Adjustment of power and frequency based on three or more states

A controller system for pulsing radio frequency (RF) generators, comprising:

• a processor configured to generate a pulsed signal;
• a first controller coupled to the processor, the first controller is configured to:
• control, based on the pulsed signal, a primary RF power supply to generate a primary RF signal having a first primary quantitative level;
• control the primary RF power supply to transition the first primary quantitative level to a second primary quantitative level of the primary RF signal;
• and
• control the primary RF power supply to transition the second primary quantitative level to a third primary quantitative level of the primary RF signal, each of the first, second, and third primary quantitative level is greater than zero;
• and
• a second controller coupled to the processor, the second controller is configured to:
• control a secondary RF power supply to generate a secondary RF signal having a first secondary quantitative level;
• and
• control the secondary RF power supply to transition the first secondary quantitative level to a second secondary quantitative level of the secondary RF signal.