Patent ID: 7976632

Claim:
A vacuum processing apparatus comprising: an outer chamber member comprising a vacuum container; an inner chamber member comprising an inner chamber to which a process gas is supplied and in which a plasma used for processing a wafer is generated, the inner chamber member being detachably disposed inside of the outer chamber member; a wafer holder having an upper surface on which the wafer is located, the wafer holder being disposed inside and supported at a predetermined position at a center portion of the inner chamber; a gate disposed on a sidewall of the inner chamber member at a position above a position of the upper surface of the wafer holder, the gate enabling the wafer to be transferred into and out of the inner chamber; an exhausting opening disposed at a center portion of a bottom portion of the inner chamber member which is below the wafer holder and through which the inside of the inner chamber is exhausted; an exhausting device disposed below the wafer holder at a position lower than the outer chamber member, the exhausting device being connected to the exhausting opening and enabling exhausting of the inside of the inner chamber; at least one support beam disposed inside of the inner chamber at a position away from the wafer holder, the support beam extending horizontally from the position toward the wafer holder so as to enable connection with and support of the wafer holder at the predetermined position in the inner chamber; at least one hanging beam disposed at a position in a space between the outer chamber member and the inner chamber member and extended from a position above the gate downwardly so as to be connected to the at least one support beam at the position of the at least one support beam away from the wafer holder, the at least one hanging beam hanging and holding the wafer holder from the position inside of the outer chamber member; and a supply pipe disposed inside of the at least one support beam and the at least one hanging beam so as to supply fluid to the wafer holder; wherein a block which includes the wafer holder, the at least one hanging beam and the at least one support beam is configured so as to enable the block to be taken out of the outer chamber; and wherein the inner chamber member includes a first member which is at least partially disposed above the at least one support beam and surrounds the wafer holder at a position inside of the at least one hanging beam, and a second member disposed below the at least one support beam, each of the first member and the second member being detachable from each other and from the outer chamber so that the second member remains within the outer chamber when the block and the first member are taken out of the outer chamber.