Patent ID: 7179309

Claim:
A method of creating a surface mount chip capacitor comprising: forming a wire having opposite first and second ends; forming a conductive powder element upon the wire covering the second end, the conductive powder element having a cathode end and an anode end; applying an insulation material in covering relation over the anode end, whereby the wire extends through and has a portion protruding from the insulation material; applying an anode layer of conductive material onto the wire and over the insulation material adjacent the anode end of the conductive powder element so that the conductive material is in electrical contact with the wire first end and the wire first end protrudes beyond the material; attaching a conductive anode termination cap in covering relation over, and in contact with, the anode layer of conductive material and the first end of the wire, whereby electrical continuity is achieved from the anode end of the powder element, through the wire and the anode layer of conductive material to the anode termination cap; applying a layer of conductive material over at least a portion of the cathode end of the conductive powder element; and attaching a conductive cathode termination cap in covering relation over, and in electrical contact with, the cathode end of the conductive powder element.