Heating device

A heating device for heating an object, comprising:

• a holding member in a shape of a plate with first and second surfaces orthogonal to a first direction, the object held on the first surface of the holding member;
• a columnar support member having a columnar shape extending in the first direction, the columnar support member joined to the second surface of the holding member;
• a first resistive heating element disposed within the holding member throughout a first region of the holding member that, as viewed from the first direction, overlaps the columnar support member and a second region of the holding member that, as viewed from the first direction, is located around an outer periphery of the first region and that does not overlap the columnar support member;
• a second resistive heating element disposed within the holding member throughout the first region of the holding member, the second region of the holding member, and a third region of the holding member that, as viewed from the first direction, is located around an outer periphery of the second region;
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• a third resistive heating element disposed within the holding member at a position in the first direction the same as a position of the first resistive heating element and disposed in only the third region of the holding member;
• wherein the second resistive heating element is disposed in the first direction closer to the first surface than the first resistive heating element or the second resistive heating element is disposed in the first direction farther away from the first surface than the first resistive heating element,
• wherein an amount of heat generated by the first resistive heating element per unit area of the first region is the same as an amount of heat generated by the first resistive heating element per unit area of the second region, and
• wherein an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the first region is larger than an amount of heat generated by the second resistive heating element per unit area of the second region and the third region.