Tokyo Seimitsu Co., Ltd.

Kelk Ltd.

Takashi Motoyama

Atsushi Kobayashi

Takenori Takahashi

Wataru Omuro

A temperature control device for a semiconductor wafer includes a placement part having a placement surface on which a semiconductor wafer is placed and having a plurality of regions in which the placement surface is partitioned in a plan view, a temperature adjustment part configured to independently adjust a temperature of the placement part for each of the plurality of regions, a plurality of temperature detection parts provided in at least one of the plurality of regions and configured to detect a temperature of the region of which the temperature has been adjusted by the temperature adjustment part, and a control part configured to monitor detection temperatures of the plurality of temperature detection parts, to select one having a large temperature change per unit time among a plurality of monitored detection temperatures, and to control the temperature adjustment part based on the selected detection temperature.

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Hachioji, Japan

Takashi Motoyama