Patent ID: 8075640

Claim:
A method of forming a capacitor, the method comprising: providing a capacitor element, said capacitor element characterized by opposing first and second end surfaces, a cathode, and an anode wire extending from the first end surface; providing a leadframe forming an anode termination comprising first and second generally perpendicular anode termination portions and a cathode termination comprising first and second generally perpendicular cathode termination portions; electrically connecting said anode wire to the said first anode termination portion, whereby said first anode termination portion is substantially parallel to said first end surface of said capacitor element; electrically connecting said cathode to said cathode termination, whereby said first cathode termination portion is substantially parallel to said second end surface of said capacitor element; encapsulating said capacitor element and at least a portion of said leadframe including said first anode termination portion and said first cathode termination portion, wherein said second anode termination portion and said second cathode termination portion remain exposed from encapsulation on a given mounting surface; forming one or more diced cuts through the encapsulated capacitor body to remove excess encapsulating material and improve volumetric efficiency of the resultant capacitor.