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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Caizhong Tian, Amagasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Nishizuka, Amagasaki, JP;
Kiyotaka Ishibashi, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshihisa Nozawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Caizhong Tian, Amagasaki, JP;
Tetsuya Nishizuka, Amagasaki, JP;
Kiyotaka Ishibashi, Amagasaki, JP;
Toshihisa Nozawa, Amagasaki, JP;
Tokyo Electron Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A ceiling plate provided at a ceiling portion of a process chamber that may be evacuated to a vacuum is disclosed. The ceiling plate allows microwaves emitted from a slot of a planar antenna member provided along with the ceiling plate to pass through the ceiling plate into the process chamber, and includes plural concave portions provided along a circle on a surface of the ceiling plate, the surface facing toward an inside of the process chamber.