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Optical module

  • US 7,364,371 B2
  • Filed: 10/12/2006
  • Issued: 04/29/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/04/2006
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An optical module comprising:

  • a plurality of optical units each having an optical communication device that performs conversion between an electrical signal and an optical signal and a socket that the optical communication device is fitted in,the optical units being aligned and detachably connected to each other by a portion of the socket in contact with a socket of an adjacent optical unit,wherein the optical communication device includes a head that performs conversion between an electrical signal and a n optical signal, and two metallic leads that extend from the head and transmits an electrical signal,each of the optical units has an electrode that is attached to the socket and is in contact with one of the two leads, anda plurality of the electrodes are aligned corresponding to the aligned optical units and adjacent electrodes are partially and detachably connected to each other.

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