Patent ID: 6076483
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: H01J

Abstract:
A plasma processing apparatus comprising:a processing chamber having a first electrode on which an object to be processed is mounted in a vacuum vessel;a plasma generation chamber having a second electrode arranged opposite to said first electrode in said vacuum vessel, wherein a pressure of said plasma generation chamber is higher than a pressure of said processing chamber;a partition panel provided between said processing chamber and said plasma chamber, and having a hole communicating from said plasma generation chamber to said processing chamber, wherein an outer circumference of said partition panel is attached to an inner wall of said vacuum vessel with no gap therebetween;a magnetic field generation device provided outside said vacuum vessel for generating a magnetic field within said vacuum vessel,wherein said magnetic field generation device has a plurality of permanent magnets arranged on an outer circumference of said vacuum vessel at said plasma generation chamber, said permanent magnets having the N pole arranged at the second electrode side and the S pole arranged at the first electrode side.