Optical module

1. An optical module comprising:

at least two optical elements mounted in parallel with each other;

a first electrode pad formed between the paralleled optical elements and grounded to a ground potential;

a second electrode pad arranged along a line that is intersected with a direction in which the optical elements are arranged, said second electrode pad facing the first electrode pad, and said second electrode pad being grounded to the ground potential; and

a conductive shield member connected to both the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad and positioned between electrical signal transmission paths, each one of which is connected to the optical elements,

wherein,

the shield member includes a linear wire, said wire one end connected to the first electrode pad and the other end thereof connected the second electrode pad, and is stretched between the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad at a height aligned with a height of the electrical signal transmission path connected to the optical elements.

2. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein plural wires are stretched between the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad.

3. The optical module according to claim 1 , wherein the wire is made of gold and stretched between the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad by wire bonding.

4. The optical module according to claim 1 , further comprising a mounting substrate that mounts the optical element, the paralleled optical elements being mounted on the mounting substrate and the first electrode pad being formed on the mounting substrate.

5. The optical module according to claim 4 , further comprising an electric circuit substrate on which the mounting substrate is mounted, wherein the second electrode pad is formed on the electric circuit substrate; and wherein the first electrode pad formed on the mounting substrate is connected to the ground electrode formed on the electric circuit substrate.

6. The optical module according to claim 5 , further comprising a grounding electrode that is electrically connected to the first electrode pad on a back surface of the mounting substrate, wherein the grounding electrode is mounted on the ground electrode formed on the electric circuit substrate, to connect the first electrode pad with the ground through the ground electrode and the grounding electrode.

7. The optical module according to claim 6 , wherein a conducting electrode that makes the first electrode pad and the grounding electrode conductive to each other is formed on a side surface of the mounting substrate.

8. The optical module according to claim 5 , wherein the first electrode pad formed on the mounting substrate is grounded to the ground electrode formed on the electric circuit substrate, by a conductive wire having conductivity.

9. The optical module according to claim 8 , further comprising on a surface of the mounting substrate a grounding pad which is conductive to the first electrode pad and to which the wire for grounding is connected, wherein the wire for grounding and the first electrode pad are connected to each other at a position different from a position where the shield member is connected to the first electrode pad.

10. The optical module according to claim 1 , further comprising an optical signal transmission device which has a core and a clad to couple the core and the optical elements with each other.