Patent ID: 7375035

Claim:
A method for interfacing host and ancillary tools, comprising: activating a control line of a host tool when a product is to be provided, wherein said product is at least one of a plurality of predetermined chemical specie; and generating and providing said at least one of the plurality of predetermined chemical specie to a process chamber when activation of said control line is detected by an ancillary tool wherein generating the at least one of the plurality of predetermined chemical specie includes: introducing a plurality of precursor materials into corresponding plasma chambers in a chemical generator in a RF ICP torch; forming ionized gas plasmas in the plasma chambers to create free radicals from the precursor materials; and wherein providing at least one of the plurality of predetermined specie to the process chamber includes: providing the created free radicals to the process chamber through a flow line; and combining the free radicals to form the at least one of the plurality of predetermined chemical specie in close proximity to a semiconductor wafer in the process chamber, the precursor materials being selected to produce the free radicals needed to form the at least one of the plurality of predetermined chemical specie.