Patent ID: 8659877

Claim:
A solid electrolytic capacitor, comprising: a capacitor element including an anode body, an anode member buried in the anode body, a dielectric layer, an electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer, and a cathode layer formed on the electrolyte layer, the anode member extending in a predetermined direction along a lower surface of the anode body and having a lower end portion exposed at the lower surface of the anode body, the dielectric layer being formed on part of a surface of the anode body that is in a region different from a region where the anode body contacts the anode member; an outer package member covering the capacitor element; an anode terminal electrically connected to the lower end portion of the anode member, the anode terminal partially being placed at a lower surface of the outer package member; and a cathode terminal electrically connected to the cathode layer at a position below the lower surface of the anode body, the cathode terminal partially being placed at the lower surface of the outer package member, the anode and cathode terminals being spaced apart from each other in a direction substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the anode member extends, the anode body having an outer circumference including a first side surface and a second side surface substantially opposite each other, the predetermined direction in which the anode member extends being a direction from the first side surface toward the second side surface, the anode member having an edge surface exposed at least at one of the first and second side surfaces.