Optical transmission module and method of manufacturing optical transmission module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9470853-B2
Application number	US-201514628695-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2015
Priority date	Feb 28, 2014
Publication date	Oct 18, 2016
Grant date	Oct 18, 2016

Abstract

A method of manufacturing an optical transmission module includes temporary disposing, measuring, and placing steps. The temporary disposing step includes temporarily disposing a light-emitting-element receptacle over a mounting substrate so that a lens of the light-emitting-element receptacle and a light emitting element array face each other. The measuring step includes measuring the position of a light spot at which light emitted from the light-emitting element array emerges from the emergence surface of the light-emitting-element receptacle. The placing step includes placing the light-emitting-element receptacle over the mounting substrate on the basis of information on the position of a designed intersection point of the optical axis of an optical cable with the emergence surface of the light-emitting-element receptacle, and information on the position of the light spot.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of manufacturing an optical transmission module, the optical transmission module being connected to an optical cable, the optical transmission module including a mounting substrate, a photoelectric conversion element provided on the mounting substrate, and a receptacle that optically couples the photoelectric conversion element and the optical cable, the receptacle having a lens provided on a surface that faces the photoelectric conversion element, the method comprising:
temporarily disposing the receptacle over the mounting substrate so that the lens and the photoelectric conversion element face each other;
measuring, after the temporarily disposing, a position of a light spot at which light emitted from the photoelectric conversion element emerges from an emergence surface of the receptacle;
determining a displacement distance between the measured position of the light spot on the emergence surface and a predetermined intersection position on the emergence surface, wherein the predetermined intersection position corresponds to an intersection point between the emergence surface of the receptacle and an optical axis of the optical cable; and
adjusting the position of the receptacle over the mounting substrate to thereby cause the measured position of the light spot to move along the displacement distance towards the predetermined intersection position until the measured position of the light spot overlaps with the predetermined intersection position.

2. The method of manufacturing an optical transmission module according to claim 1 ,
wherein the adjusting includes moving the receptacle by sliding the receptacle over the mounting substrate.

Assignees

• Murata Manufacturing Co

Inventors

• Konishi Atsushi

Classifications

• G02B6/4292

  the light guide being disconnectable from the opto-electronic element, e.g. mutually self aligning arrangements · CPC title

• G02B6/4227

  Active alignment methods, e.g. procedures and algorithms · CPC title

• G02B6/4206

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

• G02B6/4214 Primary

  the intermediate optical element having redirecting reflective means, e.g. mirrors, prisms for deflecting the radiation from horizontal to down- or upward direction toward a device (G02B6/4246 takes precedence) · CPC title

• Y10T29/49826

  Assembling or joining · CPC title