Patent ID: 7352935

Claim:
An optoelectronic conversion header comprising: an optical waveguide which guides an optical signal and has an end face; a ferrule, having a mounting surface, which holds the optical waveguide in a predetermined position so that the end face of the optical waveguide protrudes from the mounting surface; an electric wire provided on the mounting surface of the ferrule; and an optoelectronic converter having an optical input/output surface, which is electrically connected to the electric wire and is mounted on the mounting surface of the ferrule, the optical input/output surface being faced to the end face of the optical waveguide so as to transfer the optical signal along a transfer direction between the optical input/output surface and the end face of the optical waveguide, the end face being substantially vertical to the transfer direction, and the optical input/output surface and the mounting surface being deviated two degrees or more from a plane vertical to the transfer direction.