An optical device mounted substrate assembly includes a ceramic substrate
having a first recess, an optical device mounted on the ceramic substrate
and having one of a light emitting portion and a light receiving portion,
the optical device being to be optically connected to one of an optical
waveguide and an optical fiber connector in way as to align optical axes
of the optical wave guide or the optical fiber connector with each other,
a resin layer disposed in the first recess and having a second recess
smaller in diameter than the first recess, and an alignment guide member
fitted in the second recess and having a protruded portion protruding
from a front surface of the ceramic substrate and fittingly engageable in
an alignment hole of one of the optical waveguide and the optical fiber
connector. A fabrication method of such a substrate assembly is also
provided.