An outer insulation member made of a first resin packs a part of an anode terminal. The packed part of the anode terminal has a predetermined section. All surfaces of the predetermined section consist of a front surface, a back surface and edges connecting between the front surface and the back surface. The front surface includes a connection area. An anode lead wire is connected to the connection area while being not connected to the anode terminal other than the connection area. The all surfaces of the predetermined section are completely covered with a mask layer made of a second resin except for the connection area. The second resin is different from the first resin in at least one of composition thereof, content of an inclusion, size of an inclusion and shape of an inclusion.

Solid electrolytic capacitor

A solid electrolytic capacitor having an anode that contains a valve-action metal (e.g., tantalum, niobium, and the like) and a dielectric film overlying the anode is provided. The capacitor also include a protective coating overlying the dielectric film, wherein the protective coating contains a relatively insulative, resinous material. For example, in one embodiment, the resinous material can be a drying oil, such as olive oil, linseed oil, tung oil, castor oil, soybean oil, shellac, and derivatives thereof. The capacitor also includes a conductive polymer coating overlying the protective coating. As a result of the present invention, it has been discovered that a capacitor can be formed that can have a relatively low leakage current, dissipation factor, and equivalents series resistance.

Protective coating for electrolytic capacitors

A capacitor element for a solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor chip which is a compacted mass of valve metal powder, and an anode wire projecting from a first end face of the capacitor chip. The capacitor chip includes at least one side face which is formed with at least one depression extending toward but short of a second end face of the capacitor chip opposite to the first end face.

Capacitor element for solid electrolytic capacitor, device and process for making the same

A method for forming an electrolytic capacitor is disclosed. The method includes forming a conductive polymer coating by polymerizing a monomer in the presence of less than a stoichiometric amount of an oxidative polymerization catalyst. The present inventor has found that the use of less than the stoichiometric amount of the oxidative polymerization catalyst per mole of monomer can slow the polymerization of the monomer, creating oligomers that are shorter in length than if fully polymerized into a polymer. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that these shorter oligomers provide better penetration into the porous anode. Thus, the resulting conductive polymer layer can be more intimately positioned with respect to the anode. As a result, the formed capacitor can exhibit better performance.

Solid electrolytic capacitor containing a conductive polymer

A pellet for use in a capacitor includes a rectangular body formed from compressed and sintered particles of conductive material. The body has an exterior surface which is textured to form a plurality of indentations therein. The profile of the textured surface in cross section is selected from the group including essentially of a curved profile, a sine shape profile, a rectangular shaped profile, a U-shaped profile, and a V-shaped profile.

Capacitor having textured pellet and method for making same

Solid electrolytic capacitor having minimum anode impedance

AN ELECTROCHEMICAL INTEGRATOR INCLUDING A WORK AREA DIVIDED INTO WORK COMPARTMENTS BY AN ION EXCHANGE MEMBRANE MEANS, ELECTRODE MEANS COOPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH THE WORK COMPARTMENTS, AN IONIZABLE MATERIAL SUCH AS A GAS, REAGENT OR PRODUCT, WHICH IONIZES DUE TO THE PASSAGE OF CURRENT THROUGH THE ELECTRODE MEANS IN THE WORK COMPARTMENTS, AND A MEASURING MEANS WHICH DISPLAYS THE QUANTITY OF GAS, REAGENT OR PRODUCT TRANSFERRED THROUGH THE ION EXHANGE MEMBRANE MEANS. THE QUANTITY OF IONIZABLE MATERIAL TRANSFERED BETWEEN THE WORK COMPARTMENTS IS PROPORTIONAL TO THE ELECTRICAL CHARGE PASSED THROUGH THE ELECTRODE MEANS.

Pierre Louis Bourgault

Papers

Solid electrolytic capacitor having minimum anode impedance

Ion exchange membrane electrochemical integrator