| US 7,577,323 B2 | ||
| Photoelectric circuit board | ||
| Toshimichi Iwamori, Tokyo (Japan); and Yoshihisa Ueda, Ebina (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on May 14, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/120,394. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2007-174479 (JP), filed on Jul. 02, 2007; and application No. 2007-221368 (JP), filed on Aug. 28, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2009/0010591 A1, Jan. 08, 2009 | ||
| Int. Cl. G02B 6/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 385—14 [385/40; 257/734] | 6 Claims |

| 1. A photoelectric circuit board comprising:
a substrate formed with
an emission-side opening that allows an optical signal to transmit from a first-surface side of the substrate to a second-surface
side of the substrate,
a receiving-side opening that allows the optical signal to transmit from the second-surface side of the substrate to the first-surface
side of the substrate, and
an inspection opening that is disposed between the emission-side opening and the receiving-side opening;
a light emitting element that is mounted on the first-surface side of the substrate and is disposed in a position where the
light emitting element faces the emission-side opening, wherein the light emitting element emits the optical signal;
a light receiving element that is mounted on the first-surface side of the substrate and is disposed in a position where the
light receiving element faces the receiving-side opening, wherein the light receiving element receives the optical signal;
an optical waveguide that includes a core and a clad formed around the core, the optical waveguide being formed on the second-surface
side of the substrate, the optical waveguide having
a first optical path conversion surface that redirects an optical path of the optical signal transmitting from the emission-side
opening into the core,
a second optical path conversion surface that redirects an optical path of the optical signal from the core to the receiving-side
opening, and
a portion being exposed to the inspection opening of the substrate and being curved toward the inspection opening; and
a core exposure surface that is formed in the curved portion of the optical waveguide so that the core is exposed out of the
clad.
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