IP Library Granted Patent US 12,462,986
Granted Patent B2
US 12,462,986 · App. 18/553,176 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Electrolytic capacitor and method for producing same

Inventors: Shinji Kondou (Kanagawa, JP); Kazuya Yamasaki (Kyoto, JP); Takashi Kawasaki (Osaka, JP); Koji Yokoyama (Miyagi, JP); Hitoshi Ishimoto (Hyogo, JP); Yoshihisa Nagasaki (Osaka, JP); Yuji Miyachi (Saga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01G9/028H01G9/0036H01G9/15
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Patent No.
US 12,462,986
App. No.
18/553,176
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer covering the anode body, a first solid electrolyte layer covering the dielectric layer, and a second solid electrolyte layer covering the first solid electrolyte layer. The first solid electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer including polythiophene as a basic skeleton. The second solid electrolyte layer contains a second conductive polymer including polypyrrole as a basic skeleton. A conductivity of the first solid electrolyte layer is less than or equal to 2 S/cm.

Claims (23)

1 . An electrolytic capacitor comprising:

an anode body;

a dielectric layer covering the anode body;

a first solid electrolyte layer covering the dielectric layer; and

a second solid electrolyte layer covering the first solid electrolyte layer,

wherein:

the first solid electrolyte layer contains a first conductive polymer being a self-doped type conductive polymer including polythiophene as a basic skeleton and having a conductivity of less than or equal to 2 S/cm,

the second solid electrolyte layer contains a second conductive polymer including polypyrrole as a basic skeleton, and

a conductivity of the first solid electrolyte layer is less than or equal to 2 S/cm.

2 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the conductivity of the first solid electrolyte layer ranges from 0.1 S/cm to 0.5 S/cm, inclusive.

3 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first solid electrolyte layer is less than or equal to 10 nm.

4 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second solid electrolyte layer ranges from 50 nm to 100 nm, inclusive.

5 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein a conductivity of the second solid electrolyte layer is higher than the conductivity of the first solid electrolyte layer.

6 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 5 , wherein the conductivity of the second solid electrolyte layer ranges from 30 S/cm to 300 S/cm, inclusive.

7 . The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the second solid electrolyte layer contains the second conductive polymer that is a non-self-doped type conductive polymer.

8 . A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the method comprising:

a first step of preparing an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed;

a second step of forming a first solid electrolyte layer containing a first conductive polymer on the dielectric layer, the first conductive polymer being a self-doped type conductive polymer including polythiophene as a basic skeleton and having a conductivity of less than or equal to 2 S/cm; and

a third step of forming a second solid electrolyte layer containing a second conductive polymer by performing electrolytic polymerization of a precursor of the second conductive polymer on the first solid electrolyte layer, the second conductive polymer including polypyrrole as a basic skeleton,

wherein a conductivity of the first solid electrolyte layer is less than or equal to 2 S/cm.

9 . The method for producing an electrolytic capacitor according to claim 8 , wherein the second step includes:

a step of preparing a first treatment liquid containing the first conductive polymer; and

a step of forming the first solid electrolyte layer containing the first conductive polymer by attaching the first treatment liquid to the dielectric layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: KONDOU, SHINJI; YAMASAKI, KAZUYA; KAWASAKI, TAKASHI; YOKOYAMA, KOJI; ISHIMOTO, HITOSHI; NAGASAKI, YOSHIHISA; MIYACHI, YUJI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066315/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-069303 · Apr 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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