Patent ID: 6092299
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A vacuum processing apparatus comprising:a process chamber for subjecting an object to a predetermined process in a predetermined vacuum state;a stage located in the process chamber and on which the object is placed;a lamp unit provided at a lower side of the process chamber, having a plurality of lamps as a light source and adapted to heat the object on the stage by a heat energy of light directed from these lamps to the stage for illumination;a rotation shaft connected to the lamp unit to rotate the lamp unit;a support body rotatably supporting the rotation shaft; anda thermo-module provided at a contacting area between the support body and the rotation shaft and, by absorbing heat on the rotation shaft side and dissipating the heat on the support body, transferring the heat from the lamp unit through the rotation shaft to the support body.