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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001179110-10-010386.txt : 20100614
<SEC-HEADER>0001179110-10-010386.hdr.sgml : 20100614
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20100614154133
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001179110-10-010386
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20100610
FILED AS OF DATE:		20100614
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100614

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000882508
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES [3674]
		IRS NUMBER:				770188504
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			CA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1277 ORLEANS DR
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089-1138
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4089904000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1277 ORLEANS DRIVE
		CITY:			SUNNYVALE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94089-1138

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SAXE TIMOTHY
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001242025

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	000-22671
		FILM NUMBER:		10894794

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		109 SYLVAN WAY
		CITY:			LOS ALTOS
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			94022
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2010-06-10</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000882508</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>QUICKLOGIC CORPORATION</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>QUIK</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001242025</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SAXE TIMOTHY</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>1277 ORLEANS DRIVE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>SUNNYVALE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>94089-1138</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; CTO</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable></nonDerivativeTable>

    <derivativeTable>
        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Stock Option</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>2.78</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2010-06-10</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2020-06-09</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common Stock</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>75000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>
    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">One-fourth of the shares subject to the option vest on the one year anniversary of the grant date and one forty-eighth of the shares vest monthly thereafter.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Suping Cheung by Power of Attorney</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2010-06-14</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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