Patent ID: 7534052

Claim:
An optical transceiver, comprising: an optical device which is provided upon a substrate; an optical connector which is connected to an optical fiber; and a connector holder, which is permanently affixed to said substrate, for optically connecting together said optical device and said optical connector so that they may be attached to one another and detached from one another; wherein: said connector holder comprises an engagement means which holds said optical connector in a position in which said optical device and said optical fiber are optically connected together; said engagement means comprises a construction which, when said optical connector is pressed in from above said substrate towards an upper surface of said substrate upon which said connector holder is permanently affixed, and along a direction orthogonal to a plane defined by said upper surface of said substrate and orthogonal to an optical axis of the optical fiber, holds said optical connector while biasing it towards said upper surface of said substrate; in the state in which said optical connector is held by said connector holder, said optical connector supports said optical fiber so that the optical axis of said optical fiber presents a fixed angle with respect to the optical axis of a light emitting surface and/or a light receiving surface of said optical device; and said optical connector comprises a mirror which forms an optical path which optically connects between said optical device and said optical fiber.