IP Library Granted Patent US 8,295,032
Granted Patent B2
US 8,295,032 · App. 12/292,485 · Granted Oct 23, 2012

Solid electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,295,032
App. No.
12/292,485
Granted
Oct 23, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having sufficiently low impedance at high frequencies in which a conductive polymer formed on a dielectric oxide film has good adherence to the dielectric oxide film, and a manufacturing method of the solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention includes a valve metal; a dielectric oxide film layer formed on a surface of the valve metal; and a solid electrolyte layer, comprising a conductive polymer layer, formed on the dielectric oxide film layer. The conductive polymer layer contains, as an additive, 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % of an organic oligomer having an average degree of polymerization of 2 to 100.

Claims (17)

1. A solid electrolytic capacitor, comprising:

a valve metal;

a dielectric oxide film layer formed on a surface of the valve metal; and

a solid electrolyte layer, comprising a conductive polymer layer, formed on the dielectric oxide film layer, wherein

the conductive polymer layer comprises a layer containing a conductive polymer and a dopant that exhibit conductivity, and an additive that is an insulator,

the dopant comprises an oxidizing agent, and

the additive comprises one or more organic oligomers selected from among polyesters and polyethers, the organic oligomer having an average degree of polymerization of 2 to 100, and the content of the additive being 0.1 wt % to 30 wt %.

2. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the additive comprises one or more organic oligomers selected from among polyethylene terephthalate, poly(trimethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate), poly(pentamethylene terephthalate), poly(hexamethylene terephthalate), poly(n-methylene phthalate) (n>6), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl terephthalate), poly(diethylene glycol terephthalate), poly(ethylene phthalate), poly(trimethylene phthalate), poly(butylene phthalate), poly(pentamethylene phthalate), poly(hexamethylene phthalate), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl phthalate), poly(diethylene glycol phthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate), poly(trimethylene naphthalate), poly(butylene naphthalate), poly(pentamethylene naphthalate), poly(hexamethylene naphthalate), poly(n-methylene naphthalate) (n>6), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl naphthalate), poly(diethylene glycol naphthalate), polyethylene glycol, polyphenylene ethers, polyether ketones, polyether ether ketones and polyether imides.

3. The solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive polymer comprises a substance selected from among polypyrrole, polythiophene, polyaniline, and derivatives of these conductive polymers.

4. A method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, comprising the steps of:

forming a dielectric oxide film layer by anodizing a surface of a valve metal; and

forming a conductive polymer layer on the dielectric oxide film layer, wherein

the conductive polymer layer comprises a layer containing a conductive polymer and dopant that exhibit conductivity, and an additive that is an insulator,

the conductive polymer layer is obtained by polymerizing a conductive polymer monomer solution, and

the additive comprises one or more organic oligomers selected from among polyesters and polyethers, the organic oligomer having an average degree of polymerization of 2 to 100, and the amount of the additive being 0.1 wt % to 30 wt %.

5. The method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 4 , wherein the additive comprises one or more organic oligomers selected from among polyethylene terephthalate, poly(trimethylene terephthalate), poly(butylene terephthalate), poly(pentamethylene terephthalate), poly(hexamethylene terephthalate), poly(n-methylene phthalate) (n>6), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl terephthalate), poly(diethylene glycol terephthalate), poly(ethylene phthalate), poly(trimethylene phthalate), poly(butylene phthalate), poly(pentamethylene phthalate), poly(hexamethylene phthalate), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl phthalate), poly(diethylene glycol phthalate), poly(ethylene naphthalate), poly(trimethylene naphthalate), poly(butylene naphthalate), poly(pentamethylene naphthalate), poly(hexamethylene naphthalate), poly(n-methylene naphthalate) (n>6), poly(cyclohexanedimethyl naphthalate), poly(diethylene glycol naphthalate), polyethylene glycol, polyphenylene ethers, polyether ketones, polyether ether ketones and polyether imides.

6. The method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor according to claim 4 , wherein the conductive polymer comprises a substance selected from among polypyrrole, polythiophene, polyaniline, and derivatives of these conductive polymers.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2017
From: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
To: TOKIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042879/0135 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 20, 2008
From: SUGAWARA, YASUHISA; OHYA, MASAKO; KATOH, KAZUYUKI
To: NEC TOKIN CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 021914/0542 →