Patent ID: 8147664

Claim:
A sputtering apparatus comprising: a target holder which is placed in a vacuum vessel and can hold a target configured to deposit a film on a substrate; a substrate holder which can mount the substrate; a first shield member which is disposed in a vicinity of said substrate holder, and configured to form a closed state in which said substrate holder and said target holder are shielded from each other, or an open state in which said substrate holder and said target holder are opened to each other; a first opening/closing driving unit adapted to open/close said first shield member to enter the open state or the closed state; a second shield member, having an annular-shape, disposed on a surface of said substrate holder and an outer peripheral portion of the substrate; and a driving unit adapted to move said substrate holder in order to bring said substrate holder, on which said second shield member is disposed, close to said first shield member in the closed state, wherein said first shield member has at least one annular-shaped, first protruding portion formed thereon to extend in a direction of said second shield member, said second shield member has at least one annular-shaped, second protruding portion formed thereon to extend in a direction of said first shield member, and the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion fit together in a non-contact state at a position up to which said driving unit brings said substrate holder close to said first shield member.