18888288. OPTICAL MODULE (NEC Corporation)

OPTICAL MODULE

Organization Name

NEC Corporation

Inventor(s)

Isao Tomita of Tokyo JP

OPTICAL MODULE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18888288 titled 'OPTICAL MODULE

Original Abstract Submitted

An optical module according to the present disclosure includes: a first heat spreader having a first surface; a second heat spreader having a second surface having a smaller area than that of the first surface and being attached to the first heat spreader after the second surface and the first surface are in contact with each other; an optical processing circuit attached to the first heat spreader at a portion of the first surface that is not in contact with the second surface and configured to process and output light; and an optical amplifier attached to the second heat spreader at an opposite surface of the second surface and configured to amplify and output the light being output from the optical processing circuit.