JP4587444B2 - Chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing the same.

  Conventionally, a solid electrolytic capacitor using a valve action metal such as tantalum is small, has a large capacitance, is excellent in frequency characteristics, and is widely used in a portable electronic device or a power supply circuit of a CPU. In recent years, a further reduction in size and capacity has been demanded, and a type called a bottom electrode type having a high element volume efficiency, that is, a high proportion of the volume of the capacitor element in the entire product, has come to be used. Also, in the production of this bottom electrode type, the lead frame itself can be shortened by taking out the terminal directly to the bottom surface of the exterior resin molding and shortening the length of the lead frame to be used without forming the terminal after molding the exterior resin. The specific resistance is reduced, which is suitable for reducing ESR (equivalent series resistance).

  As an example of the bottom electrode type solid electrolytic capacitor, there is a technique disclosed in Patent Document 1. FIG. 10 is a partially cutaway perspective view showing the structure of the solid electrolytic capacitor. 202 is a cathode lead, 203 is an anode lead, 204 is a capacitor element, 205 is a conductive girder member, 206 is a resin package, and 207 is an anode wire. With this structure, the shape can be reduced in size, and the solid electrolytic capacitor having a good anode portion bondability is obtained.

  Other examples include techniques disclosed in Patent Document 2, Patent Document 3, Patent Document 4, and the like.

JP 2002-367862 A JP 2001-6978 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2003-100555 JP 2000-77269 A

  Problems of the prior art will be described along the techniques of Patent Documents 1 to 4.

  As in Patent Document 1 or Patent Document 2, as a manufacturing problem when a conductive member is interposed between the anode lead wire and the anode terminal, there is an increase in the number of joints and poor connection reliability. That is, it is necessary to have two joint portions, that is, a joint between the anode lead wire of the capacitor element and the conductive member, and a joint between the conductive member and the exposed terminal portion of the lead frame, and accordingly, a variation in welding strength increases. Stable quality cannot be maintained. Further, when the member that becomes the terminal portion and the conductive member are directly resistance-welded, the member that becomes the terminal portion is bent and becomes flat due to resistance heat and pressurization of the upper electrode and the lower electrode. If resin molding is performed in this state, the exterior resin will wrap around the terminal portion that must be exposed. In order to prevent this, it is necessary to perform resin molding after applying tape or the like to the exposed terminal surface, which leads to an increase in man-hours and material.

  Further, as in Patent Document 3, in a structure where the exposed surface of the anode part on the product side is large and the exposed surface of the cathode part on the product side is small, the accuracy of self-alignment during product mounting is deteriorated. Because the height of the anode terminal and the cathode terminal exposed on the product side is different, due to the difference in the height of the arrival point when the solder melts and rises to the upper part of the terminal side during product mounting, This is because the pulling force is different. As described above, the inclination of the product is likely to occur due to the difference in the size of the formed fillet.

  Further, as in Patent Document 4, when the anode lead frame portion is bent to form an inverted V-shaped portion and the anode lead-out wire is resistance-welded to the apex, there are the following problems. That is, the overlap welding length of the anode lead wire of the capacitor element and the anode terminal portion of the lead frame cannot be increased, and if resistance welding is performed, the angle of intersection of the anode lead wire with the lead frame after welding varies. Easy to come out. Further, the position after the capacitor element is welded tends to vary, leading to exposure of the capacitor element from the exterior resin. Normally, resistance welding is performed with the upper and lower electrodes sandwiched. However, if the sandwiching pressure is slightly high, the anode terminal part that is bent into an inverted V shape and matched in height is crushed and sinks, maintaining the design dimensions. become unable. Furthermore, the capacitor element is exposed from the exterior resin, leading to a failure.

  By the way, using two or more capacitor elements connected in parallel is effective in increasing the capacitance and reducing the ESR. Therefore, there are cases where two capacitor elements are juxtaposed in the lateral direction and connected in parallel. In the welding of the anode lead wire and the anode terminal at that time, when the size is reduced, the welded portion between the two anode lead wires and the anode terminal approaches, so the two melted portions at the time of welding affect each other. Therefore, a new problem that sufficient welding strength cannot be obtained occurs.

  Under such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor with high reliability of the anode welded portion, excellent self-alignment property in the product mounting process, and high element volume efficiency, and a method for manufacturing the same. There is to do.

  In order to solve this problem, the present invention has been made by paying attention to a stable welded structure of an anodic bonding portion, which is a main point when a small size and a large capacity are achieved.

A chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to a first aspect of the present invention is a capacitor element in which an anode lead wire is led out to form a cathode layer, an anode terminal welded to the anode lead wire, a cathode terminal connected to the cathode layer, In addition, in the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an insulating exterior resin, the anode terminal is a plate formed by bending a plate-like welded portion, an upright portion, and a bottom portion, and the plate-like welded portion and the upright portion is contained within the exterior resin, said bottom portion having said mounting surface and fillet forming surface exposed from the exterior resin, a width of the plate-like weld widely than the width of the bottom portion, the capacitor element The anode lead wire is obliquely drawn with respect to the center line of the capacitor element and is in a plane parallel to the bottom surface of the product .

The chip type solid electrolytic capacitor of the second invention, two and a capacitor element anode lead wire is led out on one side, an anode terminal connected to said anode lead wire is connected to the cathode layer of the capacitor element A chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a cathode terminal; and an insulating exterior resin covering the capacitor element by exposing a part of the anode terminal and a part of the cathode terminal. Is in the form of a rectangular pellet, and the anode lead line is drawn obliquely with respect to the center line of each capacitor element, and is drawn in a direction in which the interval between the two anode lead lines is widened.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor manufacturing method comprising: two capacitor elements each having an anode lead line led out to one side; an anode terminal connected to the anode lead line; and a cathode layer of the capacitor element In a manufacturing method of a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor using a cathode terminal connected to the insulating terminal and an insulating exterior resin covering the capacitor element by exposing a part of the anode terminal and a part of the cathode terminal, A step in which the anode lead wire is drawn obliquely with respect to the center line in the shape of a rectangular pellet, and two capacitor elements are juxtaposed in a direction in which the interval between the anode lead wires is widened, and the welded portion of the anode terminal and the two anode lead wires And a step of resistance welding by sandwiching between the upper electrode and the lower electrode.

  In the present invention, the width of the plate-like welded portion of the anode terminal that is welded to the anode lead wire is wider than the width of the bottom surface portion of the anode terminal, so the width of the anode terminal exposed to the bottom surface (width in the depth direction) However, the range of selection of the welding point with the anode lead wire in the plate-like welded portion is widened even when it is limited to a small size by the standard or the like. As a result, welding is easy even when a thick anode lead wire is used to reduce ESR. Even if the anode lead wire is drawn obliquely, the welding is possible. Furthermore, when two capacitor elements are placed side by side in the same package, the distance between the two welding points can be increased, so there is no variation in welding strength caused by interference between the two welds. Such stabilization of welding strength not only improves connection reliability, but also reduces variations in ESR characteristics. From another point of view, if the width of the plate-like welded portion of the anode terminal is wide, there is a manufacturing advantage that one type of lead frame can be used for different types of capacitor elements.

  In the present invention, since the anode lead wire is obliquely derived from the rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element, when two capacitor elements are used side by side, the interval between the two welds can be increased. Interference between parts can be prevented.

  In the present invention, since the anode lead wire is decentered from the rectangular pellet capacitor element, when two capacitor elements are used side by side, the interval between the two welds can be increased. Interference between parts can be prevented.

  Further, in the present invention, welding is performed between the plate-like welded portion and the anode lead wire, and the width of the bottom portion of the anode terminal is narrower than the width of the plate-like welded portion, so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode can be easily attached to the welded portion. You can get closer. Therefore, it is possible to pressurize the welded portion directly, and the pressure does not become so strong that the anode terminal is not deformed.

  Further, in the present invention, since welding is performed at the plate-like welded portion separated from the bottom surface mounting portion, the bottom surface mounting portion of the anode terminal is not deformed by heat generated during welding. Therefore, when distortion occurs, an operation of covering the bottom surface mounting portion with tape before resin molding is necessary to prevent the exterior resin from wrapping around the bottom surface mounting portion, but this can be avoided.

  Moreover, in this invention, since the welding structure when connecting two capacitor | condenser elements in parallel is left-right symmetric, the welding conditions of two welding points can be made the same.

  In the present invention, since the shape of the fillet forming surface at both ends of the product can be made the same, the accuracy of self-alignment during product mounting is good.

  That is, according to the present invention, it is possible to obtain a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor with high reliability of the anode welded portion, excellent self-alignment property in the product mounting process, and high element volume efficiency, and a method for manufacturing the same.

  Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 show a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 1 (b) is a left side view, and FIG. 1 (c) is a front view. 2A is a right side view, and FIG. 2B is a bottom view. Here, the exterior resin 15 was drawn as if it were transparent, and its outline was drawn with a thinner line than the others. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the anode terminal 13.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the capacitor elements 11a and 11b are rectangular pellets, and the anode lead wires 12a and 12b are led out of the center line. Since the actual production is based on a known technique, description thereof is omitted.

  Further, the two capacitor elements 11a and 11b are juxtaposed in the horizontal direction, and are arranged so that the distance between the anode lead wires 12a and 12b is wider than that in the case where they are not eccentric.

  The anode terminal is as shown in FIG. 3, and is formed by bending a part of the plate of the lead frame, comprising a plate-like welded portion 17, an upright portion 18, and a bottom surface portion 19, and a fillet on the product side surface of the bottom surface portion 19. A forming surface 16a is provided.

  The cathode terminal has the shape shown in FIGS. 1 (c), 2 (a) and 2 (b) and is formed by bending a part of the lead frame, and the fillet forming surface 16b is formed on the side of the product. Is provided. In FIG. 1A, the portion of the cathode terminal 14 below the capacitor elements 11a and 11b is omitted.

  FIG. 4 is a side view showing a situation at the time of welding of the anode connection portion. The upper electrode 45a and 45b and the lower electrode 46a and 46b are used to connect the anode lead wire 12a and the plate-like weld portion 17, and the anode lead wire 12b and the plate shape. Resistance welding is performed with the weld 17 interposed therebetween. At this time, since the width of the bottom surface portion 19 of the anode terminal is narrower than the interval between the two welded portions as shown in FIG. 4, the upper electrodes 45a and 45b and the lower electrodes 46a and 46b can be easily brought close to the welding points.

  The cathode terminal 14 and the cathode layers of the capacitor elements 11a and 11b are connected by a conductive adhesive according to a known technique.

  Further, the anode terminal 13 and the cathode terminal 14 are generally produced by cutting and separating a part of the lead frame, and after molding with an insulating resin except for a part to be a substrate mounting surface, the side surfaces are formed. By dicing, the substrate mounting surface of the bottom surface portion 19 and the side fillet forming surfaces 16a and 16b are exposed from the exterior resin 15 to obtain a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor. However, not only the two-side dicing on the side surface of the product, but also the front and rear surfaces of the product may be diced. Furthermore, the outer surface may be adjusted by dicing by hardening the insulating resin from around the capacitor element and the terminal portion instead of molding.

  With the above capacitor structure and process, since welding is performed at a location away from the bottom surface portion, the bottom surface portion 19 is not distorted by Joule heat. Further, since the pressure is not applied to the bottom surface portion 19 when the upper electrode and the lower electrode are sandwiched, there is no deformation due to the pressure.

  Next, the following embodiment will be described. 5 and 6 show a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention, FIG. 5 (a) is a plan view, FIG. 5 (b) is a left side view, and FIG. 5 (c) is a front view. 6A is a right side view, and FIG. 6B is a bottom view.

  In the capacitor element according to the second embodiment, the anode lead line is led obliquely with respect to the center line of the rectangular pellet capacitor element. Further, when two capacitor elements are juxtaposed in the horizontal direction on the lead frame, they are arranged in such a direction that the distance between the two anode lead lines increases as the end of the lead-out direction of the anode lead line is approached. Since the other points are the same as those of the first embodiment, these two points will be mainly described. Since the anode terminal, the cathode terminal, and the exterior resin are the same as those in the first embodiment, common reference numerals are used.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, in the capacitor elements 21a and 21b of the second embodiment, the anode lead lines 22a and 22b are led obliquely. The reason for this is that if the eccentricity is maintained while being parallel to the center line as in the first embodiment, when the amount of eccentricity becomes large, it becomes difficult to embed in the anode body. This is because a larger distance can be obtained when the electrodes are arranged side by side on the lead frame. Further, even if a thick anode lead wire is used for ESR reduction, the distance between the two welding points is large, so that mutual interference can be suppressed.

  Since the connection of the cathode terminal or the fillet forming surface of the anode terminal and the cathode terminal is the same as in the first embodiment, the effect is also the same.

  Next, an example of a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor using one capacitor element will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 7A is a plan view showing the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to the third embodiment, and the anode lead wire 32 of the rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element 31 is drawn eccentrically. The anode terminal 13 and the cathode terminal 14 are common to the first embodiment, and the welding of the anode terminal 13 and the anode lead wire 32 can be performed in the same manner as shown in FIG. Therefore, Joule heat at the time of resistance welding is transmitted to the board mounting portion, and the portion is not deformed, and the anode terminal is not deformed by a slight excess of the pinching pressure.

  FIG. 7B is a plan view showing the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of the fourth embodiment. The anode lead line 42 of the rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element 41 is led obliquely with respect to the center line. In the fourth embodiment, compared with the third embodiment, the welding point can be brought closer to the end with respect to the limitation in manufacturing the eccentric amount, so that the upper electrode and the lower electrode are sandwiched, etc. Welding is easy. Another advantage is that the lead frame can be used in common with the second embodiment.

  Next, the following embodiment will be described. FIG. 8 is a plan view showing a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to Embodiment 5 of the present invention. Reference numeral 51 a denotes a rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element. Anode lead wires 52 a are led out on both sides and connected to the two anode terminals 13. 51b is also a rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element. Anode lead wires 52b are led out on both sides and connected to the two anode terminals 13. At this time, the anode terminal 13 has the same shape as that of FIG. 3 used in the first embodiment.

  In the fifth embodiment, the cathode terminal 54 is a plate-like terminal disposed at the center of the bottom surface of the product.

  When attention is paid to the welded portion between the anode lead wire 52a or 52b and the anode terminal 13, the fifth embodiment is the same as the first embodiment, there is no interference between the two welding points, and the bottom surface by Joule heat. Common effects such as no distortion of the portion and no deformation due to the pinching pressure can be obtained.

  FIG. 9 is a plan view showing a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor according to Embodiment 6 of the present invention. Reference numeral 61 denotes a rectangular pellet-shaped capacitor element. Anode lead wires 62 are led out on both sides, connected to the two anode terminals 13, and a cathode terminal 54 is disposed at the center of the bottom surface. As described above, the reason why only one capacitor element 61 is connected to the anode terminal 13 to which two capacitor elements can be connected is used by using a common lead frame and utilizing a common effect resulting from the welded structure. Because.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 1 of this invention is shown, FIG. 1 (a) is the top view, FIG.1 (b) is a left view, FIG.1 (c) is a front view. The chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 1 is shown, Fig.2 (a) is the right view, FIG.2 (b) is a bottom view. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing an anode terminal according to the first embodiment. The side view which shows the condition at the time of the welding of the anode connection part of Embodiment 1. FIG. The chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 2 of this invention is shown, Fig.5 (a) is the top view, FIG.5 (b) is a left view, FIG.5 (c) is a front view. The chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 2 is shown, Fig.6 (a) is a right view, FIG.6 (b) is a bottom view. 7 shows a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, FIG. 7A is a plan view showing the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 3, and FIG. 7B shows the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 4. FIG. Plan view. The top view which shows the chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 5 of this invention. The top view which shows the chip type solid electrolytic capacitor of Embodiment 6 of this invention. The partially notched perspective view which shows the structure of the conventional solid electrolytic capacitor.

Explanation of symbols

11a, 11b, 21a, 21b, 31, 41, 51a, 51b, 61 Capacitor elements 12a, 12b, 22a, 22b, 32, 42, 52a, 52b, 62 Anode lead wire 13 Anode terminal 14, 54 Cathode terminal 15 Exterior resin 16a, 16b Fillet forming surface 17 Plate-like welded portion 18 Upright portion 19 Bottom surface portions 45a, 45b Upper electrodes 46a, 46b Lower electrodes

Claims (3)

  A chip-type solid comprising a capacitor element from which an anode lead wire is led out to form a cathode layer, an anode terminal welded to the anode lead wire, a cathode terminal connected to the cathode layer, and an insulating exterior resin In the electrolytic capacitor, the anode terminal has a plate shape formed by bending a plate-like welded portion, an upright portion, and a bottom portion, and the plate-like welded portion and the upright portion are included in the exterior resin, and the bottom portion Has a mounting surface exposed from the exterior resin and a fillet forming surface, the width of the plate-like welded portion is wider than the width of the bottom surface portion, the shape of the capacitor element is a rectangular pellet, and the anode lead wire Is a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor which is drawn obliquely with respect to the center line of the capacitor element and is in a plane parallel to the bottom surface of the product.   Two of the capacitor elements from which the anode lead line is led out to one side, an anode terminal connected to the anode lead line, a cathode terminal connected to the cathode layer of the capacitor element, a part of the anode terminal, and In a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an insulating exterior resin in which a part of the cathode terminal is exposed to cover the capacitor element, the shape of the two capacitor elements is a rectangular pellet, and the anode lead wire is A chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor characterized in that it is drawn obliquely with respect to the center line of each of the capacitor elements and drawn in a direction in which the interval between two anode lead lines is widened.   Two of the capacitor elements from which the anode lead line is led out to one side, an anode terminal connected to the anode lead line, a cathode terminal connected to the cathode layer of the capacitor element, a part of the anode terminal, and In a manufacturing method of a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor using an insulating exterior resin that exposes a part of the cathode terminal and covers the capacitor element, the anode lead wire is oblique with respect to the center line in a rectangular pellet shape A step of juxtaposing the two capacitor elements in the direction in which the interval between the anode lead wires is widened, and a step of resistance welding by sandwiching the weld portion of the anode terminal and the two anode lead wires between the upper electrode and the lower electrode. A method for producing a chip-type solid electrolytic capacitor, comprising:

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