Ex parte KAWAMURA et al. - Page 4




          Appeal No. 96-4083                                                          
          Application 08/268,039                                                      



          ground.  Therefore, an influence of the fluctuation on the                  
          semiconductor diode 1 can be reduced.                                       
                    Independent claims 5 and 33 are reproduced as fol-                
          lows:                                                                       
                    5.  An optical semiconductor device comprising:                   
                    a semiconductor laser diode;                                      
                    a power supply including a bias current source for                
          biasing said semiconductor laser diode;                                     
                    an optical modulator for modulating the light output              
          from said semiconductor laser diode in response to an applied               
          modulation signal, said semiconductor laser diode and said                  
          optical modulator installed in a package;                                   
                    a resistor connected in series between an electrode               
          of said semiconductor laser diode and said bias current source              
          for inputting bias current to said semiconductor laser diode                
          to generate light, said resistor being installed in said                    
          package;                                                                    
                    common connection means connected to one electrode                
          of said semiconductor laser diode and to one electrode of said              
          optical modulator;                                                          
                    at least one of impedance means and signal reflec-                
          tion means connected to said common connection means; and                   
                    ground means connected to at least one of said                    
          impedance means and said signal reflection means.                           
                    33.  An optical module comprising:                                
                    a semiconductor laser diode;                                      

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