Patent ID: 7858444

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an electronic device provided with an electric element and a carrier with a first side and an opposed second side, comprising: providing the carrier comprising a patterned connection layer, an intermediate layer and a continuous carrier layer of electrically conductive material, the connection layer is present at the first side of the carrier, said intermediate layer comprising an electrically conductive material and having a pattern substantially corresponding to that of the connection layer; mounting the electric element to the carrier; applying an electrically insulating material which extends to a surface of the intermediate layer; patterning the carrier layer from the second side of the carrier, therewith creating contact pads for external contacting, the contact pads are connected to corresponding patterns in the connection layer through interconnects in the intermediate layer, and providing a protective layer at the second side of the carrier, the protective layer in contact with and covering an interface between the intermediate layer and the contact pads.