Patent ID: 8795467

Claim:
A plasma processing apparatus for processing a sample which is located in a processing chamber disposed inside a vacuum vessel using a plasma generated in the processing chamber comprising: a sample stage disposed at a lower portion of the processing chamber on which the sample is located, the processing chamber including a plasma region above the sample stage; a bell jar made of an insulative material constituting an upper portion of the vacuum vessel which is disposed above the sample stage and at an upper portion of the processing chamber, the processing chamber being surrounded by the bell jar and the vacuum vessel; a coil antenna disposed outside of and around the bell jar to which electric power is supplied to generate an induction-type plasma in a plasma generating space inside of the bell jar; a Faraday shield mounted above the bell jar and disposed so as to overlap the bell jar between an external surface of the bell jar and the coil antenna, the Faraday shield being supplied with radio frequency power; a ring portion of the vacuum vessel being located below a skirt portion of the bell jar and being disposed above and surrounding the sample stage, the ring portion constituting a part of the upper portion of the vacuum vessel; and a plate member which is disposed in the processing chamber between an inner surface of the skirt of the bell jar and the plasma region, the plate member having a first part which is spaced from and covering a portion of an area of the inner surface of the skirt portion of the bell jar, the skirt portion of the bell jar being spaced from a lower end of the Faraday shield, the plate member being configured to be detachably disposed with respect to the inside of the vacuum vessel, the first part of the plate member being configured to cover the portion of the area of the inner surface of the bell jar extending from at least a lower end of the inner surface of the bell jar to an area above the lower end of the inner surface of the bell jar inside of the vacuum vessel.