8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              Washington, D.C.  20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 Current Report

                         Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

      Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 17, 1997

                                   SAWTEK INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



                                     Florida
                          (State or other jurisdiction
                                of incorporation)


                                     0-28276
                              (Commission File No.)


                                    59-1864440
                        (IRS Employer Identification No.)

                             1818 South Highway 441
                              Apopka, Florida 32703
                    (Address of principal executive offices)


    Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (407) 886-8860








Item 5.           Other Events.

     On March 17, 1997, the shareholders of Sawtek Inc. (the "Company") voted to
amend the  Articles of  Incorporation  of the Company to increase  the number of
authorized  shares of Common Stock, par value $.0005 per share,  from 40,000,000
shares  to  120,000,000  shares.  This  amendment  was  adopted  pursuant  to  a
recommendation  by the Board of Directors to the shareholders of the Corporation
and approved by the required  majority of the shareholders on March 17, 1997, at
a  special  meeting  of the  shareholders.  


Item 7.           Financial Statements and Exhibits

         (c)      Exhibits

                  (99)     Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation of
                           Sawtek Inc. as adopted March 17, 1997


                                    SIGNATURE


                  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934,  the  registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                   SAWTEK INC.



                                   By:  /s/ Raymond A. Link
                                        Vice President Finance and
                                        Chief Financial Officer



March 24, 1997

EX-99

                                                                   EXHIBIT (99)


                            ARTICLES OF AMENDMENT TO
                          ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
                                   SAWTEK INC.


         The undersigned,  Steven P. Miller, President of Sawtek Inc., a Florida
corporation (the  "Corporation")  hereby executes the following Amendment to the
Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation:

         ARTICLE I:   Name.  The name of the Corporation is Sawtek Inc.

         ARTICLE II:  Amendment.  The  Articles  of  Incorporation  of  the
Corporation  are  hereby amended as follows:

         The first paragraph of Article IV, of the Articles of Incorporation, is
deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

         "The maximum number of shares of its common stock that the  Corporation
is authorized to have outstanding at any one time is 120,000,000 shares, $0.0005
per share par value (the "Common  Stock").  The maximum  number of shares of its
preferred  stock that the  Corporation is authorized to have  outstanding at any
time is 1,000,000 shares, $0.01 per share par value (the "Preferred Stock"). The
consideration  to be paid for each share  shall be fixed by the Board and may be
paid in whole or in part in cash or other property,  tangible or intangible,  or
in labor or services actually  performed or to be performed for the Corporation,
with a value,  in the judgment of the  directors,  equivalent to or greater than
the full value of the shares.

         ARTICLE IV: This amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted
by the Corporation on March 17, 1997,  pursuant to a recommendation by the Board
of Directors of the  Corporation  to the  shareholders  of the  Corporation  and
approval by the required  majority of the  shareholders  on March 17, 1997, at a
special meeting of the shareholders.  The number of votes cast for the amendment
by the shareholders was sufficient for approval.

         IN WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  undersigned  has executed  these Articles of
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation, this 20th day of March, 1997.

                                      SAWTEK INC.



                                       By:  /s/ Steven P. Miller
                                            President