Patent attributes
The optical module which is disclosed in the present application comprises a plate-like metal stem in which a metallic lead pin is inserted in a through-hole so as to be coaxial with the through-hole and one sheet of a dielectric substrate which is equipped with a high-frequency signal line to be connected to the lead pin and a semiconductor optical integrated element, in which a semiconductor laser and an optical modulator are integrated, and which is connected to the high-frequency signal line with a bonding wire, wherein one side surface of the dielectric substrate extends in a direction perpendicular to the light axis direction of the semiconductor optical integrated element, and the side surface of the dielectric substrate is arranged in contact with a surface of the metal stem.
