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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2009
Ryouta Kitani, Hikari, JP;
Nobuhide Nunomura, Hikari, JP;
Yasukiyo Morioka, Kudamatsu, JP;
Motohiko Yoshigai, Hikari, JP;
Ryouta Kitani, Hikari, JP;
Nobuhide Nunomura, Hikari, JP;
Yasukiyo Morioka, Kudamatsu, JP;
Motohiko Yoshigai, Hikari, JP;
Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A plasma processing apparatus for processing a subject placed on a subject stage disposed in a processing chamber in a vacuum vessel, by using plasma formed in said processing chamber, includes: an exhaust space communicating with the processing chamber, extending in a horizontal direction, and exhausting gas in the processing chamber; an exhaust port communicating with the exhaust space, the gas being exhausted via the exhaust port; a pump disposed communicating with the exhaust port and exhausting the gas; and a plate member disposed in the exhaust space between a connection portion to the processing chamber and the exhaust port, extending along a direction connecting the connection portion and the exhaust port, and disposed outside a view angle from an upper surface of the subject stage.