Patent ID: 7283350

Claim:
A surface mount chip capacitor having a cathode end and an opposite anode end, the surface mount chip capacitor, comprising: a metal substrate; a conductive powder element comprising a valve metal and partially surrounding the metal substrate with the metal substrate extending outwardly from the conductive powder towards the anode end of the surface mount chip capacitor; a dielectric layer, an impregnated cathode and a silver body cathode at least partially surrounding the conductive powder element; a coating surrounding the silver body cathode; an insulative material formed about a portion of the substrate extending outwardly from the conductive powder; a conductive coating formed around the metal substrate at the anode end of the surface mount chip capacitor; an end termination anode electrically connected to the conductive coating at the anode end of the surface mount chip capacitor; and an end termination cathode electrically connected to the silver body cathode at the cathode end of the surface mount chip capacitor.