least a portion of the conductive powder element and the wire extending from the conductive powder element a first terminal is formed on the surface mount chip capacitor at the first end surface of the wire and a second terminal is formed by being electrically connected to the conductive powder element the surface mount melf capacitor of the present invention is created by methods which include the steps of providing a wire and placing conductive powder upon the wire an embodiment of the present invention feeds the wire in a reel to reel system and electrophoretically deposits the conductive powder element upon the wire application_number US 79213804 A description the present invention will be described as it applies to the preferred embodiment it is not intended that the present invention be limited to the described embodiment it is intended that the invention cover all alternatives modifications and equivalencies which may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention fig1 shows a typical prior art capacitor 10 capacitors are used in many types of electronic devices the more popular uses for capacitors are in personal computers disk drives cellular phones printers hand held pagers automobiles and in military equipment the capacitor 10 as shown.