Patent ID: 8217281

Claim:
A package comprising an electronic device with a plurality of device contact pads and further a plurality of electrically conductive frame contact pads, which device is attached to the frame contact pads in a die attach area with a die attach adhesive, which device contact pads are coupled to frame contact pads outside the die attach area with connecting elements, and which device and which connecting elements are encapsulated in an electrically insulating encapsulation, in which encapsulation the frame contact pads outside the die attach area are anchored, and which frame contact pads have a surface that is exposed outside the encapsulation, wherein the frame contact pads each comprise a first patterned layer and a second patterned layer, which second layer has the surface that is exposed outside the encapsulation, at least some of the frame contact pads have their surface exposed outside the encapsulation below and within the die attach area and have a first patterned layer with a first pattern that comprises at least one flange that extends to a position outside the die attach area, such that the flange is partially covered by the die attach area, and wherein the contacting elements connect to the flange outside the die attach area, wherein the first pattern is the same inside the die attach area as outside the die attach area.