# US 12,603,233 B2 · Capacitor having a porous layer including a void containing at least part of a through-hole conductor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,233 B2 - Document ID: US12603233B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/410,307 - Filed: 2024-01-11 - Published: 2024-06-06 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-07-16 - Assignees: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Akitomo Takahashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603233B2 ## CPC - H01G 9/012: specially adapted for solid capacitors - H01G 4/33: Thin- or thick-film capacitors {(thin- or thick-film circuits; capacitors without a potential-jump or surface barrier specially adapted for integrated circuits, details thereof, multistep manufacturing processes therefor)} - H01G 9/048: characterised by their structure (H01G11/22 takes precedence) - H01G 9/052: Sintered electrodes - H01G 9/055: Etched foil electrodes - H01G 9/07: Dielectric layers - H01G 9/15: Solid electrolytic capacitors (H01G11/00 takes precedence) - H01G 9/26: Structural combinations of electrolytic capacitors, rectifiers, detectors, switching devices, light-sensitive or temperature-sensitive devices with each other - 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 A capacitor that includes: a capacitor layer including a capacitor part, the capacitor part having a first through-hole extending through the capacitor part in the thickness direction and defining an inner wall surface, the capacitor part including: an anode plate including a core part and a porous layer, a dielectric layer, and a cathode layer; and a first through-hole conductor disposed at least on the inner wall surface of the first through-hole, wherein the first through-hole conductor is electrically connected to an end face of the anode plate that faces the inner wall surface of the first through-hole in a plane direction, which is a direction of a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction, and the first void contains at least part of the first through-hole conductor. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A capacitor comprising: a capacitor layer including a capacitor part, the capacitor part having a first through-hole extending through the capacitor part in the thickness direction and defining an inner wall surface, wherein the capacitor part includes: an anode plate including a core part and a porous layer on at least one major face of the core part, the porous layer including a first void, a dielectric layer on a surface of the porous layer, and a cathode layer on a surface of the dielectric layer; and a first through-hole conductor disposed at least on the inner wall surface of the first through-hole, wherein the first through-hole conductor is electrically connected to an end face of the anode plate that faces the inner wall surface of the first through-hole in a plane direction, the plane direction being a direction of a plane perpendicular to the thickness direction, and the first void contains at least part of the first through-hole conductor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the first void is located at an end face of the porous layer that defines the end face of the anode plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The capacitor according to claim 2, wherein the porous layer includes a second void, wherein the second void contains an insulating material, wherein the porous layer includes an insulating region where the insulating material contained in the second void exists, and wherein, in the plane direction, an outer end of the insulating region closest to the first through-hole conductor is farther away from the first through-hole conductor than an outer end of the porous layer closest to the first through-hole conductor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The capacitor according to claim 3, wherein the porous layer includes a first region spanning from the outer end of the porous layer closest to the first through-hole conductor to a position spaced apart in the plane direction by a distance equal to a thickness of the porous layer, and wherein a void area fraction in the first region is greater than or equal to 0 area % and less than or equal to 30 area %. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The capacitor according to claim 4, wherein the porous layer includes a second region spanning from an outer end of the insulating region opposite from the first through-hole conductor to a position spaced apart in the plane direction toward the first through-hole conductor by the distance equal to the thickness of the porous layer, and wherein a void area fraction in the second region is greater than the void area fraction in the first region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the porous layer includes a second void, wherein the second void contains an insulating material, wherein the porous layer includes an insulating region where the insulating material contained in the second void exists, and wherein, in the plane direction, an outer end of the insulating region closest to the first through-hole conductor is farther away from the first through-hole conductor than an outer end of the porous layer closest to the first through-hole conductor. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The capacitor according to claim 6, wherein the porous layer includes a first region spanning from the outer end of the porous layer closest to the first through-hole conductor to a position spaced apart in the plane direction by a distance equal to a thickness of the porous layer, and wherein a void area fraction in the first region is greater than or equal to 0 area % and less than or equal to 30 area %. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The capacitor according to claim 7, wherein the porous layer includes a second region spanning from an outer end of the insulating region opposite from the first through-hole conductor to a position spaced apart in the plane direction toward the first through-hole conductor by the distance equal to the thickness of the porous layer, and wherein a void area fraction in the second region is greater than the void area fraction in the first region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein the first through-hole conductor includes an anode connection layer at the end face of the anode plate, and wherein the anode connection layer is in contact with the end face of the anode plate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The capacitor according to claim 9, wherein the anode connection layer includes: a first anode connection layer in contact with the end face of the anode plate; and a second anode connection layer on a surface of the first anode connection layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The capacitor according to claim 9, wherein, in the thickness direction, the anode connection layer has a dimension greater than a dimension of the anode plate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The capacitor according to claim 1, wherein, when viewed in the thickness direction, the first through-hole conductor is electrically connected to the end face of the anode plate across an entire circumference of the first through-hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The capacitor according to claim 1, further comprising: a second through-hole conductor disposed at least on an inner wall surface of a second through-hole, the second through-hole extending in the thickness direction through the capacitor part having the first through-hole conductor, and wherein the second through-hole conductor is electrically connected to the cathode layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The capacitor according to claim 13, wherein the capacitor layer further includes: a first insulating part on a surface of the capacitor part; and a second insulating part on a surface of the first insulating part, wherein the second insulating part extends between the anode plate and the second through-hole conductor.