Patent ID: 7010838

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, comprising: manufacturing a flat solid electrolytic capacitor element having a first surface and a second surface on opposite sides thereof; fixing a reinforcement plate on the first surface of said flat solid electrolytic capacitor element so as to hold a double-sided thermal adhesive film, which is impregnated with thermosetting resin and has a size so as to project from said flat solid electrolytic capacitor element, between said reinforcement plate and said first surface of said flat solid electrolytic capacitor element; fixedly mounting, on the second surface of said flat solid electrolytic capacitor element, a plate-shaped external cathode terminal having a size so as to project from said flat solid electrolytic capacitor element; applying heat and pressure to said reinforcement plate and said plate-shaped external cathode terminal to elute the thermosetting resin impregnated in said double-sided thermal adhesive film, thereby filling eluted material between projected portions of said double-sided thermal adhesive film and said plate-shaped external cathode terminal projecting from said solid electrolytic capacitor element.