Patent ID: 7139163

Claim:
A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a capacitor element including a chip body made of valve metal, an anode bar projecting from a side surface of the chip body, a cathode film formed on the chip body without covering said side surface of the chip body; an anode lead terminal connected to the anode bar; a cathode lead terminal connected to the cathode film on the chip body; and a mold member packaging the capacitor element with said two lead terminals exposed, the mold member being in a form of a generally rectangular parallelepiped whose length is greater than width and height; wherein the mold member includes two lengthwise-extending side surfaces and two widthwise-extending side surfaces, the two lengthwise-extending side surfaces being longer than the two widthwise-extending side surfaces, the anode lead terminal is extending out from one of the two lengthwise-extending side surfaces of the mold member, the cathode lead terminal extending out from the other of the two lengthwise-extending side surfaces of the mold member, and wherein the capacitor element is arranged between the lead terminals so that the anode bar projects in a widthwise direction of the mold member.