Patent ID: 8110045

Claim:
A processing equipment for an object to be processed, comprising: a process container having an evacuable inner space; a gas introducing unit for introducing a gas into the process container; a supporting table provided in the process container; a ring-shaped supporting part provided on the supporting table; a mounting plate for mounting thereon the object to be processed and supported by the supporting part; a plurality of peltier elements provided on a top surface of the supporting table at an inner side of the supporting part; and an element accommodating space evacuating unit for evacuating an inside of an element accommodating space formed between a bottom surface of the mounting plate, which is supported by the supporting part, the top surface of the supporting table, and the supporting part, wherein a mounting surface of the supporting part has a height slightly higher than a height of uppermost surfaces of the peltier elements to form a gap between the uppermost surfaces of the peltier elements and the bottom surface of the mounting plate, and wherein the gap is reduced by the element accommodating space evacuating unit so that the peltier elements are in direct contact with the mounting plate during a processing.