Patent ID: 8275223

Claim:
An opto-electrical hybrid wiring board, comprising: a flexible wiring board; a first rigid wiring board and a second rigid wiring board that are connected to each other by the flexible wiring board, at least one end of the flexible wiring board being inserted into and supported by either the first rigid wiring board or the second rigid wiring board, the first or the second rigid wiring board and the flexible wiring board being electrically connected to each other by a via that connects wiring of the first or second rigid wiring board and wiring of the flexible wiring board, said via extending through a portion of the first or second wiring board, penetrating a surface of the flexible wiring board and terminating at a conductor layer of the flexible wiring board at portions of the flexible wiring board that are inserted into the first rigid wiring board or the second rigid wiring board; a light-emitting element and a light-receiving element, one of the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element being arranged on the first rigid wiring board and the other of the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element being arranged on the second rigid wiring board; and a flexible optical waveguide configured to optically connect the light-emitting element and the light-receiving element.