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 31, 2011

ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES

INCORPORATED

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	000-51349	77-0462930
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)

3230 Scott Boulevard

Santa Clara, CA 95054

(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)

(408) 737-4600

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On April 7, 2011, Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated issued a press release announcing that on March 31, 2011 it entered into a settlement agreement with Linear Technology Corporation that will end the litigation between the two companies and settle an enforcement proceeding in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit entitled Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. v. International Trade Commission, Case No. 2010-1543 and an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entitled Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. v. Linear Technology Corp., Case No. C06-0735 (N.D. Cal.). Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

The above-referenced press release is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release issued by Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated on April 7, 2011 announcing the resolution of litigation with Linear Technology Corporation

SIGNATURES

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 hereunto duly authorized.

ADVANCED ANALOGIC TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED
By:	/s/ Ashok Chandran
	Ashok Chandran
	Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer and interim Chief Financial Officer

Date: April 7, 2011

EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit Number	Description
99.1	Press release issued by Advanced Analogic Technologies Incorporated on April 7, 2011 announcing the resolution of litigation with Linear Technology Corporation

EX-99.1

Exhibit 99.1

AnalogicTech Announces Resolution of Litigation

Santa Clara, CA – April 7, 2011 – Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: AATI), today announced that it has entered into a settlement agreement with Linear Technology Corporation that will end the litigation between the two companies and settle an enforcement proceeding in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit entitled Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. v. International Trade Commission (Case No. 2010-1543) and an action in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California entitled Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. v. Linear Technology Corp., (Case No. C06-0735, N.D. Cal.). Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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For More Information

Investor Contacts:

Lisa Laukkanen

The Blueshirt Group

415-217-4967

About Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc.:

Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. (AATI) develops advanced semiconductor system solutions that play a key role in the continuing evolution of feature-rich, energy efficient electronic devices. The company focuses on addressing the application-specific power management needs of consumer devices such as mobile handsets, digital cameras, and netbooks/notebooks, as well as devices in a broad range of industrial, medical and telecom applications. AATI also licenses device, process, package, and application-related technologies. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, AATI has design centers in Santa Clara and Shanghai, and

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Asia-based operations and logistics. For more information, please visit www.analogictech.com. (AnalogicTech - F)

“Safe Harbor” Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

Statements contained in this release that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements, as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements, including financial projections and forecasts, involve risks and uncertainties that could cause AnalogicTech’s actual results to differ materially from our current expectations. Factors that could cause AnalogicTech’s results to differ materially from those set forth in these forward-looking statements include customers’ cancellation or modification of their orders; our failure to accurately forecast demand for our products; the loss of, or a significant reduction in orders from, any of our significant customers; consumer demand for cellular phones and other mobile consumer electronic devices; worldwide economic and political conditions, particularly in Asia; our ability to manage inventory levels, fluctuations in our operating results; our inability to develop and sell new products; defects in or failures of our products; the expense and uncertainty involved in our customer design-win efforts; the financial viability of the distributors of our products; fluctuations in our costs to manufacture our products; our reliance on third parties to manufacture, test, assemble and ship our products; our ability to retain and attract key personnel; our ability to compete with our competitors; and our ability to protect our intellectual property rights and not infringe the intellectual property rights of others. Other factors that may cause our actual results to differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements contained in this press release and that may affect our prospects in general are described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. AnalogicTech undertakes no obligation to update or revise forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or changed assumptions or circumstances.

AnalogicTech and the AnalogicTech logo are trademarks of Advanced Analogic Technologies, Inc. All other brand and product names appearing in this document are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders.

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