Patent ID: 7665201

Claim:
A method for manufacturing electronic modules from a moulded module strip comprising a laminate, and one or more dies and/or surface mounted devices arranged on an upper surface of said laminate embedded by a moulding compound, said laminate comprising a conductive layer within the laminate, the method comprising the steps of: (a) cutting partway through the moulded module strip, reaching at least through said moulding compound and through said conductive layer in said laminate, thereby creating a first cut of a width in said moulded module strip, (b) covering an upper surface of said moulded module strip by a conductive coating, (c) filling the cut with a conductive filler for covering at least one of the surfaces of said first cut, by said conductive filler, thereby establishing electrical contact between the conductive coating on the upper surface of said moulded module strip and said conductive layer in said laminate, and (d) singulating said moulded module strip into separate electronic modules by cutting all the way through said laminate by creating a second cut in said first cut, said second cut having a width smaller than the width of said first cut, wherein said step (b) of covering the upper surface of said moulded module strip by said conductive coating is performed after said step (a) of cutting partway through said moulded module strip, then followed by steps (c) and (d).