Patent ID: 7771564
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: H01J,H01L

Abstract:
1. A plasma processing apparatus, equipped with a vacuum vessel and a sample table which is arranged within a processing chamber disposed inside said vacuum vessel and has a sample mounting plane on which a sample having a substrate shape is mounted, for generating plasma within said processing chamber so as to process a sample mounted on said sample mounting plane wherein said sample table includes an internal structure for performing a refrigerating cycle and in which coolant is circulated, the sample table being configured as an evaporator inside of which the coolant is evaporated to adjust a temperature of the sample table, the plasma processing apparatus further comprising: a plate member which is arranged inside said sample table and is provided on an upper surface thereof with a plurality of coolant conducting holes; a first space which is disposed within said sample table, the coolant being supplied into an inside of the first space being diffused along a plane direction of said sample and flowing out from the first space; a second space which is arranged above said plate member within said sample table, the second space including a lower height space disposed between an upper surface of the plate member and a ceiling plane of the second space arranged opposite to said sample mounting plane and a ring-shaped space disposed on an outer circumferential side of the plate member which corresponds to an outer circumferential sided space of the second space, the coolant conducting holes being disposed from the first space below the upper surface of the plate member toward the ceiling plane; and an exhaust port of the coolant arranged on a lower side of the ring-shaped space and below the upper surface of the plate member and connected to an outside of the sample table.