Patent ID: 8000086

Claim:
A chip capacitor comprising: a capacitor element having upper and lower surfaces and opposing first and second end surfaces extending perpendicular to said upper and lower surfaces, a cathode layer being formed on said surfaces of said capacitor element except for said first end surface; an anode lead extending from said first end surface of said capacitor element; an anode terminal having a first end portion located at a position slightly beyond said first end surface of said capacitor element toward said second end surface and beneath and near said lower surface of said capacitor element and having a second end portion located near a tip end of said anode lead, said anode terminal extending straight from said first end portion to said second end portion thereof, said anode terminal having said second end portion thereof connected to said anode lead; a cathode terminal disposed beneath said lower surface of said capacitor element, being spaced from said first end portion of said anode terminal, said cathode terminal being connected to said lower surface of said capacitor element; and a resin package packaging said capacitor element, said anode terminal and said cathode terminal; upper surfaces of said anode and cathode terminals being substantially at a same level, lower surfaces of said anode and cathode terminals being substantially at a same level, said lower surfaces of said anode and cathode terminals being exposed through said resin package and having substantially a same area, a depression being formed in an upper surface of said anode terminal, said depression extending from said first end portion of said anode terminal to at least a position corresponding to said first end surface, said depression having a curved end portion in said second end portion, the resin of said resin package extending through said depression to said cathode terminal.