Patent ID: 8377216

Claim:
A vacuum processing apparatus including a vacuum chamber for subjecting a wafer on which a single layer or a laminated film containing a metallic film is formed to a plasma process by using a corrosive gas, and a wet cleaning process unit for removing a residual corrosive gas component of the wafer subjected to the plasma process, comprising: a control unit configured to perform a sequence to abort the plasma process of the wafer when an abnormality occurs in the vacuum chamber, then (1) to perform a restart operation of the plasma process for the wafer subjected to the aborting of the plasma process according to an instruction from an operator or a host computer when a period between a time of the aborting of the plasma process of the wafer and a time of the performing of the restart operation of the plasma process for the wafer subjected to the aborting of the plasma process is less than a predetermined time period; or (2) when the restart operation is not performed or not successfully performed by an end of the predetermined time period, to perform transfer of the wafer subjected to the aborting of the plasma process to the wet cleaning process unit for removing the residual corrosive gas component of the wafer when the end of the predetermined time period between the time of the aborting of the plasma process of the wafer and the time of the performing of the restart operation of the plasma process for the wafer subjected to the aborting of the plasma process has been attained; wherein a length of the predetermined time period is a length of time required for preventing corrosion of the wafer subjected to the aborting of the plasma process.