Patent ID: 8121451

Claim:
A module, comprising: a plurality of circuit boards; at least one fixing member fixing the adjacent circuit boards with a prescribed distance therebetween and providing an optical communication path between the adjacent circuit boards; and an optical connector linking to the fixing member and providing an optical communication path in a direction different from an axial direction of the fixing member, wherein the fixing member includes: a body; and an optical waveguide path extending through the body, wherein the optical connector includes: a body; a mirror within the body; a first optical waveguide path extending from a first end face exposed at one part of the surface of the body, bending via the mirror, up to a second end face exposed at one part of the surface of the body and non-parallel with respect to the first end face; a second optical waveguide path extending from the first end face, passing through the mirror, up to a third end face exposed at one part of the surface of the body and parallel with respect to the first end face; and a linking section formed so as to include the first end face, and having a mechanism linking to the fixing member with the first end face being optically coupled to the optical waveguide path of the fixing member, wherein the linking section allows the optical connector to rotate relative to at least one of the plurality of circuit boards.