Patent ID: 7335277
Filing Date: 2008-02-26
Classification: H01L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A vacuum processing apparatus comprising: two vacuum processing chambers disposed adjacent one another, each of the two vacuum processing chambers being respectively detachably connected to the vacuum processing apparatus, the two adjacent vacuum processing chambers being supplied with a processing gas to generate plasma utilized for processing a wafer disposed therein; and plural controllers which control the supply of the processing gas directly into each of the two adjacent vacuum processing chambers so as to enable processing of the wafer disposed therein, the plural controllers being disposed between side wall portions of the two adjacent vacuum processing chambers; wherein the plural controllers are disposed adjacent one another in a vertical direction, one of the plural controllers directly supplying gas to one of the two adjacent vacuum processing chambers and the other of the plural controllers directly supplying gas to the other of the two adjacent vacuum processing chambers, and the plural controllers are detachable from the vacuum processing apparatus as one unit.