A solid electrolytic capacitor having significantly lowered its ESL is
provided. In solid electrolytic capacitor elements adjacent each other in
the solid electrolytic capacitor in accordance with the present
invention, their respective anodes are connected to each other by an
anode conduction path of a conduction path pair, whereas their respective
cathodes are connected to each other by a cathode conduction path of the
conduction path pair. Therefore, when electrons migrate between the solid
electrolytic capacitor elements, respective currents directed opposite
from each other flow through a pair of substantially parallel conduction
paths. Consequently, a magnetic field caused by the current flowing
through one conduction path is offset by a magnetic field caused by the
current flowing through the other conduction path, whereby both magnetic
fields cancel each other out. Hence, the solid electrolytic capacitor
lowers its ESL.