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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2019
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Manabu Nakagawasai, Tokyo, JP;
Naoyuki Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Orimoto, Yamanashi, JP;
Hiroyuki Yokohara, Yamanashi, JP;
Motoi Yamagata, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Maeda, Yamanashi, JP;
TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A stage device includes a stage configured to hold a target substrate in a vacuum chamber, a cold heat transfer body fixedly disposed below a bottom surface of the stage with a gap between the stage and the cold heat transfer body and cooled to an extremely low temperature by a chiller disposed below the cold heat transfer body, and cooling fluid supplied to the gap to transfer cold heat of the cold heat transfer body to the stage. The stage device further includes a stage support configured to rotatably support the stage and formed in a cylindrical shape to surround an upper part of the cold heat transfer body wherein the stage support has a vacuum insulation structure, and a rotation part configured to support the stage support and rotated by a driving mechanism while being sealed with magnetic fluid.