Solid electrolytic capacitor and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor, in which anode leads are led out from an anode body made of a valve action metal and in which capacitor elements having a cathode layer formed on a dielectric oxide film of the anode body are laminated in a direction perpendicular to a mounting surface of a substrate and electrically connected in parallel, the method comprising the steps of:

• forming a cathode terminal forming section of a lead frame;
• providing a plurality of capacitor elements in a parallel arrangement in a way that a bottom face to be parallel to a mounting surface of a substrate at mounting is perpendicular to a surface of the lead frame, welding the anode leads of the capacitor elements to the anode terminal forming section of the lead frame, and connecting the cathode layer to the cathode terminal forming section;
• molding the capacitor elements connected in the parallel arrangement in exterior coating resin;
• cutting and separating the molded body from the lead frame;
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• bending the anode terminal and the cathode terminal separated from the lead frame at an angle of 90 degrees along the exterior coating resin in the side face and the bottom face for formation.