The invention provides an electrostatic chuck in which a
workpiece-chucking surface is made flat. An electrostatic chuck with a
built-in electric heating means comprises a base plate formed of carbon
or a carbon-based composite material and, successively formed on one
surface of the base plate, an insulating layer (a1), an electroconductive
layer (a2) to serve as a chucking electrode and an dielectric layer (a3)
to form a workpiece-chucking surface and, successively formed on the
other surface of the base plate, an insulating layer (b1) and an
electroconductive layer (b2) to serve as an electric heater element, the
electrostatic chuck improved in that the workpiece-chucking surface of
the electrostatic chuck and an opposite surface thereof are warped to
have a relationship selected from concavo-convex and convexo-concave, and
in that the warping of the surfaces is in a manner such that the
workpiece-chucking surface of the dielectric layer is rendered flat when
the opposite surface of the electrostatic chuck is fastened to a machine.