Patent ID: 8116633

Claim:
An optical-electrical transceiver module for connecting an optical-electrical composite cable incorporating an optical fiber and an electric wire to a receptacle of external electrical equipment, comprising: a base; an optical path conversion element provided on the base and optically coupled to the optical fiber to change a direction of an optical path; a flexible printed circuit sheet provided on the optical path conversion element and having electrical wiring to be electrically connected to the electric wire of the optical-electrical composite cable; a support plate provided on the base to support the flexible printed circuit sheet; an optical element provided on the flexible printed circuit sheet and optically coupled to the core of the optical fiber through the optical path conversion element; and an electric connector electrically connected to the electrical wiring of the flexible printed circuit sheet and connectable to the receptacle of the external electrical equipment by insertion into the receptacle, wherein the flexible printed circuit sheet is extended over the support plate and the base, in a state of being folded at tip portions of the support plate and the base in the axial direction of the module or at side-to-side opposite sides of the support plate and the base in the width direction of the module, so as to envelop the tip portions or side-to-side opposite sides and be further bonded to the reverse side of the base, and wherein the base, support plate, and flexible printed circuit sheet are connected to the electric connector by insertion into the electric connector.