Patent ID: 7454098
Filing Date: 2008-11-18
Classification: G02B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A printed circuit board including optical interconnects, the printed circuit board comprising: a rigid substrate; a flexible optical waveguide locally attached to the rigid substrate having at least one end mechanically decoupled from the rigid substrate such that the one end can be flexed away from the rigid substrate and fitted with a mechanical connector; and an optical facet incorporated in the mechanical connector enabling an optical coupling to the one end mechanically decoupled from the rigid substrate, wherein the rigid substrate comprises a rigid upper board laminated to a stiffener board to define a stack, wherein the flexible optical waveguide is partially laminated to the first stack and is configured to provide fixation of the flexible optical waveguide to the stack except at the one end mechanically decoupled from the rigid substrate, and wherein the flexible optical waveguide further comprises alignment markers thereon.