Methods for forming wordlines, transistor gates, and conductive interconnects, and wordline, transistor gate, and conductive interconnect structures

   
   

The invention encompasses stacked semiconductor devices including gate stacks, wordlines, PROMs, conductive interconnecting lines, and methods for forming such structures. In one aspect, the invention includes a method of forming a conductive line comprising: a) forming a polysilicon layer; forming a silicide layer against the polysilicon layer; b) providing a conductivity-enhancing impurity within the silicide layer; and c) providing the polysilicon layer and the silicide layer into a conductive line shape. In another aspect, the invention includes a programmable-read-only-memory device comprising: a) a first dielectric layer over a substrate; b) a floating gate over the first dielectric layer; c) a second dielectric layer over the floating gate; d) a conductive line over the second dielectric layer; and e) a metal-silicide layer over the conductive line, the metal-silicide layer comprising a Group III dopant or a Group V dopant.

 
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