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Abstract

The invention includes a method of forming a semiconductor construction. A metal-rich metal suicide layer is formed on a silicon-comprising substrate, and a metal nitride layer is formed on the metal-rich metal silicide layer. The metal-rich metal silicide layer and metal nitride layer are thermally processed to convert some of the metal-rich metal silicide into a stoichiometric metal silicide region. The thermal processing also drives nitrogen from the metal nitride layer into the metal-rich metal silicide layer to convert some of the metal-rich metal silicide layer into a region comprising metal, silicon and nitrogen. The invention also includes semiconductor constructions comprising a layer of MSi.sub.2 and a layer of MSi.sub.q N.sub.r, where M is Ta, W or Mo, and both q and r are greater than 0 and less than 2.

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