Method for the fabrication of aluminium electrolytic capacitors, and capacitor with integrated anode obtained thereby

• US 4,907,130 A
• Filed: 12/29/1988
• Issued: 03/06/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/1987
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Compagnie Europeene de Composants Electroniques LCC
• Original Assignee: Compagnie Europeene de Composants Electroniques LCC
• Inventors: Delalande, Francois, Boulloy, Georges
• Primary Examiner(s): Griffin, Donald A.
• Application Number:
  US07/290,503
• Time in Patent Office: 432 Days
• Field of Search: 29/570.1, 361/509, 361/510, 361/516, 361/517, 361/523, 361/525, 361/526, 361/528, 361/529, 361/533-540
• US Class Current: 361/529
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 9/0029 Processes of manufacture

Abstract

A method for the fabrication of aluminium electrolytic capacitors with solid or gelled liquid electrolyte, as well as the capacitor obtained by this method are disclosed. The method comprising the following steps:

the obtaining of a connections strip made of aluminium, having anode contacts,

the fixing, to the anode contacts, of aluminium blocks either by sintering or by the spraying of molten aluminium,

the anodization of the aluminium blocks;

the impregnation of the blocks with the electrolyte;

the positioning of the cathode contacts.

Claims

1. A method for the fabrication of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor with a solid or gelled liquid electrolyte, comprising the steps of:

obtaining an aluminum connection strip, said strip having anode contacts,

fixing to the anode contacts, aluminum blocks by sintering or by the spraying of molten aluminum,

anodizing said aluminum blocks;

impregnating said blocks with said electrolyte; and

electrically connecting cathode contacts to said electrolyte.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aluminium blocks are obtained by being cut out of a mass of aluminium fixed to several anode contacts.

3. The method according to claim 1 wherein, with the connections strip having previously punched out anode contacts, the aluminium blocks are obtained by the fixing of aluminium blocks to the anode contacts at the rate of one block per anode contact.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aluminium blocks are fixed to the anode contacts so as to coat their main faces.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the aluminium is fixed to the connections strip under conditions, that promote its surface oxidization.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the impregnating operation is performed by steeping the blocks in a solution containing an organic electrolyte and by evaporation of the solvent of the solution.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the cathode contacts are fixed to the electrolyte at the end of the impregnation operation.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the impregnating operation is performed with an organic electrolyte in molten phase.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the impregnation operation is performed by pyrolysis.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the cathode contacts are fixed to the electrolyte by means of a resin or a conductive bonder.

11. A method according to claim 1, wherein the cathode contacts are fixed to the electrolyte by Schoop'"'"'s metal spraying process.

12. An aluminum electrolyte capacitor with a solid or gelled electrolyte, comprising:

an aluminum anode contact,

aluminum blocks attached to opposing sides of said anode, the surface of said blocks being anodized,

a coating of electrolyte on said blocks, and

a cathode contact electrically connected to said electrolyte.

13. The capacitor according to claim 12, wherein the aluminium block coats both the main faces of the anode contact.

14. The capacitor according to claim 12, wherein the electrolyte used is an organic electrolyte.

15. The capacitor according to claim 14, wherein the said electrolyte is a tetracyanoquinodimethane salt.

16. A capacitor according to claim 15, wherein said salt is the N-(n-butyl)isoquinolinium tetracyanoquinodimethane.

17. A capacitor according to claim 12, wherein the electrolyte used is manganese dioxide.