Patent ID: 8419295
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: G02B

Abstract:
1. A photoelectric conversion/connection device comprising: an optical element; a mounting board mounted with said optical element thereon; and an optical connector connected to said mounting board and optically coupled to said optical element, wherein: said optical connector is provided on a surface, opposite to a surface on which said optical element is mounted, of said mounting board and said optical element is exposed, wherein: said mounting board has the first surface and the second surface opposite to each other in a thickness direction thereof and has a first through hole formed in the thickness direction of said mounting board; wherein said photoelectric conversion/connection device comprises a guide mounted, at its one end portion, on said first surface of said mounting board and connectable to said optical connector on its other end portion side, said guide having a second through hole extending in the thickness direction of said mounting board, said guide incorporating therein a guide-side optical fiber fixed in said second through hole, said first through hole having a diameter which is slightly greater than an outer diameter of said guide-side optical fiber, said guide-side optical fiber having a protruding portion protruding from said one end portion by a length substantially equal to a thickness of said mounting board, and said protruding portion being inserted into said first through hole of said mounting board without any member therebetween; and wherein said optical element is mounted on said second surface of said mounting board at a position of said first through hole of said mounting board so as to be optically coupled to said guide-side optical fiber.