Patent ID: 8014129

Claim:
A stacked solid electrolytic capacitor having a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor elements stacked in a stacking direction, wherein each solid electrolytic capacitor element comprises an anode formed of a valve action metal, an anode section formed on an end of the anode, a dielectric formed on the surface of the valve action metal and comprising an oxide of the valve action metal, and a cathode layer formed on the dielectric, the cathode layers of the plurality of stacked solid electrolytic capacitor elements being connected to each other, the anode sections of the plurality of stacked solid electrolytic capacitor elements being connected to each other, wherein a conductive layer extending in the stacking direction having a flat outside principal surface is formed on at least part of a side face of an area where the cathode layers of the solid electrolytic capacitor elements are formed, wherein the conductive layer is formed of a conductive paste having, as a major component, conductive particles and a resin, and is formed only on a side face area of the area where the cathode layers of the solid electrolytic capacitor elements are formed, wherein no conductive member is provided on the flat outside principal surface of the conductive layer, and wherein the conductive layer is formed on a lateral side at which the anode section is formed in an extension direction, within the side face, the conductive layer being formed over no less than ⅓ of the surface area of the lateral side face.