plurality of channels of second optical signals from outside of the optical module, and convert the plurality of channels of second optical signals into the plurality of channels of electrical signals; and
a first lens assembly covering the first laser array and the first detector array, and the first lens assembly being configured to change a propagation direction of optical signals incident into inside of the first lens assembly, wherein the first lens assembly includes a first optical port groove disposed on a surface of the first lens assembly away from the circuit board, and the first optical port groove has a first reflective surface and a first inclined surface; and the first inclined surface corresponds to a position of the first detector array, and the first reflective surface corresponds to a position of the first laser array, and is configured to reflect the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array;
the optical module further comprising:
an optical fiber adapter;
a transmit-receive optical fiber array, one end of the transmit-receive optical fiber array being connected to the first lens assembly, and another end of the transmit-receive optical fiber array being connected to the optical fiber adapter, and the transmit-receive optical fiber array being configured to transmit the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array and the second optical signals from outside of the optical module; and
a transmit-receive optical fiber bracket, the end of the transmit-receive optical fiber array connected to the first lens assembly being inserted into the transmit-receive optical fiber bracket and protruding from the transmit-receive optical fiber bracket, and the transmit-receive optical fiber bracket being directly connected to the first lens assembly to achieve the connection between the transmit-receive optical fiber array and the first lens assembly.

2. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein channels of electrical signals output by the reverse gearbox are twice channels of electrical signals input to the reverse gearbox, and channels of electrical signals output by the gearbox are half of channels of electrical signals input to the gearbox.

3. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second high-speed electrical signals is an electrical signal of 200 Gb/s, and each of the first and second low-speed electrical signals is an electrical signal of 100 Gb/s.

4. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first laser array includes a vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL) array.

5. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the light transmit-receive device further includes:
a plurality of laser driving chips disposed on the circuit board and covered by the first lens assembly, and a laser driving chip of the plurality of laser driving chips being configured to drive a corresponding laser in the first laser array to emit the first optical signals; and
a plurality of trans-impedance amplifiers disposed on the circuit board and covered by the first lens assembly, and a trans-impedance amplifier of the plurality of trans-impedance amplifiers being configured to amplify an electrical signal converted by a corresponding detector in the first detector array.

6. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens assembly includes:
a first groove disposed on a surface of the first lens assembly away from the circuit board, an inclined sidewall of the first groove being provided as a first reflective surface, and the first reflective surface corresponding to a position of the first laser array, and being configured to reflect the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array; and
a second groove disposed on the surface of the first lens assembly away from the circuit board and communicating with the first groove, an inclined sidewall of the second groove being provided as a first inclined surface, and the first inclined surface corresponding to a position of the first detector array.

7. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens assembly further includes a filter; and
the first inclined surface has a hole, and the filter is disposed in the hole and configured to transmit the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array and reflect the second optical signals from outside of the optical module.

8. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first inclined surface has an optical film, and is configured to transmit the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array and reflect the second optical signals from outside of the optical module.

9. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens assembly further includes a third groove disposed on a surface of the first lens assembly proximate to the circuit board, and the first laser array and the first detector array are located in a sealed cavity formed by the third groove and the circuit board.

10. The optical module according to claim 9 , wherein the first lens assembly further includes:
a first collimating lens array disposed in the third groove and corresponding to the position of the first laser array, and the first collimating lens array being configured to collimate the first optical signals emitted by the first laser array; and
a first convergent lens array disposed in the third groove and corresponding to the position of the first detector array, and the first convergent lens array being configured to converge the second optical signals from outside the optical module.

11. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the first lens assembly further includes:
a fourth groove disposed on a surface of the first lens assembly proximate to the optical fiber adapter and configured to be plugged with the transmit-receive optical fiber bracket; and
a plurality of first optical fiber sockets dispose

Assignees

• Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technology Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mu Jianwei
• Wu Tao
• Yang Sigeng
• He Peng

Classifications

• H04B10/25

  Arrangements specific to fibre transmission · CPC title

• G02B6/425

  Optical features (semiconductor laser arrays H01S5/40; hybrid LED arrays H10W90/00) · CPC title

• G02B6/4293

  hybrid electrical and optical connections for transmitting electrical and optical signals · CPC title

• G02B6/4206

  Optical features (G02B6/4207, G02B6/421 take precedence) · CPC title

• G02B6/4246 Primary

  Bidirectionally operating package structures · CPC title