Patent ID: 6262878
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H01G,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A chip capacitor comprising:a capacitor element including a flat bottom surface, one end surface rising upward from one edge of said bottom surface, opposing other end surface rising upward from the other edge of said bottom surface, an anode lead extending outward from said one end surface, and a cathode layer deposited on said bottom surface, said cathode layer having a flat cathode bottom surface;a planar cathode terminal disposed beneath said flat cathode bottom surface, having opposing first and second major surfaces with said first major surface being disposed in parallel with said cathode bottom surface, a first end surface interconnecting first edges of said first and second major surfaces and an opposing second end surface interconnecting second edges of said first and second major surfaces, said first end surface being located under said flat cathode bottom surface, said second end surface being located nearer to said other end surface of said capacitor element than to said one end surface, said first major surface being electrically connected to said flat cathode bottom surface;a planar anode terminal disposed beneath said flat cathode bottom surface, having opposing third and fourth major surfaces, a third end surface interconnecting one edges of said third and fourth major surfaces and an opposing fourth end surface interconnecting opposing other edges of said third and fourth major surfaces, said third and fourth major surfaces lying substantially in the same planes as said first and second major surfaces, respectively, said third end surface being located nearer to said one end surface of said capacitor element than to said other end surface of said capacitor element, said fourth end surface being located under said cathode bottom surface and facing said first end surface of said cathode terminal with a spacing disposed therebetween, said anode lead being electrically connected to said third major surface; andan encapsulation coating said capacitor element, said planar anode terminal and said planar cathode terminal, leaving at least a portion of each of said second and fourth major surfaces exposed, said encapsulation coating having a bottom surface extending between said first and fourth end surfaces and lying substantially in the same plane as said second and fourth major surfaces, and end surfaces rising upward from locations in the vicinity of said second and third end surfaces.