Patent ID: 7326260

Claim:
A process for fabricating a solid electrolytic capacitor including the steps of: plating a fabrication frame comprising an anode terminal member projecting from one of a pair of parallel side frame members, and a cathode terminal member projecting from the other side frame member so as to be opposed to the anode terminal member, a through-hole or a downwardly opened cavity, each being formed in a cathode terminal member, joining an anode lead of a capacitor element to an upper surface of the anode terminal member of the plated fabrication frame and joining a bottom surface of the capacitor element to an upper surface of the cathode terminal member, forming a packaging resin portion around the capacitor element except at the through-hole or the cavity, and cutting the fabrication frame along a first vertical plane through the anode terminal member and along a second vertical plane through the through-hole or the cavity to obtain a solid electrolytic capacitor as separated from the side frame members, a plating layer being formed by the step of plating the fabrication frame on the anode and cathode terminal members in regions thereof at least inwardly of the first and second vertical planes.