Patent ID: 8562695

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, the solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a solid electrolytic type capacitor element including a dielectric layer intervening between an anode section and a cathode section; an anode terminal electrically connected to the anode section through a pad member; and a cathode terminal electrically connected to the cathode section, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming at least two punched apertures in a metal plate, thereby forming a rung section between adjacent two of the punched apertures, the rung section having surfaces as a pair appearing as a result of formation of the punched apertures; (b) cutting the rung section out of the metal plate to form the pad member, the length of the rung section corresponding to a distance between the surfaces as a pair being determined to be the height of the pad member; (c) mounting the pad member on the anode terminal such that one of the surfaces as a pair faces the anode terminal, the step (c) being performed after the step (b); and (d) electrically connecting the anode section to the other of the surfaces as a pair and electrically connecting the cathode section to the cathode terminal, the step (d) being performed after the step (c).