摘要 |
A plasma processing apparatus of the present invention includes a matching circuit for impedance matching between a radio-frequency generator and a plasma processing chamber, and one or a plurality of impedance converting circuits provided between the matching circuit and the radio-frequency generator. The impedance converting circuit converts an impedance to decrease a difference in impedance to be matched by the matching circuit, thereby decreasing a change in the output impedance with a moving amount of a capacitance control of one of variable passive elements of the matching circuit, such as a load capacitor and a tuning capacitor. Therefore, a change in the impedance of the plasma processing chamber can be finely controlled.
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