Patent ID: 8508032

Claim:
An electronic device package comprising: a block of insulating material; an electronic device housed within the insulating material and having a set of contact pads thereon; and a set of electrically conductive contact members at least partially housed within the insulating material, each contact member extending between a respective external contact point at which it is exposed at the surface of the block and an internal contact point from which it is electrically coupled to a respective contact pad on the electronic device, each internal contact point being outside the footprint of the electronic device, the set of contact members including: at least one contact member of a first type having: an external contact point that is located at least partially within the footprint of the electronic device; a depth at its internal contact point that is less than its depth at its external contact point, and whose width at its internal contact point is less than its width at its external contact point, said width being parallel to the nearest side of the electronic device to said internal contact point; and at least one contact member of a second type that is wholly outside the footprint of the device.