US-12619036-B2 - Optical module

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Abstract

An optical module includes a circuit board, a light-emitting housing, a first optical fiber adapter, a first internal optical fiber, and an optical fiber connector. An end of the first internal optical fiber is connected to the first optical fiber adapter, and the optical fiber connector is optically connected to the light-emitting component and wraps another end of the first internal optical fiber. The first internal optical fiber and the optical fiber connector are transparent material members, and light transmittance of the two is different. The light-emitting housing includes a bottom wall and a concave groove. The optical fiber connector is disposed on the bottom wall, and a portion of the optical fiber connector is located above the concave groove. An orthogonal projection of the another end of the first internal optical fiber on the bottom wall is located in the concave groove.

Inventors

Bangyu YU
Mengbo FU
Wei Cui
Kai Liu
Dan Li
Yifan Xie
Chuanbin LI
Honghao ZHANG
Feng Cui

Assignees

Hisense Broadband Multimedia Technologies Co., Ltd.

Dates

Publication Date: 20260505
Application Date: 20230629
Priority Date: 20210316

Claims (19)

1 . An optical module, comprising: a shell; a circuit board disposed in the shell; a light-emitting component disposed in the shell, the light-emitting component being electrically connected with the circuit board and configured to generate an optical signal; a first optical fiber adapter; a first internal optical fiber, an end of the first internal optical fiber being connected to the first optical fiber adapter; an optical fiber connector optically connected to the light-emitting component and wrapping another end of the first internal optical fiber; and an optical fiber ferrule, wherein the optical fiber ferrule is disposed in the optical fiber connector and wraps the another end of the first internal optical fiber; the optical fiber ferrule is a transparent material member; and an end surface of the another end of the first internal optical fiber is inclined relative to the bottom wall; wherein the first internal optical fiber and the optical fiber connector are transparent material members, and light transmittance of the first internal optical fiber is different from light transmittance of the optical fiber connector; wherein the light-emitting component includes a light-emitting housing, and the light-emitting housing includes a bottom wall and a concave groove; the concave groove is disposed on the bottom wall, and is recessed downward relative to the bottom wall; the optical fiber connector is disposed on the bottom wall, and a portion of the optical fiber connector is located above the concave groove; and an orthogonal projection of the another end of the first internal optical fiber on the bottom wall is located within the concave groove; the light-emitting housing further including: a first side wall being a side wall of the light-emitting housing proximate to the first optical fiber adapter; a through hole disposed in the first side wall; and an assembling groove disposed on the bottom wall and communicated with the through hole; the assembling groove including a limiting wall, and the limiting wall being a side wall of the assembling groove away from the through hole; and the optical fiber connector being disposed in the assembling groove through the through hole; the light-emitting component further including: a light-emitting assembly disposed in the light-emitting housing and configured to emit the optical signal; and a lens disposed in the light-emitting housing and located on a light-emitting path of the light-emitting assembly; the lens being configured to converge the optical signal emitted by the light-emitting assembly, and wherein a portion of an end of the optical fiber ferrule abuts against the limiting wall, so that the end of the optical fiber ferrule is located on the light-emitting path of the lens, and the optical signal converged by the lens enters the another end of the first internal optical fiber.
2 . The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the another end of the first internal optical fiber is connected to the optical fiber connector through the through hole; and the light-emitting housing further includes: a supporting surface, a portion of an inner bottom surface of the bottom wall being configured as the supporting surface, the concave groove being disposed on the supporting surface, and the optical fiber connector is disposed on the supporting surface.
3 . The optical module according to claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting housing further includes an avoidance groove, the avoidance groove is disposed on a side of the supporting surface away from the through hole, and a side of the avoidance groove proximate to the supporting surface is open.
4 . The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting component further includes: a thermo electric cooler disposed on an inner bottom surface of the bottom wall and configured to support the light-emitting assembly; and an isolator located on an optical path between the lens and the optical fiber connector and configured to transmit an optical signal from the lens and reflect an optical signal from the optical fiber connector.
5 . The optical module according to claim 1 , further comprising a second optical fiber adapter; the shell including a lower shell, the lower shell including a bottom plate and a first adapter fixing seat, the first adapter fixing seat being disposed on the bottom plate and including: a first installation groove group, a portion of the first optical fiber adapter being disposed in the first installation groove group, so as to limit the first optical fiber adapter to move in an axial direction of the first optical fiber adapter; and a second installation groove group, a portion of the second optical fiber adapter is disposed in the second installation groove group, so as to limit the second optical fiber adapter to move in an axial direction of the second optical fiber adapter.
6 . The optical module according to claim 5 , wherein any one of the first installation groove group and the second installation groove group includes: a first limiting groove; a first supporting groove disposed at a side of the first limiting groove along the axial direction of the first optical fiber adapter; and a second supporting groove disposed at another side of the first limiting groove along the axial direction of the first optical fiber adapter; any one of the first optical fiber adapter and the second optical fiber adapter includes: an adapter body disposed in the first supporting groove and the second supporting groove; and a protrusion disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the adapter body and extending along a circumferential direction of the adapter body; the protrusion being disposed in the first limiting groove, so as to limit any one of the first optical fiber adapter and the second optical fiber adapter to move in the axial direction.
7 . The optical module according to claim 6 , wherein any one of the first optical fiber adapter and the second optical fiber adapter further includes a positioning mechanism, the positioning mechanism is disposed on the protrusion, and is configured to cooperate with the first limiting groove, so as to limit any one of the first optical fiber adapter and the second optical fiber adapter to rotate in a circumferential direction; wherein the positioning mechanism includes at least one positioning surface; in a case where the at least one positioning surface includes a plurality of positioning surfaces, the plurality of positioning surfaces include a first positioning surface and a second positioning surface, and the first positioning surface is inclined relative to the second positioning surface.
8 . The optical module according to claim 6 , wherein the first adapter fixing seat further includes a second limiting groove, the second limiting groove satisfies one of the following: the second limiting groove is disposed between the first supporting groove and the first limiting groove, and the second limiting groove is disposed between the second supporting groove and the first limiting groove; the optical module further comprises a sealing member, the sealing member is sleeved on an outer circumference of the first optical fiber adapter and an outer circumference of the second optical fiber adapter, and the sealing member is disposed in the second limiting groove.
9 . The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the circuit board includes: a circuit board body; and a mounting hole disposed in the circuit board body, and the light-emitting housing being disposed in the mounting hole; the light-emitting housing further includes: a second side wall disposed opposite to the first side wall; and an opening disposed in the second side wall, and a portion of the circuit board being connected with the light-emitting housing through the opening.
10 . The optical module according to claim 1 , further comprising: a light-receiving component; a second optical fiber adapter; and a second internal optical fiber, an end of the second internal optical fiber being connected to the second optical fiber adapter, and another end of the second internal optical fiber being connected to the light-receiving component; wherein the light-receiving component includes: an arrayed waveguide grating, an input terminal of the arrayed waveguide grating being connected to the another end of the second internal optical fiber; a light-receiving chip, an output terminal of the arrayed waveguide grating covering the light-receiving chip; and a transimpedance amplifier, the light-receiving chip and the transimpedance amplifier being disposed on a surface of the circuit board, and the transimpedance amplifier being located on a side of the light-receiving chip.
11 . The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the shell includes; an upper shell; and a lower shell, the upper shell being covered with the lower shell, so as to define an installation cavity between the upper shell and the lower shell; and the circuit board and the light-emitting component being disposed in the installation cavity; wherein the light-emitting housing further includes: a second side wall disposed opposite to the second side wall, and the first side wall being closer to the first optical fiber adapter than the second side wall; an opening disposed in the second side wall, a portion of the circuit board being inserted into the light-emitting housing through the opening; a light-emitting driving chip disposed on the portion of the circuit board; and a heat conduction column disposed in the light-emitting housing, an end of the heat conduction column being connected to the circuit board, and another end of the heat conduction column being connected to the lower shell.
12 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the heat conduction column is connected with the circuit board through silver glue; and the heat conduction column is connected with the lower shell through heat conduction glue.
13 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the end of the heat conduction column protrudes toward a direction proximate to the upper shell relative to an inner bottom surface of the bottom wall.
14 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the light-emitting housing further includes a first protruding portion and a second protruding portion; the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are connected to the second side wall, and protrude toward a direction away from the first side wall; and the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are respectively located on two sides of the opening, and the first protruding portion is further away from the lower shell than the second protruding portion; wherein the heat conduction column is disposed in the second protruding portion.
15 . The optical module according to claim 14 , wherein an end surface of the first protruding portion away from the second side wall is further away from the second side wall than an end surface of the second protruding portion away from the second side wall.
16 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the lower shell includes a first heat conduction boss, and the first heat conduction boss protrudes toward a direction proximate to the upper shell; and the another end of the heat conduction column is connected to the first heat conduction boss.
17 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the light-emitting component further includes a light-emitting cover plate, and the light-emitting cover plate covers the light-emitting housing; the upper shell includes a second heat conduction boss, the second heat conduction boss is located at a side of the light-emitting cover plate away from the light-emitting housing, and the second heat conduction boss is connected with the light-emitting cover plate through heat conduction glue.
18 . The optical module according to claim 11 , wherein the circuit board includes: a plurality of board layers disposed at intervals along a thickness direction of the circuit board; a blind hole; and a filling member filled in the blind hole and connecting any two of the plurality of board layers with each other.
19 . The optical module according to claim 18 , wherein along the thickness direction of the circuit board, positions of the blind hole, the heat conduction column, and the light-emitting driving chip correspond to each other.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS This application is a continuation application of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2022/078060, filed on Feb. 25, 2022, pending, which claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 202120545689.1, filed on Mar. 16, 2021, Chinese Patent Application No. 202120923602.X, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, and Chinese Patent Application No. 202120923836.4, filed on Apr. 28, 2021, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties. TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to the field of optical communication technologies, and in particular, to an optical module. BACKGROUND With the development of new services and application scenarios such as cloud computing, mobile Internet, and video conferencing, development and progress of optical communication technologies have become increasingly important. In optical communication technology, an optical module is a tool for achieving interconversion between an optical signal and an electrical signal and is one of key devices in an optical communication equipment. SUMMARY An optical module is provided, and the optical module includes a shell, a circuit board, a light-emitting component, a first optical fiber adapter, a first internal optical fiber, and an optical fiber connector. The circuit board is disposed in the shell. The light-emitting component is disposed in the shell. The light-emitting component is electrically connected to the circuit board and configured to generate an optical signal. One end of the first internal optical fiber is connected to the first optical fiber adapter. The optical fiber connector is optically connected to the light-emitting component and wraps another end of the first internal optical fiber. The first internal optical fiber and the optical fiber connector are transparent material members, and light transmittance of the first internal optical fiber is different from light transmittance of the optical fiber connector. The light-emitting component includes a light-emitting housing. The light-emitting housing includes a bottom wall and a concave groove, the concave groove is disposed on the bottom wall, and the concave groove is recessed downward relative to the bottom wall. The optical fiber connector is disposed on the bottom wall, and a portion of the optical fiber connector is located above the concave groove. An orthogonal projection of the another end of the first internal optical fiber on the bottom wall is located in the concave groove. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In order to describe technical solutions in the present disclosure more clearly, accompanying drawings to be used in some embodiments of the present disclosure will be introduced briefly below. However, the accompanying drawings to be described below are merely accompanying drawings of some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person of ordinary skill in the art may obtain other drawings according to these drawings. In addition, the accompanying drawings to be described below may be regarded as schematic diagrams and are not limitations on an actual size of a product, an actual process of a method and an actual timing of a signal to which the embodiments of the present disclosure relate. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a partial structure of an optical communication system, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 2 is a local diagram showing a structure of a master monitor, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 3 is a structural diagram of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 4 is an exploded view of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 5 is a structural diagram of a first optical fiber adapter, a second optical fiber adapter, and a lower shell of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a first optical fiber adapter, a second optical fiber adapter, and a lower shell of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a first optical fiber adapter of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a first optical fiber adapter of an optical module from another perspective, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 9A is a local diagram showing a structure of a lower shell, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 9B is a partial enlarged view of the circle A in FIG. 9A; FIG. 10 is a local diagram showing a structure of a first optical fiber adapter, a second optical fiber adapter, a lower shell and a sealing member of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 11 is a structural diagram of a light-emitting component, a light-receiving component and a circuit board of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 12 is a perspective view of a light-emitting component of an optical module, in accordance with some embodiments; FIG. 13 is a structural diagram of a light-emitting component of an optic