Patent ID: 8705905
Filing Date: 2014-04-22
Classification: G02B,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A rigid-flex printed circuit board element comprising: (a) at least one rigid printed circuit board portion, (b) at least one flexible printed circuit board portion connected to the at least one rigid printed circuit board portion; and (c) at least one cavity, disposed at least in part in the flexible printed circuit board portion, said at least one cavity housing a first optoelectronic component; wherein the at least one flexible printed circuit board portion comprises a flexible layer of an optical, photo-polymerizable material within which a radiation-structured optical waveguide is present; wherein the at least one cavity has an edge limiting the cavity; wherein the first optoelectronic component includes a deflection mirror as light-emitting or light-receiving part: wherein the first optoelectronic component protects from within the at least one cavity over said edge with its deflection mirror; and wherein a portion of the deflection mirror of the first optoelectronic component projecting over said edge is in height-wise alignment with the radiation-structured optical waveguide.