A method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor

Abstract: Amethod for producing a solid electrolytic apacitor comprising the steps of preparing a valve metal plate, forming an oxide film layer on the valve metal plate, dividing the surface of the valve metal plate into a negative electrode section and a positive electrode section by an insulating layer, forming a conductive laminate including a conductive material coated layer, a conductive macromolecules layer, a graphite layer, and a silver paint layer in the negative electrode section so as to form a capacitor element, laminating a plurality of the capacitor elements wherein the negative electrode section is connected to a conductive frame, and connecting the positive electrode section to another portion of the frame, bending a top end of another portion of the frame at 180° until the bent portion pinches the positive electrode sections kep in contact with each other, welding the frame to the capacitor elements by laser, and encasing the capacitor elements and part of the frame in a casing.

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention: The present invention relates to the production of a solid electrolytic capacitor using conductive macromolecules as solid electrolyte, and more particularly, of a solid electrolytic capacitor which is encased in synthetic resin molded casing, hereinafter referred to as the "casing". 2. Description of the Prior Art: In line with the recent trend in which electronic circuits are digitized and have high frequencies, capacitors used therefor are required to have high reliability, small-size, large capacitance and excellent high frequency characteristics. Solid electrolytic capacitors, which are inherently small-size and have large capacitance, have been improved by using solid electrolytes of newly developed conductive macromolecules. As a result, they have a high electro-conductivity of conductive macromolecules of about 10 4 s/m as compared with that of manganese dioxide (10 0 s/m or TCNQ salt (10 2 s/m) and high thermal stability. The improved solid electrolyte capacitors have desirable characteristics such as stable frequency characteristics of impedance and thermal characteristics within a wide range. However, it is necessary to reduce inductance caused by external terminals of the capacitor in accordance with increases in frequency. It is also required to occupy a minimum space on a circuit substrate in order to reduce the size of the electronic devices. Furthermore, the consistent reliability of capacitors are essential so as not to spoil the sophisticate, long-term electronic devices. Therefore, chip type elements which are small-size, highly reliable, and flexible in mounting, that is, can be mounted in a desired position without occupying a large space; that is, vertically stacked or horizontally arranged. Conventional elements are disadvantageous in that inductance is likely to become large and mounting flexibility is lacking. Referring to Figures 11 and 12, a conventional chip type solid electrolytic capacitor will be described: The solid electrolyte capacitor uses conductive macromolecules as solid electrolyte. The type shown in Figure 11(a) is covered with positive electrode foils, and the type shown in Figure 11(b) is provided with plain positive electrode foils, and Figure 12 shows a further type of low chip solid electrolyte capacitor element. The positive foils are etched to form an oxide film as dielectric. Then a conductive macromolecules layer, a graphite layer, and a silver paint layer are formed on the portion except the lead line of the positive electrode. A positive electrode terminal 3 and a negative electrode terminal 4 are connected in parallel with the capacitor elements 1 and 2, respectively. Then, the capacitor elements are encased in casing such as a transfer mold or a pot. The whole body is flat, with a wide bottom and a short height as shown in Figure 12. The conventional types shown in Figures 11(a) and 11(b), and Figure 12 are disadvantageous in that when they are densely mounted on a circuit substrate, they horizontally expand and occupy a large space of the substrate. In addition, the positive electrode terminal 3 and negative electrode terminal 4, which are both external terminals, are opposed to each other so that a current is difficult to efficiently pass through the capacitor elements 1 and 2 through the surfaces of a land of the print wirings. As a result, the capacitance of the capacitor is not fully utilized, and inductance cannot be minimized. Furthermore, the conventional solid electrolyte capacitors are disadvantageous in that they are difficult to be mounted without losing reliability. When the solid electrolyte capacitors are to be coated with synthetic resins as described above, they are placed at a high temperature such as 250°C. This high temperature unfavorably affects the quality of the capacitors; such as the deterioration of characteristics. The reasons are as follows. (1) In order to improve solderability, the surface of the frame functioning as the terminal is plated with tin or any other metal which has a relatively low melting point. The metal is likely to melt in the mounting process to cause cavities between the external synthetic resins and the frame. (2) Because of the larger coefficient of expansion of the synthetic resin used in mounting than that of the metal of the frame, the frame and the synthetic resin are likely to separate from each other, thereby causing a gap therebetween. The laminated type shown in Figure 11(b), which has a large capacitance for its relatively small size, is nevertheless disadvantageous in that the connection between the capacitor elements, and between the capacitor elements and the frame are not reliable. EP-A-0 283 239 and Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 63-239917 disclose another laminated type as illustrated in Figures 13 and 14 which uses conductive macromolecules as a solid electrolyte. This type includes an etched aluminum foil strip 6 having several projections 7 along one of the edges. Each projection 7 is divided into a negative electrode portion and a positive electrode portion by a photoresist band 8. The negative electrode is composed of an aluminun oxide film layer 9 as dielectric, a polymer layer 10 of conductive macromolecules made of pyrrole as heterocyclic compound polymer layer, a graphite layer 11 as conductive layer for the leading terminal, and a silver paste layer 12. A plurality of laminated units 13 each constructed in this way are stacked as shown in Figure 15(a), wherein the projections 7 overlay one another to which pressure is applied at high temperatures. The silver paste layer 12 is half dried, and a part 14 of the laminated unit 13 is joined to a part of the other laminated unit 13 so as to obtain a union of the two units 13, wherein portions 15 (portions marked "x" in Figure 20) of the etched aluminum foil strips 6 are welded to each other. In this way, a solid electrolyte capacitor 16 is formed. Subsequently, the half dried silver paste layer 12 is finally dried so as to enable the negative electrode 14 to join to the surface of a planar negative terminal 17 under pressure. A planar positive electrode terminal 18 is joined to the positive electrode 15 by spot welding or ultrasonic welding to form a capacitor element which is finally coated with synthetic resin. In addition to the disadvantages pointed out above, the known solid electrolytic capacitor are disadvantageously lacking in the reliability of the connection of the positive electrode. Valve metals such as aluminum are liable to oxidation in the atmosphere and oxide films are likely to be formed on the surface. When such oxide films are layered, it is difficult for spot welding or ultra sonic welding to penetrate all the oxide film layers and effect a firm welding joint therethrough. When an apparently successful welding joint is made, contact resistance is large thereby causing the joined elements to separate from each other when the capacitors are used. This is because the welding energy only reaches the oxide film layers but does not spread through all the welds. When resistance welding process such as spot welding is applied, it often happens that other current than the welding current flows through the oxide film layers and breaks them and the conductive macromolecules films. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor which provides a reliable and heat resistant chip type solid electrolyte capacitor without occupying a large space. This object is solved by the features of claim 1. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention there is provided a method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the method comprising the steps of preparing a valve metal plate, forming an oxide layer film on the valve metal plate, dividing the surface of the valve metal plate into a negative electrode section and a positive electrode section by an insulating layer, forming a conductive laminate, wherein a layer of a conductive material, a conductive macromolecules layer, a graphite layer, and a silver paint layer are arranged one on top of the other in the negative electrode section so as to form a capacitor element, forming a laminate of a plurality of capacitor elements wherein the positive electrode having an exposed dialectric in one capacitor element is joined to that of the other capacitor element, and the negative electrode of the conductive layer in one capacitor element is joined to the negative electrode of the other capacitor element, wherein the negative electrode section is connected to a negative mount of a conductive frame having positive and negative mounts, and the positive electrode section is connected to the positive mount of the conductive frame, bending the tips of the positive electrode mount of the frame at 180° until the bended tip pinches the positive electrode sections kept in contact with each other, welding the positive electrode mount of the frame to the positive electrode section by laser, and encasing the capacitor elements and part of the frame in a casing. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS This invention may be better understood and its numerous objects and advantages will become apparent to those skilled in the art by reference to the accompanying drawings as follows: Figure 1 is a plan view showing a comb-shaped electrode assembled with a solid electrolytic capacitor obtained according to the present invention; Figure 2(a) is an enlarged view showing a comb-shaped electrode used in the solid electrolytic capacitor; Figure 2(b) is a section view taken along the line A-A of Figure 2(a); Figure 3 is a schematic view showing an electrolytic polymer tank for forming the conductive macromolecules film used in the solid electrolytic capacitor; Figure 4 is a vertical cross-sectional view showing a frame (metal frame) functioning as a lead terminal used in the solid electrolytic capacitor of Examples 5 to 9; Figure 5(a) is an enlarged fragmentary view of the frame taken along the line B-B in Figure 10; Figure 5(b) is a plan view showing the capacitor elements mounted on the frame; Figure 6 is a cross-sectional side view of the capacitor elements mounted on the frame as the solid electrolytic capacitor of Examples 5 to 9, taken along the line D-D of Figure 5(b); Figure 7(a) is a cross-sectional view showing a desirable welding state of the positive electrode by laser according to Examples 5 and 6; Figure 7(b) is a cross-sectional view showing an undesirable welding state of the positive electrode by laser according to Examples 5 and 6; Figure 8 is a graph showing an analysis of constituents of welds by laser welding applied to solid electrolytic capacitors according to Examples 5 and 6; Figure 9 is a perspective view showing the solid electrolytic capacitor of Examples 5 and 6; Figure 10 is a graph of a comparison between the characteristic variation of the solid electrolytic capacitor of Example 7 and that of Comparative Example 2 in the life test at high temperatures; Figure 11(a) is a perspective view showing the capacitor element having a coiled positive electrode known in the art; Figure 11(b) is a perspective view showing the capacitor element having a laminate of positive electrodes known in the art; Figure 12 is a perspective view showing the conventional chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor; Figure 13(a) is an enlarged fragmentary view showing a capacitor element having projections, mounted on the side of an aluminum etched foil in the prior art; Figure 13(b) is a cross-sectional view taken along the line E-E of Figure 13(a); Figure 14 is a plan view showing the aluminum etched foil having projections in the prior art; Figure 15(a) is a side view showing a plurality of capacitor elements mounted in layer in the prior art; and Figure 15(b) is a plan view showing the capacitor element shown in Figure 15(a). DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS First, a solid electrolytic capacitor element used in the invention is fabricated by the following methods. Referring to Figure 1, an aluminum foil having a thickness of 100 µm is etched so as to be porous by a known method, and then an oxide film is formed on the surface by a chemical treatment. The resulting chemical-treated aluminum foil is punched to form a comb-shaped electrode 20 having projections 19. An insulation layer 21 is provided at a predetermined position of the projections 19, thereby forming a negative electrode 22 and positive electrode 23. It is preferable to punch the foil after it is subjected to the chemical treatment. The comb-shaped electrode 20 of Figure 1 can be formed either by applying an insulating coating after punching or attaching an adhesive insulating tape, such as heat resistant polyimide tape, to the chemical-treated aluminum foil. Then, the entire surface of the negative electrode 22 is submerged in a chemical liquid and the cut surface and the chemically treated coat is reformed. Then, the comb-shaped negative electrode 22 is submerged in a manganese nitrate solution to form a conductive layer 24 of manganese dioxide as shown in Figure 2(b). If it is required to reform the oxide film deteriorated or deformed by the heat treatment, the chemical treatment can be repeated. The conductive layer 24 is essential for growing the conductive macromolecules in the subsequent steps. Then, as shown in Figure 3, an electrolytic polymer solution 25 such as a mixture of pyrrole and sodium triisopropyl naphthalene sulfonate, is contained in a stainless steel container 26 which functions as a counter electrode. The comb-shaped electrode 20 is inserted into the middle of the insulation layer 21 in the container. A tip of the stainless steel electrode 27 corresponding with the comb-shaped electrode 20 is in contact with the part of the insulation layer 21 closest to the conductive layer 24 of the negative electrode 22. Under this condition, the stainless steel electrode 27 serves as the positive electrode and the containers as the negative electrode, and the voltage is applied between both electrodes to effect electrolytic polymerization. As shown in Figure 2(b), the conductive macromolecules layer 28 is formed on the conductive layer 24. In addition, a conductive graphite layer 29 and a silver paint layer 30 are formed on the conductive macromolecules layer 28 as shown in Figure 2(b). The graphite layer 29 is thin so as to use a baking method, but the silver paint layer 30 has a thick bottom so as to prevent lamination, so that a uniform coating method is desirable. The resulting comb-shaped electrode 20 is cut along C-C of Figures 1 and 2(a) and 2(b) to form a single capacitor element 31. Considering productive yield and manufacturing process, a method of laminating in the comb-shaped electrode 20 is not recommended. For example, a productive yield of 90% can be attained from a single capacitor element 31, whereas a productive yield of 59% can be obtained from the lamination of the five single capacitor elements 31 in the comb-shaped electrode 20. Therefore, after checking the quality of the single capacitor elements 31 to pick up good quality elements, the lamination should be performed. The following examples describe the capacitor element 31 produced by the above method. Example 1 Referring to Figures 4, and 5(a) and 5(b), the capacitor element 31 is mounted on the frame of metal 40 as a leading terminal. The frame 40 is fabricated by punching an iron (SPCC) plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm which is plated with copper to a thickness of 3 µm and tin to a thickness of 3 µm. Then, sand-blasting is applied to roughen the surface of the iron plate. In the frame 40, the positive and negative mounts 41 and 42 shown in Figure 5(a) are bent at a right angle as indicated by the dotted line. A small amount of silver paint is applied as an adhesive to gaps between the negative electrodes 22, and between the negative electrodes 22 and the frame 40 between the negative electrode 22 and the frame 40. A plurality of capacitor elements 31 are formed. A tip 43 of the positive electrode mount 42 is bent at a right angle. As shown in Figures 5(b) and 6, the positive electrode 23 of the capacitor element 31 is interposed within the frame 40. The tip 43 of the positive electrode mount 42 is welded by laser at two or three spots. In order to achieve successful laser welding, it is required that the aluminum foils at the expected welding spots and the frame 40 are well melted and evenly joined to each other. The frame 40, which is usually made of iron, is plated with copper, nickel, tin or any other solder. The melting point of iron is 1535°C, whereas that of aluminum is 660°C, that of Ta is 2996°C, that of Nb is 2468°C. The melting points of iron is different from that of the valve metal, and the metal having a lower melting point is vaporized earlier than the other, thereby producing vacancies. Sufficient welding heat is required so as to penetrate the layered oxide films on the aluminum foils. When five aluminum foils each having a thickness of 100 µm are laminated, the total thickness becomes 500 µm. In the negative electrode 22, when an aluminum foil, a conductive macromolecules layer 28, a graphite layer 29 and a silver paint layer 30 each having a thickness of about 500 µm amount to 2.5 mm in thickness. If the aluminum foils constituting the positive electrodes 23 are merely laminated, interface gaps of 0.4 mm will occur between the positive electrodes 23. These gaps prevents successful welding. In Example 1, the tips 43 of the positive electrode mount 42 are bent at right angle, that is, the positive electrode mount 42 is bent twice, totally at 180° into a shape shown in Figure 5(b) and 12 in which the layers are densely laminated. In this form a laser welding is applied as shown in Figure 7(a). The metals of the positive electrode mount 42 and the aluminum foil of the positive electrode 23 are melted to unite with each other. Figure 8 shows an analysis achieved by an X-ray microanalyzer. The graph shows that the Al, Fe, Cu and Sn are uniformly melted. If excessively intensified laser beams are applied, a cavity is caused because the metal having a low melting point is vaporized as shown in Figure 7(b). For example, when optical fiber is used by SI (step index) method, the bottom parts are melted as shown in Figure 7(b). When there is a gap between the aluminum foils of the positive electrode 23 having multiple capacitor elements 31, they are not uniformly melted. Therefore, the welding is likely to become impossible, or a similar state to that shown in Figure 7(b) is reached. If the laser beams are too weak, the welding heat is unlikely to reach the bottom. In carrying out Example 1, since as an oscillating method a YAG laser method is better than a carbonic acid gas laser method, the YAG laser method was used because of the suitability for small energy spot welding. A relatively small energy was continuously applied to small spots. To facilitate deep and concentrated spot welding, a GI (grated index) type optical fiber was used instead of an SI type optical fiber. In Example 1, the metal portion of the positive electrode mount 42 and the positive electrode 23 of the capacitor element 31 are melted by laser, and then the silver paint layer 30 of the negative electrode 22 is hardened. Consequently, the frame 40 is wholly disposed on the mold and encased in epoxy resin. The terminals are cut away so as to obtain a self-contained solid electrolytic capacitor 46 as shown in Figure 15. The positive electrode terminals 47 and the negative electrode terminals 48 of the solid electrolytic capacitor 46 use a part of the frame 40 as a lead. The positive electrode terminals 47 and the negative electrode terminals 48 are bent along the casing, thereby obtaining a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor. Example 2 The metal portion of the positive electrode mount 42 and the positive electrode 23 of the capacitor element 31 are welded by laser using optical fiber of an SI method. The same procedure as in Example 1 is followed. Thus a solid electrolytic capacitor is obtained. Comparative Example 1 Obtaining a solid electrolytic capacitor by joining the metal portion of the positive electrode mount 42 of the frame 40 to the positive electrode 23 of the capacitor element 31 by resistance welding without changing the other procedures from those for Example 1. However, it was found difficult to weld through the stack of aluminum foils of the positive electrode 23. Comparative example 1 was found unsuitable for producing solid electrolytic capacitors. Tables 2 and 3 show the results of a reliability test to measure the initial characteristic and thermal shock tests on ten solid electrolytic capacitors of Examples 1 and 2 (which were measured by repeating the maintenance of each testpiece at -40°C for thirty minutes, and at 150°C for thirty minutes, 100 times alternately). Each testpiece was made of aluminum foil having projections 19 of 3 x 7 mm at a voltage of 28 V and having five sheets of capacitor elements. The rating of these solid electrolytic capacitors was 10 V 22 µF. Table 2 shows that in Example 1 impedance in the high frequency area (500 kH Z ) is almost the same before and after the tests, whereas Table 3 shows that in Example 2 impedance is greatly increased after the tests. It will be appreciated from Example 1 that when the positive electrode mount 42 of the frame 40 and the tip 43 thereof are joined to the positive electrode 23 having a plurality of capacitor elements 31 under an optimum radiation of laser beams, a desirable welded state will be attained. The welded state enhances the quality of solid electrolytic capacitor, that is, a small size, large capacitance, and low impedance even in a high frequency area. Example 3 An Iron (SPCC) plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm was punched and plated with copper to a thickness of 1 µm to form a copper film layer. Then, the sand-blasting was applied to roughen the surface of the copper film layer, thereby obtaining the frame 40 (metal frame) as the lead terminal as shown in Figures 4 and 5(a) and 5(b). A solid electrolytic capacitor was formed with this frame 40 by the same process as that of Example 1. The airtightness of the solid electrolytic capacitor was assessed by placing it in a tank heated to 250±5°C for five minutes, and after taking it at room temperature out of the tank, the capacitor was allowed to cool. This process was repeated three times. Afterward, a sample of the treated capacitors was maintained in the atmosphere of radioactive Kr 85 at a pressure of 0.7 MP a for thirty minutes. Then the testpiece was exposed to light on a photographic plate. Capacitors which were found to contain Kr as a result of poor airtightness were discarded. The results are shown in Table 4. Example 4 An iron (SPCC) plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm was plated with copper. The copper-plated surface of one sample was roughened and that of another sample was not. With these two kinds of frames solid electrolytic capacitors were assembled in the same manner as Example 3. The results are shown in Table 4. Example 5 The surface of an iron (SPCC) plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm was roughed by electrolytic etching in an aqueous solution of hydrochloric acid 10% and sulfuric acid 0.5% at a current density of 1 A/dm 2 . Then, the surface was plated with copper to form a copper film layer. In this way a frame was obtained, and with this a solid electrolytic capacitor was assembled. This capacitor was tested for airtightness. The results are shown in Table 4. Comparative Example 2 The surface of an iron (SPCC) plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm was plated with copper to a thickness of 3 µm, and the copper-plated surface was plated with tin. The tin-plated surface of one sample was roughened, and that of another was not. With these two kinds of samples, capacitors were assembled in the same manner as Example 3. The capacitors were tested for airtightness. Two kinds of roughening were conducted; one was shallow, and the other was deep until the underlying copper layer was exposed. The results are shown in Table 5. Comparative Example 3 A nickel plate having a thickness of 0.1 mm was punched and the surface was plated with copper. Then the surface was roughened, and with this frame a capacitor was assembled. The capacitor was tested for airtightness and the results are shown Table 5. Examples 3, 4, 5, and Comparative Examples 2 and 3 demonstrate that the airtightness of solid electrolytic capacitors whose surfaces plated with a low-melting point metals such as tin is poor. In addition, when the base material is a metal such as iron or nickel, the surface roughening produces no large effects. However, as shown by Examples 3, 4 and 5, when the surface is first plated with copper, and then the copper-plated surface is roughened, airtightness is enhanced. In this case, when the copper-plated surface was additionally thinly plated with tin, so as to improve solderability, and roughened until the underlying copper-layer was exposed, the same effect was achieved. The roughening can be done by a mechanical method such as sand-blasting or a chemical method such as electrolytic etching. In order to ensure the above-mentioned effects, a durability test at high temperatures was performed first by preparing ten solid electrolytic capacitors of Example 3 and ten of those of Comparative Example 2 coated with tin to a thickness of 10 µm without roughening the surfaces, and by subjecting each testpiece to heat treatment at 250°C and then to voltage application of 10 V at 105°C. The results are shown in Figure 10. In this test the testpieces (capacitor elements) had five elements having projections of 3 x 7 mm, and were assembled into a solid electrolytic capacitors having a rating of 10 V 22 µF, and were tested. As shown in Figure 10, it was found that the capacitance of the solid electrolytic capacitor of Example 3 remained the same after 1000 hours, whereas that of Comparative Example 2 was decreased by 10% or more. In the aforementioned examples, the entire surfaces of the frames were roughened, but it is possible to roughen only the contacting parts with the casing. In the illustrated embodiments, the frames are made of iron, but other metals such as "iron-base 42 alloy" or nickel-base materials can be used. In the solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, the two-terminals of the four-terminal external connectors function as a positive electrode and the other two as a negative electrode. One positive electrode and one negative electrode are projected in pair from opposite sides of the casing having six sides, and bent over one side other than the sides from which they are projected. As a result, the capacitor can be mounted in a desired position, that is, horizontally or vertically as desired, thereby minimizing the occupancy of space. When the capacitor is used in a high frequency circuit, the present invention is advantageous in that the current is caused to flow efficiently under the unique land construction having the two-terminal positive external connectors and two-terminal negative external connectors. As a result, the capacitance can be used at maximum with the minimum of inductance. The capacitor can be used in high frequency areas with decreased impedance and without occupying a large space. In addition, according to the method of the present invention, the capacitor elements, the frame, and the terminals are efficiently welded to each other, thereby ensuring electrical connection without the possibility of electrical discontinuity. This also enhances the reliability of capacitors. The copper-plated surface of the frame may be roughened, thereby increasing the solderability to a printed circuit and the attachment to the casing. As a result, the capacitors can withstand thermal shocks and thermal contraction. In addition, airtightness is ensured. classification element No. initial characteristics after test capacitance (µF) tan δ (%) L C (nλ) impedance (m Ω) impedance (m Ω) Example 1 1 21.2 0.8 34 32 33 2 22.7 0.9 25 44 46 3 21.8 0.9 48 28 30 4 22.4 0.7 32 43 42 5 22.3 1.0 28 40 41 6 22.0 0.8 32 39 42 7 21.8 0.8 29 40 40 8 22.6 0.8 30 33 34 9 21.7 0.9 27 32 34 10 23.0 0.8 28 35 35 classification element No. initial characteristics after test capacitance (µF) tan δ (%) L C (nλ) impedance (m Ω) impedance (m Ω) Example 2 11 21.8 0.8 23 33 52 12 22.4 1.0 36 43 60 13 21.0 0.9 37 38 45 14 22.7 0.9 40 38 46 15 22.8 1.0 51 36 99 16 21.0 0.8 25 46 70 17 22.7 0.9 38 43 85 18 21.5 0.9 49 45 63 19 22.2 0.9 47 50 55 20 22.5 0.8 40 28 42 classification basic material coating roughening treatment airtightness deficiency ratio materials thickness Example 3 SPCC copper 1 µm sand-blasting 0/50 Example 4 SPCC none 0 sand-blasting 12/50 cooper 1 0/50 3 0/50 10 0/50 1 none 18/50 3 13/50 10 17/50 Example 5 SPCC cooper 1 electrolytic etching 0/50 3 0/50 10 0/50 classification basic material coating roughening treatment airtightness deficiency ratio materials thickness Comparative Example 2 SPCC + copper coating 3 µm none 0 µm sand-blasting 0/50 tin 1 20/50 3 32/50 10 43/50 1 sand-blasting (strong) 0/50 3 0/50 10 33/50 1 none 22/50 3 29/50 10 49/50 Comparative Example 3 nickel plate none 0 sand-blasting 18/50 copper 1 0/50 3 0/50 10 0/50 It is understood that various other modifications will be apparent to and can be readily made by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of this invention as defined by the claim.

Claims: A method for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the method comprising the steps of preparing a valve metal plate, forming an oxide layer film on the valve metal plate, dividing the surface of the valve metal plate into a negative electrode (22) section and a positive electrode (23) section by an insulating layer (21), forming a conductive laminate, wherein a layer (24) of a conductive material, a conductive macromolecules layer (28), a graphite layer (29), and a silver paint layer (30) are arranged in this order, the layer (24) of the conductive material being the nearest layer to the negative electrode (22) section so as to form a capacitor element (31), forming a laminate of a plurality of capacitor elements wherein the positive electrode (23) having an exposed dielectric in one capacitor element (31) is joined to that of the other capacitor element (31), and the negative electrode (22) of the conductive layer in one capacitor element (31) is joined to the negative electrode of the other capacitor element, characterized in connecting the negative electrode (22) section to a negative mount (41) of a conductive frame (40) having positive and negative mounts (41, 42), and connecting the positive electrode (23) section to the positive mount (42) of the conductive frame (40), bending the tips (43) of the positive electrode mount (42) of the frame (32) at 180° until the bended tip (43) pinches the positive electrode (23) sections kept in contact with each other, welding the positive electrode mount (42) of the frame (40) to the positive electrode (23) section by laser, and encasing the capacitor elements and part of the frame (40) in a casing (35).

Inventors: KURANUKI KENJI, NAKAJIMA SHUROU, TANIGUCHI MASAYUKI, YAMAMOTO HIROMICHI, KURANUKI, KENJI, NAKAJIMA, SHUROU, TANIGUCHI, MASAYUKI, YAMAMOTO, HIROMICHI
Applicants: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC IND CO LTD, MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
Application year: 1991
Main classification: H01G9
IPC codes: H01G9