Patent attributes
A bonding apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a first holder and a second holder. The first holder holds a first substrate. The second holder includes a plurality of suction portions that suck a second substrate and that are arranged on concentric circles about a center of the second substrate substantially evenly. The second holder bonds the second substrate to the first substrate while opposing the second substrate to the first substrate. A first gas supply portion has a plurality of first gas supply ports to supply gas toward a bonding position between the first substrate and the second substrate. The first gas supply ports are provided to correspond to at least a part of outermost suction portions that are farthest ones of the suction portions from a center of the second holder, and are concentrically arranged on a circle about the center substantially evenly.