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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 25, 2023
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2014
Hitachi High-technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Akitaka Makino, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuumi Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yusaku Sakka, Tokyo, JP;
HITACHI HIGH-TECH CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A vacuum processing apparatus that can excellently perform uniform processing and can efficiently perform regular maintenance and occasional maintenance even in the case where the diameter of a workpiece is increased. A vacuum processing apparatus having a vacuum transport chamber includes: a lower container in a cylindrical shape; a sample stage unit including a sample stage and a ring-shaped sample stage base having a support beam disposed in axial symmetry with respect to the center axis of the sample stage; an upper container in a cylindrical shape; and a moving unit that is fixed to the sample stage base and moves the sample stage unit in the vertical direction and in the horizontal direction.