Patent ID: 7187828

Claim:
A polymer optical waveguide module comprising: an integrated circuit package having a first plurality of electrodes disposed on a first surface and a second plurality of electrodes disposed on a second surface opposite to the first surface; a module mounting disposed on the first surface of the integrated circuit package, the module mounting including a through-hole and vertical mating surfaces disposed at opposing sides of the through-hole; one of an emitter and a detector disposed in the through-hole of the module mounting; and an optical waveguide being a polymer optical waveguide film obtained by using a mold, the polymer optical waveguide film having, on an identical end portion thereof, an optical-path converting mirror surface and an alignment surface, wherein the alignment surface of the polymer optical waveguide film contacts and is aligned with the vertical mating surfaces of the module mounting and the optical-path converting mirror surface of the polymer optical waveguide film is aligned with the through-hole of the module mounting, and wherein the one of an emitter and a detector is electrically connected to the second plurality of electrodes via the first plurality of electrodes.