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Granted Patent B2
US 10,199,176 · App. 15/234,822 · Granted Feb 5, 2019

Electrolytic capacitor and method for manufacturing same

Inventors: Youichirou Uka (Osaka, JP); Makoto Nagashima (Kyoto, JP); Tetsuro Iwasa (Kyoto, JP); Koji Okamoto (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
H01G9/15H01G9/0032H01G9/0036H01G9/028H01G9/04H01G9/07
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Patent No.
US 10,199,176
App. No.
15/234,822
Granted
Feb 5, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a first conductive polymer layer covering at least a portion of the dielectric layer, and a second conductive polymer layer covering at least a portion of the first conductive polymer layer. The second conductive polymer layer includes a second conductive polymer and a water-soluble polymer. The water-soluble polymer is a copolymer including a hydrophilic monomer unit having a hydrophilic group. The hydrophilic group is at least one group selected from the group consisting of a carboxyl group, an acid anhydride group, a phenolic hydroxyl group, and a C 2-3 alkylene oxide group.

Claims (12)

1. An electrolytic capacitor comprising:

an anode body;

a dielectric layer formed on the anode body;

a first conductive polymer layer covering at least a portion of the dielectric layer; and

a second conductive polymer layer covering at least a portion of the first conductive polymer layer, wherein:

the first conductive polymer layer includes a first conductive polymer,

the second conductive polymer layer includes a second conductive polymer, a high-molecular-weight dopant having an acid group, and a water-soluble polymer,

the water-soluble polymer is a copolymer including a hydrophilic monomer unit having a hydrophilic group, and

a ratio of an average thickness of the second conductive polymer layer to an average thickness of the first conductive polymer layer is 5 times or more.

2. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of an average thickness of the second conductive polymer layer to an average thickness of the first conductive polymer layer is 10 times or more.

3. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of the weight average molecular weight of the water-soluble polymer to a weight average molecular weight of the high-molecular-weight dopant ranges from 0.1 to 10, both inclusive.

4. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the water-soluble polymer is at least one selected from the group consisting of a copolymer of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, a copolymer of acrylic acid and maleic acid, and a copolymer of vinylphenol and styrene.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 6, 2016
From: UKA, YOUICHIROU; NAGASHIMA, MAKOTO; IWASA, TETSURO; OKAMOTO, KOJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040531/0750 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-042238 · Mar 5, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015001097 · Mar 3, 2015
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