Patent 7335595 was granted and assigned to Texas Instruments on February, 2008 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A silicide 160 is formed in exposed silicon on a semiconductor wafer 10 by a method that includes forming a thin interface layer 140 over the semiconductor wafer 10 and performing a first low temperature anneal to create the silicide 160. The method further includes removing an unreacted portion of the interface layer 140 and performing a second low temperature anneal to complete the formation of a low resistance silicide 160.