As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 11, 2011

Registration  No. 333-143030

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1

ON

FORM S-3

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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JAZZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	3674	20-3320580
(State or Other Jurisdiction of	(Primary Standard Industrial	(I.R.S. Employer
Incorporation or Organization)	Classification Code Number)	Identification No.)

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4321 Jamboree Road

Newport Beach, California  92660

(949) 435-8000

(Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Registrant’s Principal Executive Offices)

Susanna H. Bennett

Chief Financial Officer

Jazz Technologies, Inc.

4321 Jamboree Road

Newport Beach, California  92660

(949) 435-8000

(Name, Address, Including Zip Code, and Telephone Number, Including Area Code, of Agent for Service)

With  copies to:
Allen R. Grogan, Esq.	Sheldon Krause, Esq.
Jazz Technologies, Inc.	Eilenberg  & Krause  LLP
4321 Jamboree Road	11 East 44th Street , 19th Floor
Newport Beach, California  92660	New York, New York 10017
(949) 435-8000	(212) 986-9700

Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale of the securities to the public: Not applicable.

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Large accelerated filer o Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer x Smaller reporting company o

DEREGISTRATION OF SECURITIES

On May 16, 2007, Jazz Technologies, Inc. (the “Registrant”) filed a registration statement on Form S-3 (No. 333-143030) (the “Registration Statement”), which registered notes and shares of its common stock underlying such notes for resale by the selling security holders named therein. The Registrant’s contractual obligation to maintain the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has terminated. Pursuant to the undertaking contained in the Registration Statement, the Registrant is filing this post-effective amendment to deregister and remove from registration all securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement that remain unsold as of the date this post-effective amendment is filed.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-3 and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 on Form S-3 to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Newport Beach, State of California, on this 11th day of November, 2011.

JAZZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
By:	/s/ Susanna Bennett
	Susanna Bennett
	Chief Financial Officer