A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: a porous sintered body made of a valve metal; an anode wire that has a portion extending inside the porous sintered body, and that protrudes from the porous sintered body; a dielectric layer formed on the porous sintered body; a solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer; a cathode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer; and a protective film having at least a portion formed on the cathode layer. The protective film has a glass transition point of 180° C. or lower.

Disclosed is an electrode leading-out method and packaging method for a tantalum electrolytic capacitor. The electrode leading-out method includes the following steps: S1, fabricating an insulating protective layer outside an electrode body of the tantalum electrolytic capacitor; S2, exposing a cathode leading-out part on a cathode pre-leading-out part, and exposing a tantalum core leading-out end in an area where a terminal of a tantalum core is located; S3, depositing a metal layer on each of the cathode leading-out part and the tantalum core leading-out end which are exposed; and S4, fabricating an outer electrode for mounting on each of the metal layer of the cathode leading-out part and the metal layer of the tantalum core leading-out end so as to respectively lead out a cathode and an anode.

A porous metal foil and porous metal wire are described. Capacitor anodes made from either or both of the porous metal foil and porous metal wire are further described as well as methods to make same.

A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element is provided. The capacitor element comprises a sintered porous anode body, a dielectric that overlies the anode body, and a solid electrolyte that overlies the dielectric and that includes conductive polymer particles. The anode body has an exterior surface that spans in a longitudinal direction to define a length of the anode body, wherein at least one channel is recessed into the exterior surface of the anode body. The channel is defined by opposing sidewalls that intersect at a base, wherein the channel has a width of from about 0.4 millimeters to about 3 millimeters and a depth of from about 50 micrometers to about 350 micrometers.

A tantalum capacitor includes a capacitor body comprising a tantalum body having a tantalum wire and a molded portion; an anodic terminal connected to the tantalum wire and disposed on the first surface of the capacitor body; an anodic connection portion connected to the anodic terminal and disposed on the fifth surface of the capacitor body; a cathodic terminal connected to the tantalum body and disposed on the second surface of the capacitor body; a cathodic connection portion connected to the cathodic terminal and spaced apart from the anodic connection portion on the fifth surface of the capacitor body; and a substrate disposed on the sixth surface of the body and on which the tantalum body is mounted, wherein the anodic terminal and the cathodic terminal are electrically isolated on the substrate.

The present invention is directed to an electrolyte for an electrolytic capacitor. The capacitor has an electrolytic anode and an electrochemical cathode. The electrolyte has water, a water soluble organic salt, and a relatively weak organic acid. This electrolyte is chemically compatible to aluminum and tantalum oxide dielectrics and withstands higher voltage while maintaining good conductivity. This makes the electrolyte especially useful for high voltage applications, such as occur in an implantable cardiac defibrillator.

A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a capacitor element laminate, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The capacitor element laminate includes capacitor elements, cathode lead-out layers, and a sealing body. At least one capacitor element includes an anode foil, dielectric layers, and cathode layers. The first external electrode is connected to the anode foil exposed at the first end surface of the capacitor element laminate. The second external electrode is connected to the cathode lead-out layers exposed at the second end surface of the capacitor element laminate. A first cathode lead-out layer and a second cathode lead-out layer are both conductive paste layers, and uniformly extend from where the first cathode lead-out layer and the second cathode lead-out layer are disposed on the cathode layers to the second external electrode.

The present disclosure relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor, including a body comprising a tantalum wire disposed on one end thereof; a substrate, on which the body is disposed, comprising an insulating layer, first and second wiring layers respectively disposed on a first surface and a second surface, facing each other, of the insulating layer, and a via electrode penetrating the insulating layer to connect the first and second wiring layers to each other; and a connection portion connecting the tantalum wire to the first wiring layer.

A tantalum capacitor includes a tantalum body, an encapsulation portion, first and second external electrodes spaced apart from each other on a lower surface of the encapsulation portion, a first plating layer disposed on one end surface of the encapsulation portion and a lower surface of the first external electrode to electrically connect the first external electrode and the tantalum body, an upper end of the first plating being comprised of a first bonding force improving portion contacting one upper edge of the encapsulation portion, and a second plating layer disposed on the other end surface of the encapsulation portion and a lower surface of the second external electrode to electrically connect the second external electrode and an exposed portion of a tantalum wire, an upper end of the second plating layer being comprised of a second bonding force improving portion contacting the other upper edge of the encapsulation portion.

A capacitor for powering an implantable medical device is described. The capacitor includes a casing having contoured surfaces to more closely conform to body contours. This means that the anode housed in the casing must also have a contoured shape substantially matching that of the casing. Accordingly, the anode is comprised of a pressed pellet having a surrounding peripheral edge extending to spaced-apart first and second major face walls. An anode lead wire comprises an embedded portion extending into the anode pellet. First and second channel-shaped recesses aligned with each other extend into the anode pellet from the first and second major face walls to intersect with the embedded lead wire portion. The first and second channel-shaped recesses also extend to opposed locations at the surrounding peripheral edge of the anode pellet. The anode pellet is bent at the aligned first and second channel-shaped recesses to provide a right anode pellet portion electrically connected to a left anode pellet portion by the embedded lead wire portion. The thusly contoured anode pellet has an anatomical shape that matches that of the contoured casing to provide an implantable capacitor that is volumetrically efficient.