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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2004
Yuuzou Oohirabaru, Kudamatsu, JP;
Akira Ueda, Kudamatsu, JP;
Yuuzou Oohirabaru, Kudamatsu, JP;
Akira Ueda, Kudamatsu, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a vacuum processing apparatus which is small-sized and requires a small installation area. The vacuum processing apparatus includes a vacuum container which has a processing chamber inside thereof, wherein the pressure inside the processing chamber is reduced and plasma used for processing a sample is formed inside the processing chamber, a bed portion which is arranged below the vacuum container and stores a device for supplying electricity and electric signals used for processing inside the vacuum container, and a transport chamber which is connected with the vacuum container and includes a transport device for transporting the sample inside thereof. The vacuum processing apparatus further includes a connector portion which is mounted on the bed portion in a state that the connector portion faces a lower portion of the transport chamber, wherein the bed portion is configured to be detachably mounted on the vacuum processing apparatus in a state that the bed portion performs the connection and the disconnection at the connector portion.