Patent ID: 8106335
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: C23C,H01L,H05B

Abstract:
1. A processing apparatus for applying a process while heating an object to be processed, comprising: a processing container; a placement stage arranged in the processing container and on which said object to be processed is placed; and a plurality of heaters embedded within a single plane of the placement stage for heating said object to be processed placed by heating said placement stage, wherein said placement stage has a plurality of areas so that one of said plurality of heaters is embedded independently in each of the plurality of areas, and said heater embedded in one of adjacent areas has a part extending in the other of the adjacent areas, wherein said heater embedded in the other of the adjacent areas has a part extending in said one of the adjacent areas, and wherein at least a part of the two heaters in said adjacent areas extend by reciprocating between said adjacent areas while maintaining a positional relationship so as to be close to but not in contact with each other.