Patent ID: 7135754

Claim:
A chip type solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a capacitor element including an anode lead and a cathode layer; a packaging resin covering said capacitor element and having a mount surface, and side surfaces that are adjacent to said mount surface and opposite to each other; an anode terminal electrically connected to said anode lead and coupled to said packaging resin; and a cathode terminal electrically connected to said cathode layer and coupled to said packaging resin; wherein each of said anode terminal and said cathode terminal extends along said mount surface and along a respective one of said side surfaces to have an outer surface exposed from said packaging resin and to have an inner surface opposite to said outer surface; wherein each of said anode terminal and said cathode terminal has a stepwise shape including an upper step portion at the respective one of the side surfaces and a lower step portion apart from said side surface, wherein said upper step portion has a larger height measured in a height direction from the mounting surface than the lower step portion; and wherein the anode lead is supported by the upper step portion of the anode terminal and the capacitor element is supported at least by the lower step portion of the cathode terminal.