SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REAL TIME CONTROL OF RAPID ALTERNATING PROCESSES (RAP)

A rapid alternating process system and method of operating a rapid alternating process system includes a rapid alternating process chamber, a plurality of process gas sources coupled to the rapid alternating process chamber, wherein each one of the plurality of process gas sources includes a corresponding process gas source flow controller, a bias signal source coupled to the rapid alternating process chamber, a process gas detector coupled to the rapid alternating process chamber, a rapid alternating process chamber controller coupled to the rapid alternating process chamber, the bias signal source, the process gas detector and the plurality of process gas sources, the rapid alternating process chamber controller including logic for initiating a first rapid alternating process phase including: logic for inputting a first process gas into a rapid alternating process chamber, logic for detecting the first process gas in the rapid alternating process chamber, and logic for applying a corresponding first phase bias signal to the rapid alternating process chamber after the first process gas is detected in the rapid alternating process chamber.