Patent ID: 8742555

Claim:
A packaged electronic device comprising: a lead frame comprising a flag lying in a first plane defined by a body of the flag, wherein the flag comprises a plurality of flag edge features located along a perimeter of the flag, a first flag edge feature is bent near a connection with the flag such that a majority of the first flag edge feature lies in a second plane other than the first plane, and a second flag edge feature is bent near a connection with the flag such that the majority of the second flag edge feature lies in a third plane other than the first and second planes; and a cured mold compound encapsulating at least a portion of the flag and the first flag edge feature, wherein each flag edge feature comprises corresponding first and second ends, the first end of each flag edge feature is attached to the flag, and the second end of each flag edge feature is formed to resist movement of the mold compound in a direction of the plane of the flag edge feature where the mold compound comes in contact with the flag edge feature.