Patent ID: 8652309

Claim:
A sputtering apparatus comprising a substrate holder configured to hold a substrate, a target holder configured to hold a target, and a screening member configured to screen a substrate mount region of a surface of the substrate holder on which a substrate is mounted, wherein the substrate mount region includes a first area and a second area, wherein the first area and the second area do not overlap, wherein the screening member comprises a first screening member configured to rotate about an axis in a first direction perpendicular to a surface parallel to the substrate mount region and screen at least the first area, a second screening member configured to rotate about the axis and screen at least the second area, and a rotating mechanism configured to rotate the first screening member and the second screening member, wherein the axis is located away from the substrate mount region in a direction of the surface parallel to the substrate mount region, wherein the first screening member and the second screening member are configured to be rotated by the rotating mechanism to move between a screening position at which the first screening member screens at least the first area and the second screening member screens at least the second area and a retreat position at which the first screening member and the second screening member retract from above the substrate mount region and overlap each other, wherein the first screening member is moved from the screening position to the retreat position by being rotated by the rotating mechanism about the axis through a first angle in one rotating direction, and the second screening member is moved from the screening position to the retreat position by being rotated by the rotating mechanism about the axis through a second angle smaller than the first angle in the one rotating direction, wherein the rotating mechanism includes a driving mechanism configured to rotate and drive the first screening member between the screening position and the retreat position, a regulating member configured to regulate rotation of the second screening member about the axis within a range of the second angle between the screening position and the retreat position, a member configured to apply force to the second screening member to rotate the second screening member about the axis in the first rotating direction, a first engaging member formed on the first screening member, and a second engaging member formed on the second screening member, and one of the first engaging member and the second engaging member includes a pin, and the other of the first engaging member and the second engaging member includes a hole, the pin being configured to rotate about the axis in the hole in a stopped state through an angle corresponding to a difference between the first angle and the second angle, or the hole being configured to rotate about the axis relative to the pin located in the hole and set in a stopped state through the angle corresponding to the difference.