IP Library Granted Patent US 12,586,734
Granted Patent B2
US 12,586,734 · App. 18/220,370 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Method of manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitor including exterior body that covers capacitor element

Inventors: Renki Yamazaki (Osaka, JP); Takahiro Kumakawa (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01G9/15H01G9/012H01G9/042H01G9/07H01G9/10
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Patent No.
US 12,586,734
App. No.
18/220,370
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capacitor element that has an anode body, a dielectric oxide film layer covering the anode body, and a cathode body formed on the dielectric oxide film layer; an exterior body that covers the capacitor element; a contact layer that is on an anode terminal, which is an end portion of the anode body, and has a surface with a predetermined surface roughness; and an anode-side electrode layer that covers the surface are provided.

Claims (40)

1 . A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the method comprising:

a step of forming a capacitor element having an anode body;

a step of covering the capacitor element with an exterior body;

a step of exposing an anode terminal portion from the exterior body, the anode terminal portion being an end portion of the anode body;

a step of forming a contact layer on the anode terminal portion;

a step of forming a predetermined roughness on a surface of the contact layer; and

a step of coating the surface of the contact layer with an anode-side electrode layer, wherein:

the step of forming the contact layer includes a step of accumulating metal particles on the anode terminal portion to form a metal film on the anode terminal portion, and

each of the metal particles has a spherical shape or a substantially spherical shape.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the step of forming the contact layer and the step of forming the predetermined roughness on the surface of the contact layer are performed at the same time.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer has a surface roughness.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer has a surface roughness.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the anode body has a projection shape projecting at a central portion or a substantially linear shape.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the contact layer and the anode terminal portion are metal-bonded to each other.

7 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the contact layer includes a metal having an ionization tendency lower than an ionization tendency of the anode body.

8 . A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the method comprising:

a step of forming a capacitor element having an anode body;

a step of covering the capacitor element with an exterior body;

a step of exposing an anode terminal portion from the exterior body, the anode terminal portion being an end portion of the anode body;

a step of forming a contact layer on the anode terminal portion;

a step of forming a predetermined roughness on a surface of the contact layer; and

a step of coating the surface of the contact layer with an anode-side electrode layer, wherein:

the step of forming the contact layer includes a step of accumulating metal particles on the anode terminal portion to form a metal film on the anode terminal portion, and

the contact layer and the anode terminal portion are metal-bonded to each other.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the step of forming the contact layer and the step of forming the predetermined roughness on the surface of the contact layer are performed at the same time.

10 . The method according to claim 9 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer has a surface roughness.

11 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer has a surface roughness.

12 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the surface of the contact layer in a cross-section in a thickness direction of the anode body has a projection shape projecting at a central portion or a substantially linear shape.

13 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein

the contact layer includes a metal having an ionization tendency lower than an ionization tendency of the anode body.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-098596 · Jun 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17325274 · May 20, 2021
Related Publication 20230352247A1 · Nov 2, 2023
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