SHEET-TYPE TREATING DEVICE

摘要

This invention relates to a thermal processing method including: a placing step of placing an object to be processed onto a stage arranged in aprocessing container that can be vacuumed; and a heating step of heating the object to be processed to a predetermined temperature. The object to be processed is heated under a state in which a temperature distribution is maintained in such a manner that a temperature at a central portion of the object to be processed is high while a temperature at a peripheral portion of the object to be processed is low, during at least a part of the heating step.