IP Library Granted Patent US 9,716,083
Granted Patent B2
US 9,716,083 · App. 15/246,151 · Granted Jul 25, 2017

Optical apparatus

Inventors: Yuji Makimura (Kyoto, JP); Okimoto Kondo (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: ROHM CO., LTD.
H01L25/167H01H57/00H01H59/0009H01L31/02005H01L31/02164H01L31/035272H01L31/16H01L31/173G01V8/10H01L2224/48227H01L2224/49171H01L2924/3025H01L2933/0091
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Patent No.
US 9,716,083
App. No.
15/246,151
Granted
Jul 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An optical apparatus includes a substrate 1 , a wiring pattern 8 formed on the substrate 1 , a light-receiving element 3 and a light-emitting element 2 provided on the substrate 1 and spaced apart from each other in a direction x, a light-transmitting resin 4 covering the light-receiving element 3 , a light-transmitting resin 5 covering the light-emitting element 2 , and a light-shielding resin 6 covering the light-transmitting resin 4 and the light-transmitting resin 5 . The wiring pattern 8 includes a first light-blocking portion 83 interposed between the light-shielding resin 6 and the substrate 1 and positioned between the light-receiving element 3 and the light-emitting element 2 as viewed in x-y plane. The first light-blocking portion 83 extends across the light-emitting element 2 as viewed in the direction x.

Claims (63)

1. An optical apparatus comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first conductive pattern formed on the substrate;

a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element that are disposed on a same side of the substrate, the light-emitting element being spaced apart from the light-receiving element in a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate;

a first wire bonded to each of the light-receiving element and the first conductive pattern;

a first resin covering the light-emitting element;

a second resin covering the light-receiving element; and

a light-shielding portion disposed between the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element, the light-shielding portion being spaced apart from each of the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element,

wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the first wire and the light-emitting element.

2. The optical apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a second conductive pattern formed on the second surface; and

a first through-hole electrode extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface,

wherein the second conductive pattern is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern by the first through-hole electrode.

3. The optical apparatus according to claim 2 , further comprising a second through-hole electrode extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface,

wherein the second through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the first through-hole electrode as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

4. The optical apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first through-hole electrode and the second through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the light-receiving element as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

5. The optical apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the first through-hole electrode, and

the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the second through-hole electrode.

6. The optical apparatus according to claim 3 , further comprising a second wire bonded to the light-emitting element,

wherein the first conductive pattern includes an extension, at least a part of the extension extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction, and

the second wire is bonded to the extension of the first conductive pattern.

7. The optical apparatus according to claim 6 , further comprising a third through-hole electrode extending through the substrate,

wherein the third through-hole electrode is electrically connected to the extension of the first conductive pattern.

8. The optical apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the first conductive pattern includes a thorough-hole surrounding portion that is electrically connected to the extension and the third through-hole electrode.

9. The optical apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising a fourth through-hole electrode extending through the substrate,

wherein the first conductive pattern includes a light-emitting element pad on which the light-emitting element is mounted, and

the fourth through-hole electrode is electrically connected to the light-emitting element pad.

10. The optical apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the light-emitting element is disposed between at least a part of the third through-hole electrode and at least a part of the fourth through-hole electrode in the second direction.

11. The optical apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting element has a side surface facing the light-receiving element side, and

the side surface of the light-emitting element is disposed between the light-receiving element and each of the second wire, the third through-hole electrode, and the fourth through-hole electrode in the first direction.

12. The optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the light-receiving element as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

13. The optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the first through-hole electrode as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

14. The optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second surface includes a first edge and a second edge that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction, each of the first edge and the second edge extending in the first direction, and

the second conductive pattern includes four first terminals and four second terminals, the first terminals being disposed along the first edge of the second surface, and the second terminals being disposed along the second edge of the second surface.

15. The optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin has a first projection that projects toward an opposite direction to the first surface of the substrate.

16. The optical apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the second resin has a second projection that projects toward the opposite direction to the first surface of the substrate.

17. The optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light-receiving element is greater in length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction than the light-emitting element.

18. An optical apparatus comprising:

a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a first conductive pattern formed on the substrate;

a second conductive pattern formed on the second surface;

a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element that are disposed on a same side of the substrate, the light-emitting element being spaced apart from the light-receiving element in a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate;

a first wire bonded to each of the light-receiving element and the first conductive pattern;

a second wire bonded to the light-emitting element;

a first resin covering the light-emitting element;

a second resin covering the light-receiving element;

a first through-hole electrode extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface; and

a second through-hole electrode extending through the substrate from the first surface to the second surface,

wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the first wire and the light-emitting element,

the second conductive pattern is electrically connected to the first conductive pattern by the first through-hole electrode,

the second through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the first through-hole electrode as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate,

the first conductive pattern includes an extension, at least a part of the extension extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction, and

the second wire is bonded to the extension of the first conductive pattern.

19. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the first through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the light-receiving element as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

20. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the first through-hole electrode as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

21. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein each of the first through-hole electrode and the second through-hole electrode is spaced apart from the light-receiving element as viewed in the thickness direction of the substrate.

22. The optical apparatus according to claim 21 , wherein the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the first through-hole electrode, and

the light-receiving element is disposed between the light-emitting element and the second through-hole electrode.

23. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the first resin has a first projection that projects toward an opposite direction to the first surface of the substrate.

24. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the second resin has a second projection that projects toward the opposite direction to the first surface of the substrate.

25. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the second surface includes a first edge and a second edge that are spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction, each of the first edge and the second edge extending in the first direction, and

the second conductive pattern includes four first terminals and four second terminals, the first terminals being disposed along the first edge of the second surface, and the second terminals being disposed along the second edge of the second surface.

26. The optical apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the light-receiving element is greater in length in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and the thickness direction than the light-emitting element.

Priority Claims (4)
JP 2011-009366 · Jan 20, 2011 · national
JP 2011-032400 · Feb 17, 2011 · national
JP 2011-032401 · Feb 17, 2011 · national
JP 2011-052040 · Mar 9, 2011 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 14743411 · Jun 18, 2015
Continuation 13980446
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