US Patent 7720393 Optical module

In an optical module in which a transmitter and a receiver that respectively outputs and receives optical signals are stored in a casing, the transmitter and the receiver are connected to a common power line and to a common ground line, and a ferrite bead is arranged on the ground line in the receiver. The ferrite bead absorbs a high-frequency current component out of components in an electric signal passing through the ground line on which the ferrite bead is arranged. An inductance component that evolves on a ground line and a power line of a light receiving element and oscillation of a series resonance circuit that is formed of a capacitance component of the light receiving element are suppressed to reduce crosstalk.