Patent ID: 8611704

Claim:
A photoelectric conversion module comprising: a circuit board having a light transmitting property and flexibility; an IC chip and a photoelectric conversion element mounted adjacent to each other on a first surface of said circuit board; a resin layer provided on a second surface of said circuit board and having a holding groove formed along said circuit board; an optical fiber having a tip portion disposed in said holding groove; a reinforcing member covering the holding groove of said resin layer; and a mirror optically coupling a tip of said optical fiber and said photoelectric conversion element via said circuit board, wherein: the holding groove has an open end at an end of said resin layer located on a side of said IC chip with respect to an arrangement direction of said IC chip and said photoelectric conversion element; and at least part of the tip portion of said optical fiber extends along said IC chip from said open end toward a side of said photoelectric conversion element with respect to the arrangement direction.