Method of manufacturing and attaching non-electrolytic tantalum capacitors

Claim 1

IN A METHOD OF PRODUCING AN IMPROVED SOLID STATE TANTALUM CAPACITOR, THE COMBINATION OF STEPS COMPRISING PROVIDING A THIN SHEET OF TANTALUM, FORMING A PLURALITY OF TANTALUM ELECTRODES FROM SAID SHEET WITH EACH ELECTRODE BEING CONNECTED TO THE REMAINING BODY PORTION OF SAID SHEET BY A NARROW NECK PORTION SO THAT THE REMAINING BODY PORTION OF THE SHEET PROVIDES A COMMON HEADER FOR ALL THE ELECTRODES FORMED THEREFROM, BENDING SAID NECK PORTIONS SO THAT ALL THE ELECTRODES ARE AT AN ANGLE WITH AT LEAST A PORTION OF SAID COMMON HEADER, SUBJECTING SAID ELECTRODES TO AN ANODIZING TREATMENT TO FORM A LAYER OF TANTALUM OXIDE ON THE SURFACE OF EACH ELECTRODE, SAID TANTALUM OXIDE FORMING A DIELECTRIC LAYER INTEGRAL WITH EACH OF SAID TANTALUM ELECTRODES, COATING SAID DIELECTRIC LAYER WITH A LAYER OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE METAL TO FORM A SECOND ELECTRODE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF SAID DIELECTRIC LAYER FROM THE TANTALUM ELECTRODE THEREBY COMPLETING A PLURALITY OF CAPACITORS, SEVERING SAID CAPACITORS FROM THE COMMON HEADER, BONDING A SEVERED CAPACITOR TO A CIRCUIT ON THE SURFACE OF AN INSULATING SUBSTRATE BY MEANS OF A CONDUCTIVE CEMENT APPLIED TO THE SURFACE OF SAID SECOND ELECTRODE OF SAID CAPACITOR, AND ENCAPSULATING SAID CAPACITOR BY COATING IT WITH AN INSULATING MATERIAL.