摘要 |
A film formation apparatus includes: a film forming chamber in which a desired film is formed on a substrate in a vacuum; a loading-ejecting chamber fixed to the film forming chamber with a first opening-closing section interposed therebetween, being capable of reducing a pressure inside the loading-ejecting chamber so as to form a vacuum atmosphere; a second opening-closing section provided at a face opposite to the face of the loading-ejecting chamber on which the first opening-closing section is provided; and a carrier holding the substrate so that a film formation face of the substrate is substantially parallel to a direction of gravitational force, wherein the carrier or the substrate passes through the second opening-closing section, and is transported to the loading-ejecting chamber and is transported from the loading-ejecting chamber; a plurality of carriers is disposed in the loading-ejecting chamber in parallel to each other; the plurality of carriers is transported in parallel between the loading-ejecting chamber and the film forming chamber; and a film is simultaneously formed on a plurality of substrates that is held by the plurality of carriers in the film forming chamber.
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