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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Ryo Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Yusei Kuwabara, Miyagi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plasma processing apparatus includes: a chamber; a placing table; an exhaust path provided around the placing table to surround the placing table, and configured to exhaust a gas within a processing space above the semiconductor wafer placed on the placing table; an exhaust device configured to exhaust the gas within the processing space through the exhaust path; a baffle plate having a plurality of through holes and provided between the processing space and the exhaust path to surround the placing table; and a rectifying plate provided around the placing table to surround the placing table within the exhaust path at a position farther from the processing space than the baffle plate, and forming an opening within the exhaust path to make a sectional area of a flow path within the exhaust path larger at a position farther from a position within the exhaust path connected to the exhaust device.