Patent ID: 7365961

Claim:
A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a planar solid electrolytic capacitor element having an anode portion and a cathode portion; an anode terminal having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface, the anode terminal being electrically connected to the anode portion on a side of the first surface; a cathode terminal having a third surface on a same side as the first surface of the anode portion and a fourth surface opposite to the third surface, the cathode terminal being electrically connected to the cathode portion on a side of the third surface and electrically isolated from the anode terminal; and electrically insulating coating resin integrally coating the solid electrolytic capacitor element in such a manner that the second surface and the fourth surface are exposed, wherein at least one of following conditions is satisfied: the anode terminal includes flat anode joint faces to be connected to the anode portion, the anode joint faces being disposed on the side of the first surface, formed by providing a stair step toward the anode portion at both ends of the anode terminal in a direction crossing a direction from the anode terminal to the cathode terminal, and coated with the coating resin; and the cathode terminal includes flat cathode joint faces to be connected to the cathode portion, the cathode joint faces being disposed on the side of the third surface, formed by providing a stair step toward the cathode portion at both ends of the cathode terminal in a direction crossing a direction from the cathode terminal to the anode terminal, and coated with the coating resin, and the anode terminal and the cathode terminal are disposed as close to each other as not more than 3 mm.