Patent ID: 7875158

Claim:
An electroplating apparatus for plating a workpiece having a surface to be plated using a plating solution, the electroplating apparatus comprising: a plating tank for holding the plating solution; an anode arranged in the plating tank so as to be immersed in the plating solution held in the plating tank; a holder for holding the workpiece and bringing the surface of the workpiece into contact with the plating solution held in the plating tank; a fixing plate having an opening therein, the fixing plate being arranged so as to divide an interior of the plating tank into an anode compartment accommodating the anode and a workpiece compartment accommodating the workpiece held by the holder; and a ring-shaped nozzle pipe fixed to the fixing plate in the plating tank so as to be immersed in the plating solution held in the plating tank, the nozzle pipe being shaped to extend along an outer profile of the workpiece, and having a plurality of injection nozzles for injecting the plating solution toward the surface of the workpiece held by the holder to supply the plating solution into the plating tank.