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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2005
Filed:
May. 16, 2001
Shigeru Senzaki, Miyagi, JP;
Toshiki Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Tadashi Aoto, Miyagi, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagayama, Yamanashi, JP;
Kouji Mitsuhashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Shigeru Senzaki, Miyagi, JP;
Toshiki Sasaki, Miyagi, JP;
Tadashi Aoto, Miyagi, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagayama, Yamanashi, JP;
Kouji Mitsuhashi, Yamanashi, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A processing device in which maintenance can be easily carried out and a burden on a worker can be reduced, and a method of maintaining the device are provided. An upper electrode unitstructuring a ceiling portion of a processing chamberof an etching deviceis structured from a lower assemblyat a processing chamberside including an upper electrode, and an upper assemblyat a power supply side including an electro-body. A lock mechanismis released, and after the upper assemblyis independently raised and removed by a lift mechanism, maintenance of the upper assemblyand/or the lower assemblyis carried out. The lock mechanismis locked, and after the upper and lower assembliesare integrally raised and removed by the lift mechanism, maintenance of an interior of the processing chamberis carried out.