In one aspect, the invention includes a semiconductor processing method
comprising exposing silicon, nitrogen and oxygen in gaseous form to a
high density plasma during deposition of a silicon, nitrogen and oxygen
containing solid layer over a substrate.In another aspect, the invention
includes a gate stack forming method, comprising: a) forming a
polysilicon layer over a substrate; b) forming a metal silicide layer
over the polysilicon layer; c) depositing an antireflective material
layer over the metal silicide utilizing a high density plasma; d) forming
a layer of photoresist over the antireflective material layer; e)
photolithographically patterning the layer of photoresist to form a
patterned masking layer from the layer of photoresist; and f)
transferring a pattern from the patterned masking layer to the
antireflective material layer, metal silicide layer and is polysilicon
layer to pattern the antireflective material layer, metal silicide layer
and polysilicon layer into a gate stack.