# US 12,014,884 B2 · Electrode foil for electrolytic capacitor, electrolytic capacitor, and methods for manufacturing same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,014,884 B2 - Document ID: US12014884B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/984,800 - Filed: 2020-08-04 - Published: 2020-11-26 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-28 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Mitsuhisa Yoshimura; Tatsuji Aoyama; Naomi Kurihara; Miwa Ogawa - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12014884B2 ## CPC - H01G 9/048: characterised by their structure (H01G11/22 takes precedence) - H01G 9/055: Etched foil electrodes - H01G 9/0032: {formation of the dielectric layer} - H01G 9/02: Diaphragms; Separators - H01G 9/07: Dielectric layers - H01G: CAPACITORS; CAPACITORS, RECTIFIERS, DETECTORS, SWITCHING DEVICES, LIGHT-SENSITIVE OR TEMPERATURE-SENSITIVE DEVICES OF THE ELECTROLYTIC TYPE (selection of specified materials as dielectric H01B3/00; capacitors having potential barriers H10D1/62, H10K10/10) ## Abstract An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion, and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion. The anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. In the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor, the electrode foil comprising: an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion; and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion, wherein: the anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, the base material part further has a core material portion that is not porous, the core material portion being disposed consecutively with the porous body portion, the dielectric layer is formed on the end surface in the porous body portion and on an end surface of the core material portion, and in the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrode foil according to claim 1, wherein the end surface vicinity region includes a region within at least 1 μm from the end surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The electrode foil according to claim 1, wherein the first film thickness of the dielectric layer decreases as a distance from the end surface in the porous body portion increases. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrode foil according to claim 1, wherein a third film thickness of the dielectric layer at the end surface of the core material portion is larger than the second film thickness. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) An electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode body using the electrode foil according to claim 1. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) An electrolytic capacitor comprising a laminated body including an anode body using the electrode foil according to claim 1, a separator, and a cathode body, the anode body, the separator, and the cathode body being laminated in this order, wherein an end portion of the separator is covered with an insulating layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 6, wherein: the separator has a third main surface facing the first main surface of the base material part in the electrode foil, and the insulating layer is disposed in at least one of a first region of the first main surface and a second region of the third main surface, the first region facing the third main surface, the second region facing the first main surface. ### Claim 8 An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor, the electrode foil comprising: an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion; and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion, wherein: the anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface, the base material part further has a core material portion that is not porous, the core material portion being disposed consecutively with the porous body portion, the dielectric layer is formed on the end surface in the porous body portion and on an end surface of the core material portion, the dielectric layer includes a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer, the first dielectric layer being in contact with the surface of the porous body portion, the second dielectric layer being disposed on the end surface and on the first dielectric layer, and in the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the second dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the second dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The electrode foil according to claim 8, wherein a third film thickness of the first dielectric layer in a region close to the first main surface is smaller than a fourth film thickness of the first dielectric layer in the deep inner region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The electrode foil according to claim 8, wherein: in the end surface, a third dielectric layer is disposed between the second dielectric layer and the end surface of the base material part, and a fifth film thickness of the third dielectric layer is smaller than the fourth film thickness of the first dielectric layer in the deep inner region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The electrode foil according to claim 10, wherein: the end surface includes a first end surface, a second end surface and a third end surface, the second end surface and the third end surface each intersecting with the first end surface, and the third dielectric layer is disposed on each of the first end surface, the second end surface, and the third end surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) An electrolytic capacitor comprising an anode body using the electrode foil according to claim 8.