10-Q

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 10-Q

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x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended October 1, 2011

OR

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from              to             

Commission File Number 0-22660

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TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

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Delaware	95-3654013
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2300 N.E. Brookwood Parkway,

Hillsboro, Oregon 97124

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(503) 615-9000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes x    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes x    No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer	x	Accelerated filer	o
Non-accelerated filer	o (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)	Smaller reporting company	o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes o    No x

As of November 1, 2011, there were 166,227,235 shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding.

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

INDEX

	PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Item 1.	Financial Statements (Unaudited)
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010	1
	Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets at October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010	2
	Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010	3
	Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements	4
Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	14
Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	21
Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	21
	PART II. OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	21
Item 1A.	Risk Factors	22
Item 6.	Exhibits	23

Part I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except per share data)

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010			October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
Revenues	$	215,988		$	236,998		$	669,096		$	625,314
Cost of goods sold	140,632			139,039			414,204			373,373
Gross profit	75,356			97,959			254,892			251,941
Operating expenses:
Research, development and engineering	36,479			32,978			110,910			96,397
Selling, general and administrative	22,799			23,308			73,415			71,594
Litigation expense	4,058			2,807			16,968			5,133
Total operating expenses	63,336			59,093			201,293			173,124
Income from operations	12,020			38,866			53,599			78,817
Other (expense) income:
Interest income	40			85			249			308
Interest expense	(367		)	(189		)	(1,107		)	(559		)
Foreign currency loss	(309		)	(202		)	(278		)	(411		)
Recovery of investment	360			—			867			—
Other, net	7			248			101			316
Total other (expense) income, net	(269		)	(58		)	(168		)	(346		)
Income before income tax	11,751			38,808			53,431			78,471
Income tax (benefit) expense	(3,087		)	(73,367		)	9,589			(69,872		)
Net income	$	14,838		$	112,175		$	43,842		$	148,343
Net income per common share:
Basic	$	0.09		$	0.72		$	0.27		$	0.96
Diluted	$	0.09		$	0.69		$	0.25		$	0.92
Common equivalent shares:
Basic	164,812			155,734			163,773			154,737
Diluted	171,027			162,653			173,082			161,146

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands, except share and per share data)

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
ASSETS
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	113,680	$	192,464
Investments in marketable securities	33,544		31,192
Accounts receivable, net	140,144		138,989
Inventories	159,330		101,457
Prepaid expenses	8,330		7,270
Deferred tax assets, net	28,044		42,327
Other current assets	36,477		32,772
Total current assets	519,549		546,471
Property, plant and equipment, net	451,642		352,188
Goodwill	3,376		3,376
Intangible assets, net	24,279		27,421
Deferred tax assets – noncurrent, net	35,881		32,655
Other noncurrent assets, net	20,477		15,991
Total assets	$	1,055,204	$	978,102
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	78,090	$	79,154
Accrued payroll	31,432		35,965
Other accrued liabilities	11,731		12,128
Total current liabilities	121,253		127,247
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term income tax liability	2,183		7,350
Other long-term liabilities	10,096		9,486
Total liabilities	133,532		144,083
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders’ equity:
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued	—		—
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 164,892,611 and 161,463,280 shares issued and outstanding at October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	165		161
Additional paid-in capital	666,770		622,958
Accumulated other comprehensive income	475		480
Retained earnings	254,262		210,420
Total stockholders’ equity	921,672		834,019
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$	1,055,204	$	978,102

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(Unaudited)

(In thousands)

	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$	43,842		$	148,343
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	48,114			40,373
Stock-based compensation charges	18,342			12,939
Change in deferred income taxes	11,057			(71,440		)
Other	(991		)	23
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(1,155		)	(53,705		)
Inventories	(57,024		)	(13,201		)
Other assets	(5,071		)	(8,202		)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(2,527		)	18,969
Net cash provided by operating activities	54,587			74,099
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale investments	(45,877		)	(50,076		)
Maturity/sale of available-for-sale investments	43,525			56,299
Other	117			1,345
Capital expenditures	(159,859		)	(63,028		)
Net cash used in investing activities	(162,094		)	(55,460		)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Subscription/issuance of common stock, net	28,010			20,064
Loan commitment fees	—			(1,638		)
Excess tax benefit from stock-based compensation arrangements	713			2,398
Net cash provided by financing activities	28,723			20,824
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(78,784		)	39,463
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	192,464			103,579
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	$	113,680		$	143,042
Supplemental disclosures:
Change in timing of payments related to capital expenditures	$	(15,946	)	$	7,074
Cash paid for income taxes	$	2,828		$	538

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

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TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

(Unaudited)

1. Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period balances in order to conform to the current period presentation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. For TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (the “Company”), the accounting estimates requiring management’s most difficult and subjective judgments include revenue recognition, the valuation of inventory, the accounting for income taxes and the accounting for stock-based compensation. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all material adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, included in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2011.

2. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") with regard to the "Presentation of Comprehensive Income." The update is intended to increase the prominence of other comprehensive income in financial statements. The main provisions of the update provide that an entity that reports items of other comprehensive income has the option to present comprehensive income in either one or two consecutive financial statements. A single statement must present the components of net income and total net income, the components of other comprehensive income and total other comprehensive income, and a total for comprehensive income. In a two-statement approach, an entity must present the components of net income and total net income in the first statement. That statement must be immediately followed by a financial statement that presents the components of other comprehensive income, a total for other comprehensive income, and a total for comprehensive income. The option in current GAAP that permits the presentation of other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity has been eliminated. The amendments in this update will be applied retrospectively. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. While the Company is still evaluating the impact of this standard, the Company does not believe that its adoption will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, once adopted, the standard will change the presentation of the income statement.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an ASU with regard to "Testing for Goodwill Impairment." The update is intended to simplify how entities test goodwill for impairment. The amendments in the ASU permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described under current guidance. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test. The ASU is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. While the Company is still evaluating the impact of this standard, the Company does not believe that its adoption will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company accounts for its assets utilizing a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair-value hierarchy:

• Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

• Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

• Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

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							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				October 1, 2011
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	91,101		91,101		—		50,930		40,171		—
Short-term—marketable securities	33,544		33,544		—		6,232		27,312		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	150,505	$	150,505	$	22,579	$	60,443	$	67,483	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	769	$	769	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	769
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	4,050	$	4,050	$	—	$	3,281	$	—	$	769
							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				December 31, 2010
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	120,042		120,042		—		120,042		—		—
Short-term—marketable securities	31,192		31,192		—		4,822		26,370		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	226,627	$	226,627	$	72,422	$	127,835	$	26,370	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	1,365	$	1,365	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,365
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	4,336	$	4,336	$	—	$	2,971	$	—	$	1,365

The instruments classified as Level 1 are measured at fair value using quoted market prices. The investments classified as Level 2 were valued using quoted prices for similar instruments in markets that are not active since identical instruments were not available. The Company determines the hierarchy levels at the end of each quarter.

The non-qualified deferred compensation plan provides eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The Company includes the asset deferred by the participants in the “Other noncurrent assets, net” line item of its consolidated balance sheets and the Company’s obligation to deliver the deferred compensation in the “Other long-term liabilities” line item on its consolidated balance sheets.

During the nine months ended October 1, 2011, the Company remeasured the fair value of the Level 3 earnout payment liability and revised its estimate due to the low probability of achieving the 2011 earnout target. The change in estimate resulted in a reduction in the liability of $681, which was recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses and is included in the statement of cash flows as "other" in the cash flows from operating activities. The Company used an income based method to measure the fair value of this liability.

The earnout payment liability resulted from the acquisition of TriAccess Technologies, Inc. ("TA") on September 3, 2009 and represents an initial obligation to pay up to $5,000 to the former TA shareholders over three years. Since acquisition, the initial obligation has been reduced to a remaining amount of up to $1,000.

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Ending earnout payment liability at December 31, 2010	$	1,365
Accretion	85
Change in estimate	(681		)
Ending earnout payment liability at October 1, 2011	$	769

4. Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

As of October 1, 2011 all short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale and have maturity dates of less than one year. All unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments are included in other comprehensive income. The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at October 1, 2011 consisted of the following:

At October 1, 2011	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
Corporate debt securities	$	29,273	$	—	$	—		$	29,273
Money market funds and other	46,930		—		—			46,930
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,900		—		(2		)	10,898
U.S. treasury securities	4,000		—		—			4,000
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
Municipal notes	9,295		—		—			9,295
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,001		—		(1		)	10,000
U.S. treasury securities	6,024		2		—			6,026
Corporate debt securities	8,018		—		(1		)	8,017
Certificates of deposit	206		—		—			206
	$	124,647	$	2	$	(4	)	$	124,645

The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at December 31, 2010 consisted of the following:

At December 31, 2010	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
U.S. treasury securities	$	5,500	$	—	$	—		$	5,500
Certificates of deposit	325		—		—			325
Money market funds and other	114,217		—		—			114,217
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	3,115		—		(2		)	3,113
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	26,366		4		—			26,370
Certificate of deposits	1,709		—		—			1,709
	$	151,232	$	4	$	(2	)	$	151,234

The contractual maturities of investments as of October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were all due or callable in one year or less.

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Investments are considered to be impaired when a decline in fair value is judged to be other-than-temporary. The Company employs a methodology that reviews specific securities in evaluating potential impairment of its investments. In the event that the cost of an investment exceeds its fair value, the Company evaluates, among other factors, the Company’s intent and ability to hold the investment and extent to which the fair value is less than cost; the financial health of and business outlook for the issuer; and operational and financing cash flow factors. At October 1, 2011, all unrealized holding losses were considered to be temporary as the Company has the ability and intent to hold the investments until a recovery of fair value. During the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 the Company did not record any other-than-temporary impairments on its marketable securities.

5. Business Combinations

WJ Communications, Inc. (“WJ”)

As part of its acquisition of WJ, the Company committed to a restructuring plan to consolidate facilities in San Jose, California and China and to reduce certain redundant positions in the WJ operations as a result of the acquisition. All payments related to this restructuring were completed during the nine months ended October 1, 2011.

The following table summarizes the payments made as part of the restructuring plan during the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Lease abandonment costs			Total
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	1,118		$	1,118
Payments	(1,118		)	(1,118		)
Balance at October 1, 2011	$	—		$	—

6. Net Income Per Share

Net income per share is presented as basic and diluted net income per share. Basic net income per share is net income available to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share is similar to basic net income per share, except that the denominator includes potential common shares that, had they been issued, would have had a dilutive effect.

The following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted shares:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Net income (in thousands):	$	14,838	$	112,175	$	43,842	$	148,343
Shares for net income per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Basic	164,812		155,734		163,773		154,737
Dilutive securities	6,215		6,919		9,309		6,409
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Diluted	171,027		162,653		173,082		161,146

The following options were excluded from the calculation as their effect would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Antidilutive securities	13,465	13,254	4,837	14,686

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7. Comprehensive Income

The components of other comprehensive income were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010			October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
Net income	$	14,838		$	112,175		$	43,842		$	148,343
Other comprehensive loss:
Net unrealized loss on available for sale investments	(4		)	(3		)	(5		)	(6		)
Comprehensive income	$	14,834		$	112,172		$	43,837		$	148,337

8. Inventories

Inventories, stated at the lower of cost or market, consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	39,484	$	23,668
Work-in-process	74,800		56,998
Finished goods	45,046		20,791
Total inventories	$	159,330	$	101,457

9. Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
Land	$	19,691		$	19,691
Buildings	92,935			92,769
Building and leasehold improvements	17,646			13,403
Machinery and equipment	515,068			446,805
Furniture and fixtures	6,373			6,120
Computer equipment and software	44,892			38,849
Assets in process	152,111			92,367
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	848,716			710,004
Accumulated depreciation	(397,074		)	(357,816		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	451,642		$	352,188

The Company reported depreciation expense as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Depreciation expense	$	15,537	$	12,306	$	43,558	$	35,934

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10. Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets

The Company is required to perform an impairment analysis on its goodwill at least annually, or when events and circumstances warrant. Conditions that would trigger an impairment assessment, include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset or an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. The Company is considered one reporting unit. As a result, to determine whether or not goodwill may be impaired, the Company compares its book value to its market capitalization. If the trading price of the Company’s common stock as adjusted for factors such as a control premium, is below the book value per share at the date of the annual impairment test or if the average trading price of the Company’s common stock is below book value per share for a sustained period, a goodwill impairment test will be performed by comparing book value to estimated market value. If the comparison of book value to estimated market value indicates impairment, then the Company compares the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying amount in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for a business combination. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to that excess.

Unless indicators warrant testing at an earlier date, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of each year. During the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011, there were no impairments recorded or impairment indicators present.

Information regarding the Company’s acquisition-related intangible assets is as follows:

		October 1, 2011							December 31, 2010
	Useful Life (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Goodwill		$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376	$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376
Amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development	3-5	850		(211		)	639		600		(50		)	550
Patents, trademarks and other	2-15	49,653		(26,942		)	22,711		48,053		(22,547		)	25,506
		50,503		(27,153		)	23,350		48,653		(22,597		)	26,056
Non-amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development		929		—			929		1,365		—			1,365
Total intangible assets		51,432		(27,153		)	24,279		50,018		(22,597		)	27,421
Total goodwill and intangible assets		$	54,808	$	(27,153	)	$	27,655	$	53,394	$	(22,597	)	$	30,797

Amortization expense related to intangible assets is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Amortization expense	$	1,548	$	1,460	$	4,556	$	4,439

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The changes in the gross carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets are as follows:

	Goodwill and Intangible Assets
	Goodwill		In process research and development- non-amortizing			In process research and development- amortizing		Patents, trademarks and other		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	3,376	$	1,365		$	600	$	48,053	$	53,394
Additions (deductions) during the period	—		(436		)	250		1,600		1,414
Balance as of October 1, 2011	$	3,376	$	929		$	850	$	49,653	$	54,808

The Company’s patents, trademarks and other intangible assets are being amortized over a period of two to fifteen years. During the nine months ended October 1, 2011 a product line that was included in non-amortizing in process research and development ("IPR&D") reached technological feasibility. As a result, the Company transferred $250 to amortizing IPR&D and began amortizing this amount over a period of 3 years. During the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010, no product line reached technological feasibility.

The Company abandoned and wrote off one product line that was included in IPR&D of $186 during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011. The Company incurred a charge of $38 for the write off of a product line during the nine months ended October 2, 2010. There were no similar charges during the three months ended October 2, 2010.

The Company purchased patents for $1,600 during the nine months ended October 1, 2011 that will be amortized over a period of eleven years. The Company did not have a similar acquisition during the nine months ended October 2, 2010.

11. Bank Line

On September 30, 2010, the Company, the domestic subsidiaries of the Company (the “Guarantors”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Union Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of the West, BBVA Compass Bank and US Bank, as lenders (together with the administrative agent, the “Lenders”), entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides the Company with a three-year unsecured revolving syndicated credit facility of $200,000 maturing on September 30, 2013. On August 24, 2011, the Company extended, with Lender's consent, the maturity date to September 30, 2014. The Company’s obligations under the Agreement are jointly and severally guaranteed by the Guarantors. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default specified in the Agreement, amounts due under the Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable.

The Company may elect to borrow at either a Eurodollar Rate or a Base Rate (each as defined in the Agreement). Eurodollar Rate loans bear interest at an amount equal to the sum of a rate per annum calculated from the British Bankers Association London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a designated percentage per annum (the “Applicable Rate”). The Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate loans is based on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio (as defined in the Agreement) and is subject to a floor of 2.50% per annum and a cap of 3.00% per annum. Base Rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, the prime rate of the Lender plus the Applicable Rate or the Eurodollar Base Rate plus 1.0%. The Applicable Rate for Base Rate loans is subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum and a cap of 2.00% per annum. The interest payment date (as defined in the Agreement) will vary based on the type of loan but generally will be quarterly. The Company paid commitment fees, an arrangement fee, upfront fees and a renewal fee pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. The Company will also pay a quarterly fee for any letters of credit issued under the Agreement. The initial fees associated with the Agreement were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense using the straight-line method over the remaining term to maturity.

The Agreement contains non-financial covenants of the Company and the Guarantors, including restrictions on the ability to create, incur or assume liens and other debt, make certain investments, dispositions and restricted payments, change the nature of the business, and merge with other entities subject to certain caps as defined in the agreement. The Agreement requires the Company to maintain ratios defined in the Agreement, which include a consolidated total leverage ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter not in excess of 2.50 to 1.00, a consolidated liquidity ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 and a consolidated

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interest coverage ratio at a minimum of 3.00 to 1.00. The Company is in compliance with these covenants as of October 1, 2011.

At October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under the Agreement. As there were no borrowings during the period, no interest cost was incurred during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011.

12. Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense consists of vesting grants of employee and director stock options and the employee stock purchase program ("ESPP"). The table below summarizes the stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Stock-based compensation expense:
Cost of goods sold	$	1,906	$	1,321	$	4,710	$	3,406
Research, development and engineering	2,179		1,627		6,240		4,749
Selling, general and administrative	2,051		1,709		7,392		4,784
Total stock-based compensation expense included in income from operations	$	6,136	$	4,657	$	18,342	$	12,939

Stock Option Plans

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option transactions for the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011
	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted- average exercise price per share
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	28,436		$	6.03
Granted	5,430		12.24
Exercised	(2,660	)	6.52
Forfeited	(1,008	)	13.84
Outstanding at October 1, 2011	30,198		$	6.84

ESPP

Employees participating in the ESPP authorize the Company to withhold compensation and to use the withheld amounts to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at a discount.

The table below summarizes the ESPP common stock purchases for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010.

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Shares purchased (in thousands)	—	—	769	941

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13. Income Taxes

The Company recorded tax benefit of $3,087 and expense of $9,589 for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011, respectively, and tax benefit of $73,367 and $69,872 for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010, respectively. The net tax benefit for the three months ended October 1, 2011 is primarily the result of the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional tax credits related to Research and Experimental ("R&E") spending for 2010. Prior to the third quarter of 2011, the Company did not have sufficient documentation in place to support these additional tax credits on a more-likely-than-not basis. These benefits were partially offset by United States ("U.S.") federal and state taxes. For the nine months ended October 1, 2011 net tax expense primarily resulted from U.S. federal and state taxes offset by the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional R&E tax credits. The Company is still in the process of reviewing open tax years which may result in future material benefits from R&E tax credits. The benefit for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010 primarily resulted from the release of the valuation allowance which was recorded against the deferred tax assets and the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. For the nine months ended October 2, 2010, this benefit was offset by the U.S. federal tax expense because of the “with-and-without” approach for excess share-based deductions recognized in the net operating loss.

No provision has been made for U.S., state or additional foreign income taxes related to approximately $108,700 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries which have been, or are intended to be permanently reinvested outside of the U.S. It is not practicable to determine the U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, which would be payable if such earnings were not permanently reinvested outside of the U.S. In the event the foreign subsidiaries repatriate these earnings, the earnings may be subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes.

Subject to meeting certain employment and investment requirements at its Costa Rican facility, the Company was granted a 100% Costa Rica income tax exemption through March 2017. Also, during the nine months ended October 1, 2011, the Company was granted an eight-year tax holiday in Singapore effective January 1, 2012.

Deferred Income Taxes

As of October 1, 2011, deferred tax assets of $63,925, net of a $12,055 valuation allowance, were recorded on the balance sheets. As of December 31, 2010, the Company recorded deferred tax assets of $74,982, net of a valuation allowance of $11,391.

The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more-likely-than-not to be realized. Due to strong financial results and increased confidence that it will continue to generate taxable income into the foreseeable future, the Company released a majority of the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets during the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The Company continues to maintain a valuation allowance against the tax effect of all capital loss carryforwards and certain state net operating loss carryforwards, as management does not believe it is more likely than not that these benefits will be realized in future periods.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

In the nine months ended October 1, 2011, net unrecognized tax benefits decreased $5,167 primarily as a result of the release of certain previously recorded tax liabilities due to the expiration of statutes of limitations. The Company's additional unrecognized tax benefits anticipated to be released due to the expiration of statutes of limitations on or before December 31, 2011 total $2,009. Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are accrued and classified as a component of tax expense on the statement of income. No other changes to the unrecognized tax benefits are anticipated within the next twelve months.

Net unrecognized tax benefits at October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Net unrecognized tax benefits	$	2,183	$	7,350

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14. Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

On July 23, 2009, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Avago Technologies Limited, Avago Technologies U.S., and Avago Technologies Wireless IP (collectively, “Avago”). The Company’s complaint seeks a declaration that four Avago patents are invalid and that none of TriQuint products infringe upon them. The Company’s complaint also alleges that three Avago products infringe upon certain of TriQuint’s U.S. patents.

Avago filed an answer and counterclaims on September 17, 2009. Avago’s answer and counterclaims denies the Company’s patent infringement allegations, and alleges that certain of the Company’s products infringe upon ten of Avago’s U.S. patents and seeks unspecified damages and injunctive relief. In response to Avago’s answer and counterclaims, the Company filed an answer and counterclaims on October 16, 2009. The Company’s answer and counterclaims denies Avago’s patent infringement allegations, and alleges that Avago engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of U.S. antitrust laws, through its acquisition of the bulk acoustic wave (“BAW”) business of Infineon Technologies, Inc. (“Infineon”) and a series of acquisitions of BAW-related patents from Infineon and other companies, and through other anticompetitive conduct in the market. On March 5, 2010, Avago filed an amended answer and counterclaims asserting violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act and, per the court’s order, the Company simultaneously filed an amended complaint, answer and counter-claim. Avago’s trade secret allegations relate to Infineon information included in Avago’s acquisition of Infineon’s BAW division and TriQuint’s employment of two former Infineon employees. On April 5, 2010, the Company filed an answer to Avago’s amended answer and counterclaims, in which the Company denied Avago’s allegations regarding violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act. Following further motion practice, on August 4, 2010 TriQuint filed its First Amended complaint and on August 26, 2010 Avago filed its answer and counterclaims expanding its patent and trade secret claims to include copyright infringement. On September 16, 2010, TriQuint submitted its answer, in which the Company denied Avago’s allegations. On December 14, 2010, the Court held a claim construction hearing and on January 12, 2011, the Court issued its claim construction ruling. Fact and expert discovery have closed and summary judgment motions by both parties have been filed. Oral argument is expected in January of 2012 with trial set for the third quarter of 2012. At this time, the Company does not believe it is possible to estimate the outcome of the litigation.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Introduction

You should read the following discussion and analysis in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto included in this Report on Form 10-Q and with Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations contained in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. The discussion in this Report contains forward-looking statements, including statements regarding key advantages of our products and the benefits to our customers, participation in government programs and expansion of programs in the future, projected working capital and capital expenditures, potential investment needs, ongoing litigation, and other statements preceded by terminology such as “believes,” “continue,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “goal,” “hope,” “intends,” “may,” “our future success depends,” “plans,” “potential,” “predicts,” “projects,” “reasonably,” “should,” “thinks,” “will” or the negative of these terms or other comparable terminology. These statements are only predictions. A number of factors affect our operating results and could cause our actual future results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made below, including, those related to expected demand and growth in the wireless mobile devices, networks and defense & aerospace markets; factory capacity and utilization rates; higher future fixed manufacturing costs; our longer term strategies, including transitioning from a technology provider to a solutions supplier; changes in our critical accounting estimates; the reasonableness of our estimates; the ability to enter into defense & aerospace contracts; base station infrastructure expansion; shifts in our focus from 2G to 3G/4G products; our ability to meet our revenue guidance and penetrate our market; expected operating expenses, gross margins and per share earnings; transactions affecting liquidity; expected capital expenditures; the outcome of ongoing litigation; and other factors and risks referenced in this Report on Form 10-Q and in Item 1A of Part II of the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010 entitled “Risk Factors.” In addition, historical information should not be considered an indicator of future performance.

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, we do not guarantee future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements. Moreover, we do not intend to update any of the forward-looking statements after the date of this Report on Form 10-Q to conform these statements to actual results. These forward-looking statements are made in reliance upon the safe harbor provision of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.

Overview

We are a supplier of high performance modules, components and foundry services for communications applications. We design, develop and manufacture advanced high-performance radio frequency ("RF") solutions with gallium arsenide ("GaAs"), gallium nitride ("GaN"), surface acoustic wave ("SAW") and bulk acoustic wave ("BAW") technologies for customers worldwide. We serve growing markets and a diverse customer base of manufacturers building mobile devices, third and fourth generation cellular wireless standards ("3G/4G") cellular base stations, triple-play cable solutions, fiber optic networks, wireless local area networks, worldwide interoperability for microwave access/long-term evolution, global positioning systems and defense & aerospace applications.

We provide our customers with high-performance, low-cost solutions for applications in the mobile device, networks, and defense & aerospace markets. Our mission is “Connecting the Digital World to the Global Network^®,” and we accomplish this through a diversified product portfolio within the communications and defense markets. In the mobile device market, we provide high performance devices such as integrated modules, duplexers, small signal components, power amplifiers, switches and RF filters. In the networks market, we are a supplier of an extensive portfolio of GaAs microwave monolithic integrated circuits and transistors and SAW and BAW filter components. We provide the defense & aerospace market with phased-array antenna and communications components and have been a leader in GaN development.

Highlights for the Nine Months Ended October 1, 2011

Revenue grew $43.8 million for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010.

Mobile devices comprise the largest of our three major markets. Mobile devices revenues for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 increased 14% compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. Growth in this market was driven primarily by the strong demand for smartphones. As a result of the demand for smartphones and the expansion of RF content required for 3G/4G technology, revenues from 3G/4G mobile devices increased 29% in the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. During the nine months ended October 1, 2011, we shifted capacity and focus from 2G products to 3G/4G. Consequently, revenues from 2G products declined 58%.

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Networks revenue decreased 3% for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The decrease was due to softness in the base station business as customers continued to spend cautiously on base station infrastructure expansion. Our networks products support the transfer of data at high rates across wireless or wired networks, specifically for transport, radio access, and emerging market applications. Transport includes submarkets such as cable television, microwave radio, point-to-point radio, enterprise and consumer satellite ground terminals, and optical communications. Radio access is composed primarily of base station infrastructure and repeaters. We also support a variety of emerging wireless markets and multi-market standard products included in the emerging markets category. We continue to see long-term strength in our transport market, as telecommunications companies make investments in infrastructure to support growing data traffic and consumers demand for increased data transfer speeds.

Our defense & aerospace revenues decreased 14% for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010 due to the timing of programs. We are recognized for technology leadership in GaAs, GaN, and acoustic wave filters. Currently, we are seeing less demand from some major contracts that are completing, such as the B2 bomber and the F-22, but we are benefiting from increasing interest in GaN and our packaged products. In the longer term we are shifting our strategy to emulate our successful module efforts in the commercial market. We are adding cost effective packages and modules to our existing portfolio of die products. We also have a broad portfolio of contracted research and development sponsored predominately by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ("DARPA"), the Air Force Research Lab and the Office of Naval Research.

Wafer and semiconductor manufacturing facilities require a significant level of fixed cost due to investments in plant and equipment, labor costs, and repair and maintenance costs. During periods of high demand factories run at higher utilization rates, resulting in improved financial performance. Strong growth in demand drove increased capital expenditures for added capacity in our factories. As capacity increases, the higher fixed manufacturing costs may temporarily adversely impact operating results.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires us to make certain estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Some of our accounting policies require us to make difficult and subjective judgments, often as a result of the need to make estimates of matters that are inherently uncertain. The accounting policies involve critical accounting estimates because they are particularly dependent on estimates and assumptions made by management about matters that are highly uncertain at the time the accounting estimates are made. Although we have used our best estimates based on facts and circumstances available to us at the time, different estimates reasonably could have been used. Changes in the accounting estimates we use are reasonably likely to occur from time to time, which may have a material effect on the presentation of our financial condition and results of operations.

Our most critical accounting estimates include revenue recognition; valuation of inventory, which affects gross margin; accounting for income taxes, which affects our tax provision; and stock-based compensation, which affects cost of goods sold and operating expenses. We also have other policies that we consider to be key accounting policies, such as the valuation of accounts receivable, reserves for sales returns and allowances, and our reserves for commitments and contingencies; however, these policies either do not meet the definition of critical accounting estimates described above or are not currently material items in our financial statements. We review our estimates, judgments, and assumptions periodically and reflect the effects of revisions in the period in which they are deemed to be necessary. We believe that these estimates are reasonable; however, actual results could differ from these estimates.

There were no significant changes to our critical accounting policies in the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011. Refer to our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for a complete description of these policies.

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Results of Operations

The following table sets forth the results of our operations expressed as a percentage of revenues for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Revenues	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%	100.0	%
Cost of goods sold	65.1		58.7		61.9		59.7
Gross profit	34.9		41.3		38.1		40.3
Operating expenses:
Research, development and engineering	16.9		13.9		16.6		15.4
Selling, general and administrative	10.6		9.8		11.0		11.4
Litigation expense	1.8		1.2		2.5		0.8
Total operating expenses	29.3		24.9		30.1		27.7
Income from operations	5.6		16.4		8.0		12.6
Other (expense) income:
Interest income	0.0		0.1		0.1		0.0
Interest expense	(0.2	)	(0.1	)	(0.2	)	(0.1	)
Foreign currency gain (loss)	(0.1	)	(0.1	)	(0.0	)	(0.1	)
Recovery of investment	0.2		—		0.1		—
Other, net	0.0		0.1		0.0		0.1
Total other (expense) income, net	(0.1	)	0.0		(0.0	)	(0.1	)
Income before income tax	5.5		16.4		8.0		12.5
Income tax (benefit) expense	(1.4	)	(30.9	)	1.4		(11.2	)
Net income	6.9	%	47.3	%	6.6	%	23.7	%

Three Months Ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010

Revenues from Operations

Our revenues decreased $21.0 million, or 9%, for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010.

Our revenues by end market for the three months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 were as follows:

(as a % of total revenues)	Three Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Mobile Devices	70	%	70	%
Networks	20		20
Defense & Aerospace	10		10
Total	100	%	100	%

Mobile Devices

Revenues from our sales of mobile devices market products decreased approximately 9% for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. The revenue decrease resulted primarily from a lower volume of sales of our 2G and connectivity products which experienced revenue decreases of approximately 67% and 3%, respectively. Revenues from sales of our 3G/4G were flat when comparing the three months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010. Sales of these products collectively accounted for the following percentages of total mobile device revenues:

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(as a % of total mobile device revenues)	Three Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
3G/4G	74	%	67	%
2G	5		13
Connectivity	21		20
Total	100	%	100	%

Networks

Revenues from sales of our networks market products decreased approximately 9% for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. The revenue decrease resulted primarily from a lower volume of sales of our transport and emerging markets products which experienced revenue decreases of approximately 11% and 26%, respectively. Transport market revenues declined due to a slowing in the market and excess inventory at the Company's transport customers. The decreases in sales of transport and emerging markets products were partially offset by an increase in the sales of radio access products of 2%. Sales of these products collectively accounted for the following percentages of total networks revenues:

(as a % of total networks revenues)	Three Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Radio Access	39	%	35	%
Transport	46		47
Emerging Markets/Other	15		18
Total	100	%	100	%

Defense & Aerospace

Revenues from our defense & aerospace market products decreased approximately 7% for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010, due primarily to the timing of programs.

Significant Customers

For the three months ended October 1, 2011, Foxconn Technology Group accounted for 35% of our revenues. For the three months ended October 2, 2010, Foxconn Technology Group and Samsung accounted for 24% and 12% of our revenues, respectively. Some of our mobile device customers use multiple subcontractors for product assembly and test and some of our subcontractors have multiple customers. Therefore, revenues for our customers may not necessarily equal the business of a single mobile device manufacturer.

Gross Profit

Our gross profit as a percentage of revenues decreased to 34.9% for the three months ended October 1, 2011, from 41.3% for the three months ended October 2, 2010. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to a change in product mix within the Company's businesses which negatively impacted gross margins, lower utilization rates in our factories and costs incurred during the third quarter of 2011 related to the ramp up of new products.

Operating expenses

Research, development and engineering

Our research, development and engineering expenses for the three months ended October 1, 2011 increased $3.5 million, or 11%, compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. As a percentage of revenue, research development and engineering expense spending grew approximately 3 percentage points for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. The increase was primarily due to headcount growth. An increased headcount led to a combination of higher labor costs and spending on technical supplies, equipment and materials needed to support additional employees.

Selling, general and administrative

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Selling, general and administrative expenses for the three months ended October 1, 2011 remained relatively flat, decreasing $0.5 million, or 2%, compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expense spending remained flat growing less than 1 percentage point for the three months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010.

Litigation expense

Litigation expense for the three months ended October 1, 2011 increased $1.3 million, or 45% compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010. The increase was primarily a result of our Avago litigation, as described in Part II, Item 1 - Legal Proceedings.

Other (expense) income, net

For the three months ended October 1, 2011, other expense, net remained relatively flat, increasing $0.2 million compared to the three months ended October 2, 2010.

Income tax (benefit) expense

For the three months ended October 1, 2011, we recorded an income tax benefit of $3.1 million, compared to an income tax benefit of $73.4 million for the three months ended October 2, 2010. The income tax benefit for the three months ended October 1, 2011 primarily resulted from the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional tax credits for 2010 related to Research and Experimental ("R&E") spending. The Company is still in the process of reviewing open tax years which may result in future material benefits from R&E tax credits. For the three months ended October 2, 2010, the income tax benefit resulted from the release of the valuation allowance, which was recorded against the deferred tax assets, and the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statutes of limitations. In both periods, the income tax benefits were partially offset by United States ("U.S.") federal and state income taxes.

Nine Months Ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010

Revenues from Operations

Revenues increased $43.8 million, or 7%, for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. Our revenues by end market for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 were as follows:

(as a % of total revenues)	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Mobile Devices	71	%	67	%
Networks	20		22
Defense & Aerospace	9		11
Total	100	%	100	%

Mobile Devices

Revenues from sales of our mobile devices market products increased approximately 14% for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The increase was the result of revenues from sales of our 3G/4G and connectivity products increasing by approximately 29% and 28%, respectively, offset by a decrease in revenues from sales of our 2G products of approximately 58%. Sales of these products collectively accounted for the following percentages of total mobile device revenues:

(as a % of total mobile device revenues)	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
3G/4G	72	%	63	%
2G	6		18
Connectivity	22		19
Total	100	%	100	%

Networks

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Revenues from sales of our networks market products remained relatively flat overall, with an approximately 3% decrease for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The decrease was due to revenues from sales of our radio access and emerging markets products decreasing by 9% and 23%, respectively. Radio Access revenues declined as a result of telecommunications companies slowing their investment in the expansion of base station capacity and no new major rollouts of base station infrastructure in emerging markets. These decreases in sales of radio access and emerging markets products were partially offset by a 12% increase in revenues from sales of our transport products due to successes with the optical product line supporting customer network upgrades to 40Ghz and 100Ghz systems. Sales of these products collectively accounted for the following percentages of total networks revenues:

(as a % of total networks revenues)	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Radio Access	34	%	37	%
Transport	50		43
Emerging Markets/Other	16		20
Total	100	%	100	%

Defense & Aerospace

Revenues from sales of our defense & aerospace market products decreased approximately 14% for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The decrease in revenue was primarily the result of a 36% decrease in sales of our radar products due to program completions.

Significant Customers

For the nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010, Foxconn Technology Group accounted for 34% and 23% of our revenues, respectively.

Gross Profit

Our gross profit as a percentage of revenues declined to 38.1% for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 from 40.3% for the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The decrease in gross profit was primarily due to the mix of higher sales of mobile devices products, which have lower gross profit compared to our other end market products.

Operating expenses

Research, development and engineering

Our research, development and engineering expenses for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 increased $14.5 million, or 15%, compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. As a percentage of revenue, research development and engineering expense spending grew approximately 1 percentage point for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The increase was primarily due to headcount growth, which led to a combination of higher labor costs and other spending on technical supplies, equipment and materials needed to support additional employees.

Selling, general and administrative

Selling, general and administrative expenses for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 remained relatively flat, increasing $1.8 million, or 3%, compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. As a percentage of revenue, selling, general and administrative expense spending remained flat declining less than 1 percentage point for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010.

Litigation expense

Litigation expense for the nine months ended October 1, 2011 increased $11.8 million, or 231% compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The increase was primarily a result of our Avago litigation, as described in Part II, Item 1 - Legal Proceedings.

Other (expense) income, net

For the nine months ended October 1, 2011, other expense, net remained relatively flat, with decreasing $0.2 million compared to the nine months ended October 2, 2010.

Income tax (benefit) expense

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During the nine months ended October 1, 2011, income tax expense was $9.6 million, compared to an income tax benefit of $69.9 million for the nine months ended October 2, 2010. Income tax expense during the nine months ended October 1, 2011 was primarily attributable to U.S. federal and state income taxes offset by benefits from the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional tax credits related to R&E spending. For the nine months ended October 2, 2010, the income tax benefit primarily resulted from the $71.4 million release of the valuation allowance, which was recorded against the deferred tax assets, and the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statutes of limitations. This benefit was offset by the U.S. federal income tax expense because of the “with-and-without” approach for excess share-based deductions recognized in the net operating loss.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity

As of October 1, 2011, our cash, cash equivalents and short-term marketable securities decreased $76.4 million, or 34%, from December 31, 2010 as a result of capital expenditures partially offset by cash provided by operations and cash received upon exercise of stock options. Other related changes at October 1, 2011 compared to December 31, 2010 were:

• Our net accounts receivable balance increased $1.2 million, or 1%. This increase was primarily a result of the timing of customer payments and was partially offset by the decrease in customer sales and shipments compared to the fourth quarter of 2010.

• Our inventory balance increased $57.9 million, or 57%. Inventory turns calculated using ending inventory and cost of goods sold for the three months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010 dropped from 6.1 to 3.5, respectively, as safety stock was replenished and revenues were lower during the third quarter of 2011 than originally anticipated.

• Our net property, plant and equipment increased $99.5 million, or 28%. The change in property, plant, and equipment was primarily a result of capital expenditures of $159.9 million, which excludes the timing effects of payments of capital expenditures in prepaid expenses and accounts payable of $15.9 million. This amount was partially offset by depreciation of $43.6 million. The capital expenditures made were primarily for capacity expansion and equipment to support new products and technologies.

• Our deferred tax assets decreased $11.1 million. Of the total deferred tax assets of $63.9 million as of October 1, 2011, $28.0 million were classified as current and $35.9 million were classified as noncurrent. The decrease during the nine months ended October 2, 2010 was related to the usage of net operating loss carryforwards during 2011.

• Our current liabilities decreased $6.0 million, or 5%. The decrease was a result of a reduction in variable compensation and timing effect of capital expenditure payments.

Sources of Liquidity

Our current cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments balances, ($60.5 million domestic and $86.7 million foreign) together with cash anticipated to be generated from operations and the balance available on our $200.0 million syndicated credit facility, constitute our principal sources of liquidity. We believe these sources will satisfy our projected expenditures through the next 12 months. We further believe our domestic cash, along with the syndicated credit facility is sufficient to meet our domestic cash requirements for the next 12 months. The principal risks to these sources of liquidity are lower than expected earnings or capital expenditures in excess of our expectations, in which case we may be required to finance any shortfall through additional equity offerings, debt financings or credit facilities. Our ability to obtain additional financing will depend on many factors, including prevailing market conditions, our financial condition and our ability to negotiate favorable terms and conditions. Financing may not be available on terms that are acceptable or favorable to us, if at all.

There have been no material changes in the disclosure related to our contractual obligations contained in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

See Note 2 of the Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a discussion of recent accounting pronouncements.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

As of October 1, 2011, we did not have any off balance sheet arrangements, as defined in Regulation S-K Item 303 (a)(4).

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We did not have any relationships with unconsolidated entities or financial partnerships such as entities often referred to as structured finance or special purpose entities, which would have been established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements or other contractually narrow or limited purposes. As such, we are not exposed to any financing, liquidity, market or credit risk that could arise if we had engaged in such relationships.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

Our investments in cash equivalents are classified as available-for-sale securities and consist of highly rated, short-term investments, such as money market funds, in accordance with an investment policy approved by our board of directors. All of these investments are held at fair value. We do not hold or issue derivatives, derivative commodity instruments or other financial instruments for speculative trading purposes. The following table shows the fair value of our investments as of October 1, 2011 (in millions):

	Cost		Fair Value
Cash and cash equivalents (including unrealized gain of less than $0.1)	$	113.7	$	113.7
Short-term available-for-sale investments (including net unrealized gains of less than $0.1)	$	33.5	$	33.5

Foreign Currency Risk

We are exposed to currency exchange rate fluctuations because we sell our products internationally and have operations in Costa Rica and Germany. We manage the foreign currency risk of our international sales, purchases of raw materials and equipment by denominating most transactions in U.S. dollars.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures. We conducted an evaluation (pursuant to Rule 13a-15(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)), under the supervision and with the participation of management, including our chief executive officer and chief financial officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q. These disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports that are filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. Our disclosure controls and procedures include controls and procedures designed to ensure that this information is accumulated and communicated to management, including the principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Changes in internal control over financial reporting. There was no change in our internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) of the Exchange Act) that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

Part II. OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On July 23, 2009, we filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Avago Technologies Limited, Avago Technologies U.S., and Avago Technologies Wireless IP (collectively, “Avago”) seeking a declaratory judgment that four U.S. patents owned by Avago, which Avago had asserted in letters to our customers were infringed by our products, are not infringed upon by any of our products and are invalid. Our complaint further alleged that certain Avago products infringe upon our U.S. Patent Nos. 6,114,635, 5,231,327 and 5,894,647.

Avago filed an answer and counterclaims on September 17, 2009 denying the patent infringement allegations made by us in our complaint, and asserting that our products infringed upon ten of Avago’s U.S. patents. The patents asserted by Avago are: 6,262,637, 6,377,137, 6,841,922, 6,864,619, 6,909,340, 6,933,807, 7,268,436, 7,365,619, 6,051,907 and 6,812,619. Avago’s counterclaim asserts that our alleged infringement is willful and seeks unspecified compensatory and enhanced damages and injunctive relief. On October 16, 2009, we filed an answer and counterclaims denying Avago’s patent infringement allegations, and asserting antitrust claims under Section 7 of the Clayton Act and Section 2 of the Sherman Act. As stated in the counterclaim, the antitrust claims relate to Avago’s anticompetitive conduct through its acquisition of the BAW business of Infineon Technologies, Inc. (“Infineon”) and a series of acquisitions of BAW-related patents from Infineon and other

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companies, and through other anticompetitive conduct in the market. On March 5, 2010, Avago filed an amended answer and counterclaims asserting violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act and, per the court’s order, we simultaneously filed an amended complaint, answer and counter-claim. Avago’s trade secret allegations relate to Infineon information included in Avago’s acquisition of Infineon’s BAW division and our employment of two former Infineon employees. On April 5, 2010, we filed an answer to Avago’s amended answer and counterclaims, in which we denied Avago’s allegations regarding violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act. Following further motion practice, on August 4, 2010, we filed our First Amended Complaint and on August 26, 2010 Avago filed its answer and counterclaims expanding its patent and trade secret claims to include copyright infringement. On September 16, 2010, we submitted our answer, in which we denied Avago’s allegations. On December 14, 2010, the Court held a claim construction hearing and on January 12, 2011, the Court issued its claim construction ruling. Fact and expert discovery have closed and summary judgment motions by both parties have been filed. Oral argument is expected in January of 2012 with trial set for the third quarter of 2012. At this time, the Company does not believe it is possible to estimate the outcome of the litigation.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There have been no material changes to our market risk exposures from the risk factors previously disclosed in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2010. For a discussion on our exposure to market risk, refer to Item 1A, Risk Factors, contained in our 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the SEC on February 24, 2011.

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Item 6. Exhibits

10.1	Letter dated August 24, 2011 regarding extension of Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2010 by and among TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc, the domestic subsidiaries of the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Union Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of the West, BBVA Compass Bank and US Bank, as lenders.
10.2*	Automatic Stock Option Grant Program for Eligible Directors Under the TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.3*	TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.4*	2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
* Management contract or compensatory plan

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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 thereunto duly authorized.

	TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
Dated: November 3, 2011	By:	/s/    RALPH G. QUINSEY
		Ralph G. Quinsey President and Chief Executive Officer
Dated: November 3, 2011	By:	/s/    STEVE BUHALY
		Steve Buhaly
		Vice President of Finance, Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit Number	Description of Exhibit
10.1	Letter dated August 24, 2011 regarding extension of Credit Agreement dated September 30, 2010 by and among TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc, the domestic subsidiaries of the Company, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Union Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of the West, BBVA Compass Bank and US Bank, as lenders.
10.2*	Automatic Stock Option Grant Program for Eligible Directors Under the TriQuint Semiconductor Corporation 2009 Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.3*	TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan, as amended.
10.4*	2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended.
31.1	Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
31.2	Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a—14(a) and 15d-14(a), as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
32	Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes- Oxley Act of 2002.
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document.
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document.
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document.
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document.
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document.
* Management contract or compensatory plan

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EX-10.1

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

2300 NE Brookwood Parkway

Hillsboro, OR 97124

Re: Extension of the Maturity Date under that certain Credit Agreement (as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the "Credit Agreement") dated as of September 30, 2010 among TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Borrower" or "you"), the Guarantors party thereto, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This letter is delivered to the Borrower in connection with the Credit Agreement. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement. In connection with, and in consideration of, the extension of the Maturity Date until September 30, 2014 (the "Extension"), the Borrower agrees with Bank of America as follows:

Extension Fee.The Borrower will pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender that agrees to the extension of the Maturity Date to September 30, 2014, a fee (the "Extension Fee") equal to 0.10% of the aggregate principal amount of such Lender's Commitments. The Extension Fee shall be payable in full upon September 13, 2011.

The fee described above in this letter agreement shall be fully earned upon becoming due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof, shall be nonrefundable for any reason whatsoever and shall be in addition to any other fees, costs and expenses payable pursuant to the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document. Bank of America reserves the right to allocate, in whole or in part, to the Arranger certain fees payable to Bank of America hereunder in such manner as Bank of America and the Arranger shall agree in their sole discretion.

Your obligation to pay the foregoing fee will not be subject to counterclaim or setoff for, or be otherwise affected by, any claim or dispute you may have.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

If the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding, please sign and return this letter agreement to us.

Very truly yours,

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

By: /s/ Christina Felsing

Name: Christina Felsing

Title: Vice President

Accepted and agreed to

as of the date first above written:

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., a Delaware corporation

By: /s/ Steve Buhaly

Name: Steve Buhaly

Title: Chief Financial Officer

EX-10.2

AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION GRANT PROGRAM

FOR

ELIGIBLE DIRECTORS UNDER THE

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC. 2009 INCENTIVE PLAN

The following provisions set forth the terms of the Automatic Stock Option Grant Program (the "Program") for eligible directors of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (the "Company") under the Company's 2009 Incentive Plan (the "Plan"). In the event of any inconsistency between the terms contained herein and in the Plan, the Plan shall govern. All capitalized terms that are not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Plan.

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY

Each member of the Board of Directors of the Company elected or appointed to the Board who is not otherwise an employee or officer of the Company or any Related Company (an "Eligible Director") shall be eligible to receive the grant of Options set forth in the Program, subject to the terms of the Program.

SECTION 2. OPTION GRANTS

2.1Option Grant Types and Timing of Grants

(a)Initial Option Grants. Upon an Eligible Director's initial election or appointment to the Board as an Eligible Director, he or she shall automatically be granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares that would be subject to a nonqualified stock option with a fair value of $200,000 (calculated using the Fair Market Value of the Company's common stock on the day before the Grant Date and the Company's standard stock option valuation methodology for stock options granted to a member of the Board of Directors for financial accounting purposes), with any fractional share rounded to the nearest whole share (the "Initial Option Grant"); provided, however, that a director who is also an employee of the Company or a Related Company but who subsequently ceases such employment status but remains a director shall not be eligible for an Initial Option Grant.

(b)Annual Option Grants

(i)Immediately after the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders thereafter, each Eligible Director, other than an Eligible Director who acts as the Chairman of the Board, who was an Eligible Director from the date of the previous Annual Meeting of Stockholders through the date of the current Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall automatically be granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares that would be subject to a nonqualified stock option with a fair value of $100,000 (calculated using the Fair Market Value of the Company's common stock on the day before the Grant Date and the Company's standard stock option valuation methodology for stock options granted to a member of the Board of Directors for financial accounting purposes), with any fractional share rounded to the nearest whole share (the "Annual Option Grant").

(ii)Any individual, other than an Eligible Director who acts as the Chairman of the Board, who initially becomes an Eligible Director at any time other than the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall automatically be granted a pro-rated Annual Option Grant to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Annual Option Grant determined as set forth in subsection (i) above by a fraction, the numerator of which

is the difference obtained by subtracting from twelve the number of whole calendar months that elapse from the date such person first becomes an Eligible Director through the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders immediately following the date he or she first becomes an Eligible Director and the denominator of which is twelve.

(c)Annual Chairman Grants.

(i)Immediately after the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and at each Annual Meeting of Stockholders thereafter, each Eligible Director who acts as the Chairman of the Board shall automatically be granted a Nonqualified Stock Option to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares that would be subject to a nonqualified stock option with a fair value of $115,000 (calculated using the Fair Market Value of the Company's common stock on the day before the Grant Date and the Company's standard stock option valuation methodology for stock options granted to a member of the Board of Directors for financial accounting purposes), with any fractional share rounded to the nearest whole share, if immediately after such meeting, the Eligible Director continues to serve as the Chairman of the Board (the "Annual Chairman Grant").

(ii)Any Eligible Director who acts as the Chairman of the Board, who initially becomes an Eligible Director at any time other than the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders shall automatically be granted a pro-rated Annual Chairman Grant to purchase that number of shares of Common Stock obtained by multiplying the number of shares of Common Stock subject to the Annual Chairman Grant determined as set forth in subsection (i) above by a fraction, the numerator of which is the difference obtained by subtracting from twelve the number of whole calendar months that elapse from the date such person first becomes an Eligible Director through the date of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders immediately following the date he or she first becomes an Eligible Director and the denominator of which is twelve.

2.2Exercise Price of Options

Options shall be granted under the Program with a per share exercise price equal to 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date.

2.3Option Vesting

(a)Initial Option Grants.Each Initial Option Grant shall each vest and become exercisable with respect to 28% of the Option one year after the Grant Date and as to an additional 2% of the Option each calendar month thereafter so that the Option is fully vested and exercisable four years after the Grant Date, subject to the Participant remaining a director through each applicable vesting date.

(b)Annual Option Grants and Annual Chairman Grants. Each Annual Option Grant and Annual Chairman Grant shall vest and become exercisable on the Grant Date.

2.4Term of Options

Initial Option Grants, Annual Option Grants and Annual Chairman Grants shall have an Option Expiration Date of ten years from the Grant Date, subject to earlier termination as follows:

(a)General Rule.In the event of a Participant's Termination of Service for any reason other than Disability, Retirement or death, the unvested portion of each Option granted to the Eligible Director

under the Program shall terminate immediately, and the vested portion of each Option may be exercised by the Participant only until the earlier of (i) 90 days after the date of such Termination of Service and (ii) the Option Expiration Date.

(b)Disability or Retirement. In the event of a Participant's Termination of Service due to Disability or Retirement, the unvested portion of each Option granted to the Eligible Director under the Program shall terminate immediately, and the vested portion of each Option may be exercised by the Participant until the Option Expiration Date.

(c)Death.In the event of a Participant's Termination of Service due to death, the unvested portion of each Option granted to the Eligible Director under the Program shall terminate immediately and the vested portion of each Option must be exercised on or before the earlier of (i) one year after the date of such termination and (ii) the Option Expiration Date. If a Participant dies after a Termination of Service without Cause but while the Option is still exercisable, the vested portion of the Option may be exercised until the earlier of (x) one year after the date of death and (y) the Option Expiration Date.

"Retirement," for purposes of the Program, means a Participant's Termination of Service when any of the following are true: (i) the Participant is at least 55 years old and has completed at least seven years of service to the Company or a Related Company, including as an employee, consultant or director, (ii) the Participant is at least 63 years old or (iii) the Participant's age when added to the number of years of service to the Company or a Related Company, including as an employee, consultant or director, equals or exceeds 70.

2.5Payment of Exercise Price

Options granted under the Program shall be exercised by giving notice to the Company (or a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company) in such form as required by the Company, stating the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which the Option is being exercised, accompanied by payment in full for such Common Stock, which payment may be, to the extent permitted by applicable laws and regulations, in whole or in part:

(a) in cash or by check or wire transfer;

(b) by having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued on exercise of the Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(c) by tendering (either actually or by attestation) shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option; or

(d) if and so long as the Common Stock is registered under the Exchange Act, by delivery of a properly executed exercise notice, together with irrevocable instructions to a broker, to promptly deliver to the Company the amount of proceeds to pay the exercise price, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board.

SECTION 3. CHANGE IN CONTROL

In the event of a Change in Control, all Options granted under the Program shall become fully vested and exercisable immediately prior to the Change in Control and shall terminate at the effective time of the Change in Control if not exercised prior to such time.

SECTION 4. AMENDMENT, SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION

The Board may amend, suspend or terminate the Program or any portion of it at any time and in such respects as it deems advisable. Except as provided in the Plan, any such amendment, suspension or termination shall not, without the consent of the Participant, impair or diminish any rights of a Participant under an outstanding Option.

SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE

The Program shall become effective on the Effective Date of the Plan, and any amendment to this Program shall become effective on the date specified by the Board.

Provisions of the Plan (including any amendments) that are not discussed above, to the extent applicable to Eligible Directors, shall continue to govern the terms and conditions of Options granted to Eligible Directors.

EX-10.3

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

2009 INCENTIVE PLAN

SECTION 1. PURPOSE

The purpose of the TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan is to attract, retain and motivate employees, officers, directors, consultants, agents, advisors and independent contractors of the Company and its Related Companies by providing them the opportunity to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company and to align their interests and efforts to the long-term interests of the Company's stockholders.

SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS

Certain capitalized terms used in the Plan have the meanings set forth in Appendix A.

SECTION 3. ADMINISTRATION

3.1 Administration of the Plan

The Plan shall be administered by the Board or the Compensation Committee (or a subcommittee thereof), which shall be composed of two or more directors, each of whom is a "non‑employee director" within the meaning of Rule 16b-3(b)(3) promulgated under the Exchange Act, or any successor definition adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, and an "outside director" within the meaning of Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

3.2 Delegation

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may delegate responsibility for administering the Plan, including with respect to designated classes of Eligible Persons, to different committees consisting of oneor more members of the Board, subject to such limitations as the Board deems appropriate, except with respect to Awards to Participants who are subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act or Awards granted pursuant to Section 16 of the Plan. Members of any committee shall serve for such term as the Board may determine, subject to removal by the Board at any time. To the extent consistent with applicable law, the Board or the Compensation Committee may authorize one or more officers of the Company to grant Awards to designated classes of Eligible Persons, within limits specifically prescribed by the Board or the Compensation Committee; provided, however, that no such officer shall have or obtain authority to grant Awards to himself or herself or to any person subject to Section 16 of the Exchange Act. All references in the Plan to the "Committee" shall be, as applicable, to the Compensation Committee or any other committee or any officer to whom the Board or the Compensation Committee has delegated authority to administer the Plan.

3.3 Administration and Interpretation by Committee

(a)Except for the terms and conditions explicitly set forth in the Plan and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Committee shall have full power and exclusive authority, subject to such orders or resolutions not inconsistent with the provisions of the Plan as may from time to time be adopted by the Board or a Committee composed of members of the Board, to (i) select the Eligible Persons to whom Awards may from time to time be granted under the Plan; (ii) determine the type or types of Award to be

granted to each Participant under the Plan; (iii) determine the number of shares of Common Stock to be covered by each Award granted under the Plan; (iv) determine the terms and conditions of any Award granted under the Plan; (v) approve the forms of notice or agreement for use under the Plan; (vi) determine whether, to what extent and under what circumstances Awards may be settled in cash, shares of Common Stock or other property or canceled or suspended; (vii) interpret and administer the Plan and any instrument evidencing an Award, notice or agreement executed or entered into under the Plan; (viii) establish such rules, regulations and sub-plans as it shall deem appropriate for the proper administration and operation of the Plan; (ix) delegate ministerial duties to such of the Company's employees as it so determines; and (x) make any other determination and take any other action that the Committee deems necessary or desirable for administration of the Plan.

(b)In no event, however, shall the Committee have the right, without stockholder approval, to (i) cancel or amend outstanding Options or SARs for the purpose of repricing, replacing or regranting such Options or SARs with Options or SARs that have a purchase or grant price that is less than the purchase or grant price for the original Options or SARs except in connection with adjustments provided in Section 15, or (ii) issue an Option or amend an outstanding Option to provide for the grant or issuance of a new Option on exercise of the original Option.

(c)The effect on the vesting of an Award of a Company-approved leave of absence or a Participant's reduction in hours of employment or service shall be determined by the Company's chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, with respect to directors or executive officers, by the Compensation Committee, whose determination shall be final.

(d)Decisions of the Committee shall be final, conclusive and binding on all persons, including the Company, any Participant, any stockholder and any Eligible Person. A majority of the members of the Committee may determine its actions.

SECTION 4. SHARES SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

4.1 Authorized Number of Shares

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 15.1, the aggregate maximum number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall be:

(a)14,000,000 shares; plus

(b)any shares subject to outstanding awards under the Company's 1996 Stock Incentive Program and the Sawtek Inc. Second Stock Option Plan (the "Prior Plans") as of the Effective Date that subsequently cease to be subject to such awards (other than by reason of exercise or settlement of the awards to the extent they are exercised for or settled in vested and nonforfeitable shares), up to an aggregate maximum of 28,541,892 shares from the Prior Plans.

Shares issued under the Plan shall be drawn from authorized and unissued sharesor shares now held or subsequently acquired by the Company as treasury shares.

4.2 Share Usage

(a)Any shares of Common Stock subject to Stock Awards, Restricted Stock, Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units shall count against the numerical limits of Section 4.1 as 1.5 shares of Common Stock for every one share of Common Stock subject thereto. If any such Award lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder or if shares of

Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are forfeited to or otherwise reacquired by the Company and would otherwise return to the Plan pursuant to Section 4.2(b), 1.5 times the number of shares of Common Stock covered by such Award shall return to the Plan and shall again be available for issuance.

(b)Shares of Common Stock covered by an Award shall not be counted as used unless and until they are actually issued and delivered to a Participant. If any Award lapses, expires, terminates or is canceled prior to the issuance of shares thereunder, is settled in cash in lieu of shares of Common Stock, or if shares of Common Stock are issued under the Plan to a Participant and thereafter are forfeited to or otherwise reacquired by the Company, the shares subject to such Awards and the forfeited or reacquired shares shall again be available for issuance under the Plan. Any shares of Common Stock (i) tendered by a Participant or retained by the Company as full or partial payment to the Company for the purchase price of an Award or to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with an Award, or (ii) covered by a stock-settled Stock Appreciation Right that is settled in such a manner that some or all of the shares of Common Stock covered by the Stock Appreciation Right are not issued upon exercise, shall not again be made available for Awards under the Plan. The number of shares of Common Stock available for issuance under the Plan shall not be reduced to reflect any dividends or dividend equivalents that are reinvested into additional shares of Common Stock or credited as additional shares of Common Stock subject or paid with respect to an Award.

(c)The Committee shall also, without limitation, have the authority to grant Awards as an alternative to or as the form of payment for grants or rights earned or due under other compensation plans or arrangements of the Company.

(d)Notwithstanding anything in the Plan to the contrary, the Committee may grant Substitute Awards under the Plan. Substitute Awards shall not reduce the number of shares authorized for issuance under the Plan. In the event that an Acquired Entity has shares available for awards or grants under one or more preexisting plans not adopted in contemplation of such acquisition or combination, then, to the extent determined by the Board or the Compensation Committee, the shares available for grant pursuant to the terms of such preexisting plan (as adjusted, to the extent appropriate, using the exchange ratio or other adjustment or valuation ratio or formula used in such acquisition or combination to determine the consideration payable to holders of common stock of the entities that are parties to such acquisition or combination) may be used for Awards under the Plan and shall not reduce the number of shares of Common Stock authorized for issuance under the Plan; provided, however, that Awards using such available shares shall not be made after the date awards or grants could have been made under the terms of such preexisting plans, absent the acquisition or combination, and shall only be made to individuals who were not employees or directors of the Company or a Related Company prior to such acquisition or combination. In the event that a written agreement between the Company and an Acquired Entity pursuant to which a merger or consolidationis completed is approved by the Board and that agreement sets forth the terms and conditions of the substitution for or assumption of outstanding awards of the Acquired Entity, those terms and conditions shall be deemed to be the action of the Committee without any further action by the Committee, except as may be required for compliance with Rule 16b‑3 under the Exchange Act, and the persons holding such awards shall be deemed to be Participants.

(e)Notwithstanding the other provisions in this Section 4.2, the maximum number of shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options shall equal the aggregate share number stated in Section 4.1, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15.1.

4.3 Limitations

Subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15.1, the aggregate number of shares that may be issued

pursuant to Awards granted under the Plan (other than Awards of Options or Stock Appreciation Rights) that either (a) contain no restrictions or restrictions based solely on continuous employment or services over fewer than three years (except if accelerated pursuant to a Change in Control or in the event of a Termination of Service) or (b) vest over less than one year (except if accelerated pursuant to a Change in Control or in the event of a Termination of Service) based on factors other than solely continuous employment or services shall not exceed 10% of the aggregate maximum number of shares specified in Section 4.1. In addition, if and to the extent the Committee accelerates vesting or exercisability of an Award or otherwise acts to waive or lapse any restriction on an Award, other than in connection with a Participant's death, Disability or Retirement or a Change of Control, the shares covered by such Committee action shall similarly count towards the foregoing 10% limitation.

SECTION 5. ELIGIBILITY

An Award may be granted to any employee, officer or director of the Company or a Related Company whom the Committee from time to time selects. An Award may also be granted to any consultant, agent, advisor or independent contractor for bona fide services rendered to the Company or any Related Company that (a) are not in connection with the offer and sale of the Company's securities in a capital‑raising transaction and (b) do not directly or indirectly promote or maintain a market for the Company's securities.

SECTION 6. AWARDS

6.1 Form, Grant and Settlement of Awards

The Committee shall have the authority, in its sole discretion, to determine the type or types of Awards to be granted under the Plan. Such Awards may be granted either alone or in addition to or in tandem with any other type of Award. Any Award settlement may be subject to such conditions, restrictions and contingencies as the Committee shall determine.

6.2 Evidence of Awards

Awards granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written, including an electronic, instrument that shall contain such terms, conditions, limitations and restrictions as the Committee shall deem advisable and that are not inconsistent with the Plan.

6.3 Dividends and Distributions

Participants may, if the Committee so determines, be credited with dividends or dividend equivalents paid with respect to shares of Common Stock underlying an Award in a manner determined by the Committee in its sole discretion. The Committee may apply any restrictions to the dividends or dividend equivalents that the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee, in its sole discretion, may determine the form of payment of dividends or dividend equivalents, including cash, shares of Common Stock, Restricted Stock or Stock Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on the number of shares underlying an Option or a Stock Appreciation Right may not be contingent, directly or indirectly on the exercise of the Option or Stock Appreciation Right, and must comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A of the Code. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, the right to any dividends or dividend equivalents declared and paid on Restricted Stock must (i) be paid at the same time they are paid to other stockholders and (ii) comply with or qualify for an exemption under Section 409A of the Code.

SECTION 7. OPTIONS

7.1 Grant of Options

The Committee may grant Options designated as Incentive Stock Options or Nonqualified Stock Options.

7.2 Option Exercise Price

Options shall be granted with a per share exercise price equal to at least 100% of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Grant Date (and such exercise price shall not be less than the minimum exercise price required by Section 422 of the Code with respect to Incentive Stock Options), except in the case of Substitute Awards.

7.3 Term of Options

Subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the Option, the maximum term of an Option shall be ten years from the Grant Date. For Incentive Stock Options, the Option Term shall be as specified in Section 8.4.

7.4 Exercise of Options

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option the time at which, or the installments in which, the Option shall vest and become exercisable, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time.

To the extent an Option has vested and become exercisable, the Option may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by delivery to or as directed or approved by the Company of a properly executed stock option exercise agreement or notice, in a form and in accordance with procedures established by the Committee, setting forth the number of shares with respect to which the Option is being exercised, the restrictions imposed on the shares purchased under such exercise agreement or notice, if any, and such representations and agreements as may be required by the Committee, accompanied by payment in full as described in Sections 7.5 and 13. An Option may be exercised only for whole shares and may not be exercised for less than a reasonable number of shares at any one time, as determined by the Committee.

7.5 Payment of Exercise Price

The exercise price for shares purchased under an Option shall be paid in full to the Company by delivery of consideration equal to the product of the Option exercise price and the number of shares purchased. Such consideration must be paid before the Company will issue the shares being purchased and must be in a form or a combination of forms acceptable to the Committee for that purchase, which forms may include:

(a)cash;

(b)check or wire transfer;

(c)having the Company withhold shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued on exercise of the Option that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the Option;

(d)tendering (either actually or, so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, by attestation) shares of Common Stock owned by the Participant that have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the aggregate exercise price of the shares being purchased under the

Option;

(e)so long as the Common Stock is registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Exchange Act, and to the extent permitted by law, delivery of a properly executed exercise agreement or notice, together with irrevocable instructions to a brokerage firm designated or approved by the Company to deliver promptly to the Company the aggregate amount of proceeds to pay the Option exercise price and any withholding tax obligations that may arise in connection with the exercise, all in accordance with the regulations of the Federal Reserve Board; or

(f)such other consideration as the Committee may permit.

7.6Effect of Termination of Service

The Committee shall establish and set forth in each instrument that evidences an Option whether the Option shall continue to be exercisable, and the terms and conditions of such exercise, after a Termination of Service, any of which provisions may be waived or modified by the Committee at any time.

If the exercise of the Option following a Participant's Termination of Service, but while the Option is otherwise exercisable, would be prohibited solely because the issuance of Common Stock would violate either the registration requirements under the Securities Act or the Company's insider trading policy, then the Option shall remain exercisable until the earlier of (a)the Option Expiration Date and (b)the expiration of a period of three months (or such longer period of time as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) after the Participant's Termination of Service during which the exercise of the Option would not be in violation of such Securities Act or insider trading policy requirements.

SECTION 8. INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION LIMITATIONS

Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Plan, the terms and conditions of any Incentive Stock Options shall in addition comply in all respects with Section 422 of the Code, or any successor provision, and any applicable regulations thereunder.

SECTION 9. STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

9.1 Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights

The Committee may grant Stock Appreciation Rights to Participants at any time on such terms and conditions as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion. An SAR may be granted in tandem with an Option or alone ("freestanding"). The grant price of a tandem SAR shall be equal to the exercise price of the related Option. The grant price of a freestanding SAR shall be established in accordance with procedures for Options set forth in Section 7.2. An SAR may be exercised upon such terms and conditions and for the term as the Committee determines in its sole discretion; provided, however, that, subject to earlier termination in accordance with the terms of the Plan and the instrument evidencing the SAR, the maximum term of a freestanding SAR shall be ten years, and in the case of a tandem SAR, (a) the term shall not exceed the term of the related Option and (b) the tandem SAR may be exercised for all or part of the shares subject to the related Option upon the surrender of the right to exercise the equivalent portion of the related Option, except that the tandem SAR may be exercised only with respect to the shares for which its related Option is then exercisable.

9.2 Payment of SAR Amount

Upon the exercise of an SAR, a Participant shall be entitled to receive payment in an amount determined

by multiplying: (a) the difference between the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the SAR by (b) the number of shares with respect to which the SAR is exercised. At the discretion of the Committee as set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award, the payment upon exercise of an SAR may be in cash, in shares, in some combination thereof or in any other manner approved by the Committee in its sole discretion.

9.3 Waiver of Restrictions

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any SAR under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

SECTION 10. STOCK AWARDS, RESTRICTED STOCK AND STOCK UNITS

10.1 Grant of Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units

The Committee may grant Stock Awards, Restricted Stock and Stock Units on such terms and conditions and subject to such repurchase or forfeiture restrictions, if any, which may be based on continuous service with the Company or a Related Company or the achievement of any performance goals, as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion, which terms, conditions and restrictions shall be set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award.

10.2 Vesting of Restricted Stock and Stock Units

Upon the satisfaction of any terms, conditions and restrictions prescribed with respect to Restricted Stock or Stock Units, or upon a Participant's release from any terms, conditions and restrictions of Restricted Stock or Stock Units, as determined by the Committee, and subject to the provisions of Section 13, (a) the shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Award of Restricted Stock shall become freely transferable by the Participant, and (b) Stock Units shall be paid in shares of Common Stock or, if set forth in the instrument evidencing the Awards, in cash or a combination of cash and shares of Common Stock. Any fractional shares subject to such Awards shall be paid to the Participant in cash.

10.3 Waiver of Restrictions

The Committee, in its sole discretion, may waive the repurchase or forfeiture period and any other terms, conditions or restrictions on any Restricted Stock or Stock Unit under such circumstances and subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall deem appropriate.

SECTION 11. PERFORMANCE AWARDS

11.1 Performance Shares

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Shares, designate the Participants to whom Performance Shares are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Shares and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Shares shall consist of a unit valued by reference to a designated number of shares of Common Stock, the value of which may be paid to the Participant by delivery of shares of Common Stock or, if set forth in the instrument evidencing the Award, of such property as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, other property, or any combination thereof, upon the attainment of performance goals, as established by the Committee, and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. The amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Shares may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the

Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

11.2 Performance Units

The Committee may grant Awards of Performance Units, designate the Participants to whom Performance Units are to be awarded and determine the number of Performance Units and the terms and conditions of each such Award. Performance Units shall consist of a unit valued by reference to a designated amount of property other than shares of Common Stock, which value may be paid to the Participant by delivery of such property as the Committee shall determine, including, without limitation, cash, shares of Common Stock, other property, or any combination thereof, upon the attainment of performance goals, as established by the Committee, and other terms and conditions specified by the Committee. The amount to be paid under an Award of Performance Units may be adjusted on the basis of such further consideration as the Committee shall determine in its sole discretion.

SECTION 12. OTHER STOCK OR CASH-BASED AWARDS

Subject to the terms of the Plan and such other terms and conditions as the Committee deems appropriate, the Committee may grant other incentives payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock under the Plan.

SECTION 13. WITHHOLDING

The Company may require the Participant to pay to the Company the amount of (a) any taxes that the Company is required by applicable federal, state, local or foreign law to withhold with respect to the grant, vesting or exercise of an Award ("tax withholding obligations") and (b) any amounts due from the Participant to the Company or to any Related Company ("other obligations"). The Company shall not be required to issue any shares of Common Stock or otherwise settle an Award under the Plan until such tax withholding obligations and other obligations are satisfied.

The Committee, at its sole discretion, may permit or require a Participant to satisfy all or part of the Participant's tax withholding obligations and other obligations by one or a combination of any of the following: (a) paying cash to the Company, (b) having the Company withhold an amount from any cash amounts otherwise due or to become due from the Company to the Participant, (c) having the Company withhold a number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be issued to the Participant (or become vested, in the case of Restricted Stock) having a Fair Market Value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, (d) surrendering a number of shares of Common Stock the Participant already owns having a value equal to the tax withholding obligations and other obligations, (e) selling shares of Common Stock issued under an Award on the open market or to the Company, or (f) taking such other action as may be necessary in the opinion of the Committee to satisfy any applicable tax withholding obligations. The value of the shares so withheld or tendered may not exceed the employer's minimum required tax withholding rate or such other rate as is necessary to avoid adverse accounting treatment, as determined by the Committee.

SECTION 14. ASSIGNABILITY

No Award or interest in an Award may be sold, assigned, pledged (as collateral for a loan or as security for the performance of an obligation or for any other purpose) or transferred by a Participant or made subject to attachment or similar proceedings otherwise than by will or by the applicable laws of descent and distribution, except to the extent, at the discretion of the Committee, the instrument evidencing the Award permits the Participant to designate one or more beneficiaries on a Company-approved form who may exercise the Award or receive payment under the Award after the Participant's death. During a

Participant's lifetime, an Award may be exercised only by the Participant. Notwithstanding the foregoing and to the extent permitted by Section 422 of the Code, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may permit a Participant to assign or transfer an Award subject to such terms and conditions as the Committee shall specify.

SECTION 15. ADJUSTMENTS

15.1 Adjustment of Shares

In the event, at any time or from time to time, a stock dividend, stock split, spin‑off, combination or exchange of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation, distribution to stockholders other than a normal cash dividend, or other change in the Company's corporate or capital structure results in (a) the outstanding shares of Common Stock, or any securities exchanged therefor or received in their place, being exchanged for a different number or kind of securities of the Company or (b) new, different or additional securities of the Company or any other company being received by the holders of shares of Common Stock, then the Committee shall make proportional adjustments in (i) the maximum number and kind of securities available for issuance under the Plan; (ii) the maximum number and kind of securities issuable as Incentive Stock Options as set forth in Section 4.2; (iii) the maximum numbers and kind of securities set forth in Section 16.3; and (iv) the number and kind of securities that are subject to any outstanding Award and the per share price of such securities, without any change in the aggregate price to be paid therefor. The determination by the Committee, as to the terms of any of the foregoing adjustments shall be conclusive and binding.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class, for cash or property, or for labor or services rendered, either upon direct sale or upon the exercise of rights or warrants to subscribe therefor, or upon conversion of shares or obligations of the Company convertible into such shares or other securities, shall not affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to, outstanding Awards. Also notwithstanding the foregoing, a dissolution or liquidation of the Company or a Company Transaction shall not be governed by this Section 15.1 but shall be governed by Sections 15.2 and 15.3, respectively.

15.2 Dissolution or Liquidation

To the extent not previously exercised or settled, and unless otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, Awards shall terminate immediately prior to the dissolution or liquidation of the Company. To the extent a vesting condition, forfeiture provision or repurchase right applicable to an Award has not been waived by the Committee, the Award shall be forfeited immediately prior to the consummation of the dissolution or liquidation.

15.3 Change in Control

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, unless the Committee shall determine otherwise in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, in the event of a Change in Control:

(a)All outstanding Awards, other than Performance Shares and Performance Units, shall become fully and immediately exercisable, and all applicable restrictions or forfeiture provisions shall lapse, immediately prior to the Change in Control and shall terminate at the effective time of the Change in Control; provided, however, that with respect to a Change in Control that is a Company Transaction, such Awards shall become fully and immediately exercisable, and all applicable restrictions or forfeiture

provisions shall lapse, only if and to the extent such Awards are not converted, assumed or replaced by the Successor Company.

For the purposes of this Section 15.3(a), an Award shall be considered converted, assumed or replaced by the Successor Company if following the Company Transaction the option or right confers the right to purchase or receive, for each share of Common Stock subject to the Award immediately prior to the Company Transaction, the consideration (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in the Company Transaction by holders of Common Stock for each share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the Company Transaction is not solely common stock of the Successor Company, the Committee may, with the consent of the Successor Company, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option, for each share of Common Stock subject thereto, to be solely common stock of the Successor Company substantially equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Company Transaction. The determination of such substantial equality of value of consideration shall be made by the Committee, and its determination shall be conclusive and binding.

(b)All Performance Shares or Performance Units earned and outstanding as of the date the Change in Control is determined to have occurred shall be payable in full at the target level in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the instrument evidencing the Award. Any remaining Performance Shares or Performance Units (including any applicable performance period) for which the payout level has not been determined shall be prorated at the target payout level up to and including the date of such Change in Control and shall be payable in full at the target level in accordance with the payout schedule pursuant to the instrument evidencing the Award. Any existing deferrals or other restrictions not waived by the Committee in its sole discretion shall remain in effect.

(c)Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may instead provide in the event of a Change in Control that is a Company Transaction that a Participant's outstanding Awards shall terminate upon or immediately prior to such Company Transaction and that such Participant shall receive, in exchange therefor, a cash payment equal to the amount (if any) by which (x) the value of the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the Company Transaction, or, in the event the Company Transaction is one of the transactions listed under subsection (c) in the definition of Company Transaction or otherwise does not result in direct receipt of consideration by holders of Common Stock, the value of the deemed per share consideration received, in each case as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, multiplied by the number of shares of Common Stock subject to such outstanding Awards (to the extent then vested and exercisable or whether or not then vested and exercisable, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion) exceeds (y) if applicable, the respective aggregate exercise price or grant price for such Awards.

15.4 Further Adjustment of Awards

Subject to Sections 15.2 and 15.3, the Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable at any time before a sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change in control of the Company, as defined by the Committee, to take such further action as it determines to be necessary or advisable with respect to Awards. Such authorized action may include (but shall not be limited to) establishing, amending or waiving the type, terms, conditions or duration of, or restrictions on, Awards so as to provide for earlier, later, extended or additional time for exercise, lifting restrictions and other modifications, and the Committee may take such actions with respect to all Participants, to certain categories of Participants or only to individual Participants. The Committee may take such action before or after granting Awards to

which the action relates and before or after any public announcement with respect to such sale, merger, consolidation, reorganization, liquidation, dissolution or change in control that is the reason for such action.

15.5 No Limitations

The grant of Awards shall in no way affect the Company's right to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

15.6 Fractional Shares

In the event of any adjustment in the number of shares covered by any Award, each such Award shall cover only the number of full shares resulting from such adjustment.

15.7 Code Section 409A

Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, (a) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 15 to Awards that are considered "deferred compensation" within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code shall be made in compliance with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code and (b) any adjustments made pursuant to this Section 15 to Awards that are not considered "deferred compensation" subject to Section 409A of the Code shall be made in such a manner as to ensure that after such adjustment the Awards either (i) continue not to be subject to Section 409A of the Code or (ii) comply with the requirements of Section 409A of the Code.

SECTION 16. CODE SECTION 162(m) PROVISIONS

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, if the Committee determines, at the time Awards are granted to a Participant who is, or is likely to be as of the end of the tax year in which the Company would claim a tax deduction in connection with such Award, a Covered Employee, then the Committee may provide that this Section 16 is applicable to such Award.

16.1 Performance Criteria

If an Award is subject to this Section 16, then the lapsing of restrictions thereon and the distribution of cash, shares of Common Stock or other property pursuant thereto, as applicable, shall be subject to the achievement of one or more objective performance goals established by the Committee, which shall be based on the attainment of specified levels of one of or any combination of the following "performance criteria" for the Company as a whole or any business unit of the Company, as reported or calculated by the Company: cash flows (including, but not limited to, operating cash flow, free cash flow or cash flow return on capital); cash position; working capital; earnings per share; earnings before interest and taxes; earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization; book value per share; operating income (including or excluding depreciation, amortization, extraordinary items, restructuring charges or other expenses); revenues; operating margins; operating earnings; economic profit; profit before tax; return on assets; return on equity; debt; debt plus equity; ratio of debt to debt plus equity; ratio of operating earnings to capital spending; sales growth; market or economic value added; equity or stockholder's equity; stock price appreciation; total stockholder return; cost control; strategic initiatives; market share; net income; net profit; net sales; return on invested capital; improvements in capital structure; or customer satisfaction, employee satisfaction, services performance, subscriber, cash management or asset management metrics (together, the "Performance Criteria"). Such performance goals also may be based on the achievement of specified levels of Company performance (or performance of an applicable affiliate or business unit of

the Company) under one or more of the Performance Criteria described above relative to the performance of other corporations. Such performance goals shall be set by the Committee within the time period prescribed by, and shall otherwise comply with the requirements of, Section 162(m) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto, and the regulations thereunder.

The Committee may provide in any such Award that any evaluation of performance may include or exclude any of the following events that occurs during a performance period: (i) asset write-downs, (ii) litigation or claim judgments or settlements, (iii) the effect of changes in tax laws, accounting principles, or other laws or provisions affecting reported results, (iv) any reorganization and restructuring programs, (v) extraordinary nonrecurring items as described in Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 30 and/or in Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations appearing in the Company's annual report to stockholders for the applicable year, (vi) acquisitions or divestitures, (vii) foreign exchange gains and losses, and (viii) gains and losses on asset sales. To the extent such inclusions or exclusions affect Awards to Covered Employees, they shall be prescribed in a form that satisfies the requirements for "performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

16.2 Compensation Committee Certification; Adjustment of Awards

After the completion of each performance period, the Compensation Committee shall certify the extent to which any Performance Criteria has been satisfied, and the amount payable as a result thereof, prior to payment, settlement or vesting of any Award subject to this Section 16. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan other than Section 15, with respect to any Award that is subject to this Section 16, the Committee may adjust downwards, but not upwards, the amount payable pursuant to such Award, and the Committee may not waive the achievement of the applicable performance goals except in the case of the death or disability of the Covered Employee.

16.3 Limitations

Subject to adjustment from time to time as provided in Section 15.1, no Covered Employee may be granted Awards other than Performance Units subject to this Section 16 in any calendar year period with respect to more than 750,000 shares of Common Stock for such Awards, except that the Company may make additional onetime grants of such Awards for up to 750,000 shares to newly hired or newly promoted individuals, and the maximum dollar value payable with respect to Performance Units or other awards payable in cash subject to this Section 16 granted to any Covered Employee in any one calendar year is $1,000,000.

The Committee shall have the power to impose such other restrictions on Awards subject to this Section 16 as it may deem necessary or appropriate to ensure that such Awards satisfy all requirements for "performance-based compensation" within the meaning of Section 162(m)(4)(C) of the Code, or any successor provision thereto.

SECTION 17. AMENDMENT AND TERMINATION

17.1 Amendment, Suspension or Termination

The Board or the Compensation Committee may amend, suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion of the Plan at any time and in such respects as it shall deem advisable; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule, stockholder approval shall be required for any amendment to the Plan; and provided, further, that any amendment that requires stockholder approval

may be made only by the Board. Subject to Section 17.3, the Committee may amend the terms of any outstanding Award, prospectively or retroactively.

17.2 Term of the Plan

Unless sooner terminated as provided herein, the Plan shall terminate ten years from the Effective Date. After the Plan is terminated, no future Awards may be granted, but Awards previously granted shall remain outstanding in accordance with their applicable terms and conditions and the Plan's terms and conditions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Incentive Stock Options may be granted more than ten years after the later of (a) initial Board adoption of the Plan and (b) Board approval of any amendment to the Plan that constitutes the adoption of a new plan for purposes of Section 422 of the Code.

17.3 Consent of Participant

The amendment, suspension or termination of the Plan or a portion thereof or the amendment of an outstanding Award shall not, without the Participant's consent, materially adversely affect any rights under any Award theretofore granted to the Participant under the Plan. Any change or adjustment to an outstanding Incentive Stock Option shall not, without the consent of the Participant, be made in a manner so as to constitute a "modification" that would cause such Incentive Stock Option to fail to continue to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any adjustments made pursuant to Section 15 shall not be subject to these restrictions.

SECTION 18. GENERAL

18.1 No Individual Rights

No individual or Participant shall have any claim to be granted any Award under the Plan, and the Company has no obligation for uniformity of treatment of Participants under the Plan.

Furthermore, nothing in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan shall be deemed to constitute an employment contract or confer or be deemed to confer on any Participant any right to continue in the employ of, or to continue any other relationship with, the Company or any Related Company or limit in any way the right of the Company or any Related Company to terminate a Participant's employment or other relationship at any time, with or without Cause.

18.2 Issuance of Shares

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan, the Company shall have no obligation to issue or deliver any shares of Common Stock under the Plan or make any other distribution of benefits under the Plan unless, in the opinion of the Company's counsel, such issuance, delivery or distribution would comply with all applicable laws (including, without limitation, the requirements of the Securities Act or the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction) and the applicable requirements of any securities exchange or similar entity.

The Company shall be under no obligation to any Participant to register for offering or resale or to qualify for exemption under the Securities Act, or to register or qualify under the laws of any state or foreign jurisdiction, any shares of Common Stock, security or interest in a security paid or issued under, or created by, the Plan, or to continue in effect any such registrations or qualifications if made.

The inability of the Company or impracticability for the Company, as determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, to obtain or maintain approval from any regulatory body having jurisdiction or to comply

with applicable requirements, which approval and compliance are deemed by the Company's counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance, delivery, and sale of any shares of Common Stock, shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue, deliver, or sell such shares as to which the requisite approval has not been obtained or as to which any necessary requirements are not met.

As a condition to the exercise of an Option or any other receipt of Common Stock pursuant to an Award under the Plan, the Company may require (a) the Participant to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise or receipt that such shares are being purchased or received only for the Participant's own account and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares and (b) such other action or agreement by the Participant as may from time to time be necessary to comply with the federal, state and foreign securities laws. At the option of the Company, a stop-transfer order against any such shares may be placed on the official stock books and records of the Company, and a legend indicating that such shares may not be pledged, sold or otherwise transferred, unless an opinion of counsel is provided (concurred in by counsel for the Company) stating that such transfer is not in violation of any applicable law or regulation, may be stamped on stock certificates to ensure exemption from registration. The Committee may also require the Participant to execute and deliver to the Company a purchase agreement or such other agreement as may be in use by the Company at such time that describes certain terms and conditions applicable to the shares.

To the extent the Plan or any instrument evidencing an Award provides for issuance of stock certificates to reflect the issuance of shares of Common Stock, the issuance may be effected on a noncertificated basis, to the extent not prohibited by applicable law or the applicable rules of any stock exchange.

18.3 Indemnification

Each person who is or shall have been a member of the Board, or a committee appointed by the Board, or an officer of the Company to whom authority was delegated in accordance with Section 3, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Company against and from any loss, cost, liability or expense that may be imposed upon or reasonably incurred by such person in connection with or resulting from any claim, action, suit or proceeding to which such person may be a party or in which such person may be involved by reason of any action taken or failure to act under the Plan and against and from any and all amounts paid by such person in settlement thereof, with the Company's approval, or paid by such person in satisfaction of any judgment in any such claim, action, suit or proceeding against such person; provided, however, that such person shall give the Company an opportunity, at its own expense, to handle and defend the same before such person undertakes to handle and defend it on such person's own behalf, unless such loss, cost, liability or expense is a result of such person's own willful misconduct or except as expressly provided by statute.

The foregoing right of indemnification shall not be exclusive of any other rights of indemnification to which such person may be entitled under the Company's certificateof incorporation or bylaws, as a matter of law, or otherwise, or of any power that the Company may have to indemnify or hold harmless.

18.4 No Rights as a Stockholder

Unless otherwise provided by the Committee or in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement, no Award, other than a Stock Award, shall entitle the Participant to any cash dividend, voting or other right of a stockholder unless and until the date of issuance under the Plan of the shares that are the subject of such Award.

18.5 Compliance with Laws and Regulations

(a)In interpreting and applying the provisions of the Plan, any Option granted as an Incentive Stock Option pursuant to the Plan shall, to the extent permitted by law, be construed as an "incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

(b)The Plan and Awards granted under the Plan are intended to be exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code to the maximum extent possible, whether pursuant to the short-term deferral exception described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(4), the exclusion applicable to stock options under Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A-1(b)(5), or otherwise. To the extent Section 409A of the Code is applicable to the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan, it is intended that the Plan and any Awards granted under the Plan comply with the deferral, payout and other limitations and restrictions imposed under Section 409A of the Code. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan shall be interpreted, operated and administered in a manner consistent with such intentions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the contrary, with respect to any payments and benefits under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to which Section 409A of the Code applies, all references in the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan to the termination of the Participant's employment or service are intended to mean the Participant's "separation from service," within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code. In addition, if the Participant is a "specified employee," within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code, then to the extent necessary to avoid subjecting the Participant to the imposition of any additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, amounts that would otherwise be payable under the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan during the six-month period immediately following the Participant's "separation from service," within the meaning of Section 409A(a)(2)(A)(i) of the Code, shall not be paid to the Participant during such period, but shall instead be accumulated and paid to the Participant (or, in the event of the Participant's death, the Participant's estate) in a lump sum on the first business day after the earlier of the date that is six months following the Participant's separation from service or the Participant's death. Notwithstanding any other provision in the Plan, the Committee, to the extent it deems necessary or advisable in its sole discretion, reserves the right, but shall not be required, to unilaterally amend or modify the Plan and any Award granted under the Plan so that the Award qualifies for exemption from or complies with Section 409A of the Code; provided, however, that the Committee makes no representations that Awards granted under the Plan shall be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to Awards granted under the Plan.

18.6 Participants in Other Countries or Jurisdictions

Without amending the Plan, the Committee may grant Awards to Eligible Persons who are foreign nationals on such terms and conditions different from those specified in the Plan as may, in the judgment of the Committee, be necessary or desirable to foster and promote achievement of the purposes of the Plan and shall have the authority to adopt such modifications, procedures, subplans and the like as may be necessary or desirable to comply with provisions of the laws or regulations of other countries or jurisdictions in which the Company or any Related Company may operate or have employees to ensure the viability of the benefits from Awards granted to Participants employed in such countries or jurisdictions, meet the requirements that permit the Plan to operate in a qualified or tax-efficient manner, comply with applicable foreign laws or regulations and meet the objectives of the Plan.

18.7 No Trust or Fund

The Plan is intended to constitute an "unfunded" plan. Nothing contained herein shall require the Company to segregate any monies or other property, or shares of Common Stock, or to create any trusts, or to make any special deposits for any immediate or deferred amounts payable to any Participant, and no

Participant shall have any rights that are greater than those of a general unsecured creditor of the Company.

18.8 Successors

All obligations of the Company under the Plan with respect to Awards shall be binding on any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation, or otherwise, of all or substantially all the business and/or assets of the Company.

18.9 Severability

If any provision of the Plan or any Award is determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, or as to any person, or would disqualify the Plan or any Award under any law deemed applicable by the Committee, such provision shall be construed or deemed amended to conform to applicable laws, or, if it cannot be so construed or deemed amended without, in the Committee's determination, materially altering the intent of the Plan or the Award, such provision shall be stricken as to such jurisdiction, person or Award, and the remainder of the Plan and any such Award shall remain in full force and effect.

18.10 Choice of Law and Venue

The Plan, all Awards granted thereunder and all determinations made and actions taken pursuant hereto, to the extent not otherwise governed by the laws of the United States, shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without giving effect to principles of conflicts of law. Participants irrevocably consent to the nonexclusive jurisdiction and venue of the state and federal courts located in the State ofOregon.

18.11 Legal Requirements

The granting of Awards and the issuance of shares of Common Stock under the Plan are subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations and to such approvals by any governmental agencies or national securities exchanges as may be required, whether located in the United States or a foreign jurisdiction.

SECTION 19. EFFECTIVE DATE

The effective date (the "Effective Date") is the date on which the Plan is approved by the stockholders of the Company. If the stockholders of the Company do not approve the Plan within 12 months after the Board's adoption of the Plan, any Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan will be treated as Nonqualified Stock Options.67024-0001/LEGAL15193722.7A-4

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APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

As used in the Plan,

"Acquired Entity" means any entity acquired by the Company or a Related Company or with which the Company or a Related Company merges or combines.

"Award" means any Option, Stock Appreciation Right, Stock Award, Restricted Stock, Stock Unit, Performance Share, Performance Unit, cash-based award or other incentive payable in cash or in shares of Common Stock as may be designated by the Committee from time to time.

"Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

"Cause," unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing an Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means dishonesty, fraud, serious or willful misconduct, unauthorized use or disclosure of confidential information or trade secrets, or conduct prohibited by law (except minor violations), in each case as determined by the Company's chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Compensation Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding.

"Change in Control," unless the Committee determines otherwise with respect to an Award at the time the Award is granted or unless otherwise defined for purposes of an Award in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a)an acquisition by any Entity of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 50% or more of either (1) the then outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company (the "Outstanding Company Common Stock") or (2) the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Outstanding Company Voting Securities"), provided, however, that the following acquisitions shall not constitute a Change in Control: (i) any acquisition directly from the Company, other than an acquisition by virtue of the exercise of a conversion privilege where the security being so converted was not acquired directly from the Company by the party exercising the conversion privilege, (ii) any acquisition by the Company, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any Related Company, or (iv) an acquisition by any Entity pursuant to a transaction that meets the conditions of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) set forth in the definition of Company Transaction;

(b)a change in the composition of the Board during any two-year period such that the individuals who, as of the beginning of such two-year period, constitute the Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the Board; provided, however, that for purposes of this definition, any individual who becomes a member of the Board subsequent to the beginning of the two-year period, whose election, or nomination for election by the Company's stockholders, was approved by a vote of at least a majority of those individuals who are members of the Board and who were also members of the Incumbent Board (or deemed to be such pursuant to this proviso) shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the Incumbent Board; and provided further, however, that any such individual whose initial assumption of office occurs as a result of or in connection with an actual or threatened election contest with respect to the election or removal of directors or other actual or threatened solicitation of proxies or consents by or on behalf of an Entity other than the Board shall not be considered a member of the Incumbent Board; or

(c)consummation of a Company Transaction.

"Code" means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

"Committee" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.

"Common Stock" means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

"Company" means TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

"Company Transaction," unless the Committee determines otherwise with respect to an Award at the time the Award is granted or unless otherwise defined for purposes of an Award in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means consummation of:

(a)a merger or consolidation of the Company with or into any other company;

(b)a sale in one transaction or a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose of at least 50% of the Company's outstanding voting securities; or

(c)a sale, lease, exchange or other transfer in one transaction or a series of related transactions undertaken with a common purpose of all or substantially all of the Company's assets,

excluding, however, in each case, a transaction pursuant to which

(i)the Entities who are the beneficial owners of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities immediately prior to such Company Transaction will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, at least 50% of the outstanding shares of common stock, and the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, of the Successor Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership, immediately prior to such Company Transaction, of the Outstanding Company Common Stock and Outstanding Company Voting Securities;

(ii)no Entity (other than the Company, any employee benefit plan (or related trust) of the Company, a Related Company or a Successor Company) will beneficially own, directly or indirectly, 50% or more of, respectively, the outstanding shares of common stock of the Successor Company or the combined voting power of the outstanding voting securities of the Successor Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors unless such ownership resulted solely from ownership of securities of the Company prior to the Company Transaction; and

(iii)individuals who were members of the Incumbent Board will immediately after the consummation of the Company Transaction constitute at least a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Successor Company.

Where a series of transactions undertaken with a common purpose is deemed to be a Company Transaction, the date of such Company Transaction shall be the date on which the last of such transactions is consummated.

"Compensation Committee" means the Compensation Committee of the Board.

"Covered Employee" means a "covered employee" as that term is defined for purposes of Section 162(m)(3) of the Code or any successor provision.

"Disability," unless otherwise defined by the Committee for purposes of the Plan in the instrument evidencing an Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means a mental or physical impairment of the Participant that is expected to result in death or that has lasted or is expected to last for a continuous period of 12 months or more and that causes the Participant to be unable to perform his or her material duties for the Company or a Related Company and to be engaged in any substantial gainful activity, in each case as determined by the Company's chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, in the case of directors and executive officers, the Compensation Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive

and binding.

"Effective Date" has the meaning set forth in Section 19.

"Eligible Person" means any person eligible to receive an Award as set forth in Section 5.

"Entity" means any individual, entity or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act).

"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

"Fair Market Value" means the closing pricefor the Common Stock on any given date during regular trading, or if not trading on that date, such price on the last preceding date on which the Common Stock was traded, unless determined otherwise by the Committee using such methods or procedures as it may establish.

"Grant Date" means the later of (a) the date on which the Committee completes the corporate action authorizing the grant of an Award or such later date specified by the Committee and (b) the date on which all conditions precedent to an Award have been satisfied, provided that conditions to the exercisability or vesting of Awards shall not defer the Grant Date.

"Incentive Stock Option" means an Option granted with the intention that it qualify as an "incentive stock option" as that term is defined for purposes of Section 422 of the Code or any successor provision.

"Nonqualified Stock Option" means an Option other than an Incentive Stock Option.

"Option" means a right to purchase Common Stock granted under Section 7.

"Option Expiration Date" means the last day of the maximum term of an Option.

"Outstanding Company Common Stock" has the meaning set forth in the definition of "Change in Control."

"Outstanding Company Voting Securities" has the meaning set forth in the definition of "Change in Control."

"Parent Company" means a company or other entity which as a result of a Company Transaction owns the Company or all or substantially all of the Company's assets either directly or through one or more subsidiaries.

"Participant" means any Eligible Person to whom an Award is granted.

"Performance Award" means an Award of Performance Shares or Performance Units granted under Section 11.

"Performance Criteria" has the meaning set forth in Section 16.1.

"Performance Share" means an Award of units denominated in shares of Common Stock granted under Section 11.1.

"Performance Unit" means an Award of units denominated in cash or property other than shares of Common Stock granted under Section 11.2.

"Plan" means the TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2009 Incentive Plan.

''Related Company" means any entity that is directly or indirectly controlled by,in control of or under common control with the Company.

"Restricted Stock" means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 10, the rights of ownership of which are subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

"Retirement," unless otherwise defined in the instrument evidencing the Award or in a written employment, services or other agreement between the Participant and the Company or a Related Company, means "Retirement" as defined for purposes of the Plan by the Committee or the Company's chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, if not so defined, means Termination of Service on or after the date the Participant reaches "normal retirement age," as that term is defined in Section 411(a)(8) of the Code.

"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

"Stock Appreciation Right" or "SAR" means a right granted under Section 9.1 to receive the excess of the Fair Market Value of a specified number of shares of Common Stock over the grant price.

"Stock Award" means an Award of shares of Common Stock granted under Section 10, the rights of ownership of which are not subject to restrictions prescribed by the Committee.

"Stock Unit" means an Award denominated in units of Common Stock granted under Section 10.

"Substitute Awards" means Awards granted or shares of Common Stock issued by the Company in substitution or exchange for awards previously granted by an Acquired Entity.

"Successor Company" means the surviving company, the successor company or Parent Company, as applicable, in connection with a Company Transaction.

"Termination of Service" means a termination of employment or service relationship with the Company or a Related Company for any reason, whether voluntary or involuntary, including by reason of death, Disability or Retirement. Any question as to whether and when there has been a Termination of Service for the purposes of an Award and the cause of such Termination of Service shall be determined by the Company's chief human resources officer or other person performing that function or, with respect to directors and executive officers, by the Compensation Committee, whose determination shall be conclusive and binding. Transfer of a Participant's employment or service relationship between the Company and any Related Company shall not be considered a Termination of Service for purposes of an Award. Unless the Compensation Committee determines otherwise, a Termination of Service shall be deemed to occur if the Participant's employment or service relationship is with an entity that has ceased to be a Related Company. A Participant's change in status from an employee of the Company or a Related Company to a nonemployee director, consultant, advisor, or independent contractor of the Company or a Related Company or a change in status from a nonemployee director, consultant, advisor or independent contractor of the Company or a Related Company to an employee of the Company or a Related Company, shall not be considered a Termination of Service.

"Vesting Commencement Date" means the Grant Date or such other date selected by the Committee as the date from which an Award begins to vest.

EX-10.4

TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

2007 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

The following constitute the provisions of the 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

1.Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the Company and its Designated Companies with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock at a discount. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423 of the Code, although the Company makes no undertaking or representation to maintain such qualification. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, will be construed so as to extend and limit Plan participation in a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis consistent with the requirements of Section 423 of the Code. In addition, the Plan authorizes the purchase of Common Stock under a Non-423(b) Component, pursuant to rules, procedures or sub-plans adopted by the Administrator and designed to achieve tax, securities law or other objectives, provided, however, that U.S. Eligible Employees will not be permitted to purchase Stock under the Non-423(b) Component.

2.Definitions.

(a)“Affiliate” means any entity, other than a Subsidiary, in which the Company has an equity or other ownership interest.

(b)“Administrator” means the Board or any Committee designated by the Board to administer the Plan pursuant to Section 14.

(c)“Applicable Laws” means the requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards under U.S. state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any foreign country or jurisdiction where awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

(d)“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

(e)“Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(i)Any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 of the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power represented by the Company's then outstanding voting securities; or

(ii)The consummation of the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company's assets; or

(iii)The consummation of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other corporation, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity or its parent) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of the Company or such surviving entity or its parent outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation; or

(iv)A change in the composition of the Board occurring within a two (2)-year period, as a result of which less than a majority of the Directors are Incumbent Directors. “Incumbent Directors” means Directors who either (A) are Directors as of the effective date of the Plan, or (B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board with the affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Directors at the time of such election or nomination (but will not include an individual whose election or nomination is in connection with an actual or threatened proxy contest relating to the election of Directors to the Company).

(f)“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Any reference to a section of the Code herein will be a reference to any successor or amended section of the Code.

(g)“Code Section 423(b) Component” shall mean an employee stock purchase plan which

is designed to meet the requirements set forth in Section 423(b) of the Code. The provisions of the Code Section 423(b) Component shall be construed, administered and enforced in accordance with Section 423(b) of the Code.

(h)“Committee” means a committee of the Board appointed in accordance with Section 14 hereof.

(i)“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

(j)“Company” means TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

(k)“Compensation” means an Employee's base straight time gross earnings, commissions (to the extent such commissions are an integral, recurring part of compensation), overtime and shift premium, but exclusive of payments for incentive payments, bonuses and other compensation. The Administrator has the exclusive discretion to determine what constitutes Compensation for purposes of the Plan.

(l)“Designated Company” means any Affiliate or Subsidiary that has been designated by the Administrator from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to participate in the Plan. For purposes of the Code Section 423(b) Component, only the Company and its Subsidiaries may be Designated Companies, provided, however, that at any given time, a Subsidiary that is a Designated Company under the Code Section 423(b) Component shall not be a Designated Company under the Non-423(b) Component.

(m)“Director” means a member of the Board.

(n)“Eligible Employee” means any individual who is a common law employee of an Employer and is customarily employed for at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar year by the Employer, provided, however, that employees of a Designated Company in the Non-423(b) Component may be Eligible Employees even if their customary employment is less than five (5) months per calendar year and/or twenty (20) hours per week, to the extent required by Applicable Laws. For purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship will be treated as continuing intact while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence that the Employer approves. Where the period of leave exceeds ninety (90) days and the individual's right to reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract, the employment relationship will be deemed to have terminated on the ninety-first (91^st) day of such leave. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, the Administrator, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Offering Date for all options to be granted on such Offering Date, determine that the definition of Eligible Employee will or will not include an individual if he or she: (i) has not completed at least two (2) years of service since his or her last hire date (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (ii) customarily works not more than twenty (20) hours per week (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (iii) customarily works not more than five (5) months per calendar year (or such lesser period of time as may be determined by the Administrator in its discretion), (iv) is an officer or other manager, or (v) is a highly compensated employee under Section 414(q) of the Code, provided, however, that for Eligible Employees participating in the Code Section 423(b) Component, such determination must be made on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis.

(o)“Employer” means any one or all of the Company and its Designated Companies.

(p)“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, including the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

(q)“Exercise Date” means the first Trading Day on or after June 1and December 1of each year. The first Exercise Date under the Plan will be the first Trading Day on or after December 1, 2007. The Administrator, in its discretion, from time to time may, prior to an Offering Date for all options to be granted on such Offering Date, determine when the Exercise Dates will occur during an Offering Period.

(r)“Fair Market Value” means, as of any date and unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

(i)If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the

Administrator deems reliable;

(ii)If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value will be the mean of the closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable; or

(iii)In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value thereof will be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

(s)“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

(t)“Non-423(b) Component” means the grant of an option under the Plan which is not intended to meet the requirements set forth in Section 423(b) of the Code.

(u)“Offering Date” means the first Trading Day of each Offering Period.

(v)“Offering Periods” means the period of time the Administrator may determine prior to an Offering Date, for options to be granted on such Offering Date, during which an option granted under the Plan may be exercised, not to exceed twenty-seven (27) months. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, Offering Periods will have a duration of approximately six (6) months (i) commencing on the first Trading Day on or after June 1 of each year and terminating on the first Trading Day on or following December 1, approximately six (6) months later, and (ii) commencing on the first Trading Day on or after December 1 of each year and terminating on the first Trading Day on or following June 1, approximately six (6) months later; provided, however, that the first Offering Period under the Plan will commence on the later of (i) the first Trading Day on or after June 1, 2007, or (ii) the first Trading Day on or after the Company's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and will end on the first Trading Day on or after December 1, 2007. The duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to Sections 4 and 20.

(w)“Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

(x)“Plan” means this TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. 2007 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which includes a Code Section 423(b) Component and a Non-423(b) Component.

(y)“Purchase Period” means the period during an Offering Period which shares of Common Stock may be purchased on a participant's behalf in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Unless and until the Administrator provides otherwise, the Purchase Period will have the same duration and coincide with the length of the Offering Period.

(z)“Purchase Price” shall be determined by the Administrator (on a uniform and nondiscriminatory basis) prior to an Offering Date for all options to be granted on such Offering Date, subject to compliance with Section 423 of the Code (or any successor rule or provision or any other applicable law, regulation or stock exchange rule) or pursuant to Section 20. Unless and until the Administrator provides otherwise, the Purchase Price will be equal to eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value of a share of Common Stock on the Offering Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is lower.

(aa)“Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

(ab)“Trading Day” means a day on which the national stock exchange upon which the Common Stock is listed is open for trading.

(ac)“U.S. Eligible Employee” means an Eligible Employee who (i) resides in the United States, and (ii) is employed by the Company or by a Designated Company located in the United States.

3.Eligibility.

(a)First Offering Period. Any individual who is an Eligible Employee immediately prior to the first Offering Period under the Plan will be automatically enrolled in the first Offering Period.

(b)Subsequent Offering Periods. Any individual who is an Eligible Employee on a given Offering Date of any future Offering Period will be eligible to participate in the Plan, subject to the

requirements of Section 5.

(c)Limitations. Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Eligible Employee will be granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately after the grant, such Eligible Employee (or any other person whose stock would be attributed to such Eligible Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the Code) would own capital stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company and/or hold outstanding options to purchase such stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of the capital stock of the Company or of any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company, or (ii) to the extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee stock purchase plans (as defined in Section 423 of the Code) of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company accrues at a rate which exceeds twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) worth of stock (determined at the Fair Market Value of the stock at the time such option is granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

4.Offering Periods. The Plan will be implemented by consecutive Offering Periods with a new Offering Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after June 1 and December 1 each year, or on such other date as the Administrator will determine; provided, however, that the first Offering Period under the Plan will commence on the later of (i) the first Trading Day on or after June 1, 2007, or (ii) the first Trading Day on or after the Company's 2007 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, and will end on the first Trading Day on or after December 1, 2007. The Administrator will have the power to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with respect to future offerings without stockholder approval if such change is announced prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be affected thereafter.

5.Participation.

(a)First Offering Period. An Eligible Employee who has become a participant in the first Offering Period under the Plan pursuant to Section 3(a) will be entitled to continue his or her participation in such Offering Period only if he or she submits to the Company's payroll office (or its designee) a properly completed subscription agreement authorizing contributions to the Plan in the form provided by the Administrator for such purpose or following an electronic or other enrollment procedure prescribed by the Administrator (i) no earlier than the effective date of the filing of the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-8 with respect to the shares of Common Stock issuable under the Plan (the “Effective Date”) and (ii) no later than ten (10) business days from the Effective Date or such other period of time as the Administrator may determine (the “Enrollment Window”). A participant's failure to submit the subscription agreement during the Enrollment Window pursuant to this Section 5(a) will result in the automatic termination of his or her participation in the first Offering Period under the Plan.

(b)Subsequent Offering Periods. An Eligible Employee who is eligible to participate in the Plan pursuant to Section 3(b) may become a participant by (i) submitting to the Company's payroll office (or its designee), on or before a date prescribed by the Administrator prior to an applicable Offering Date, a properly completed subscription agreement authorizing contributions to the Plan in the form provided by the Administrator for such purpose, or (ii) following an electronic or other enrollment procedure prescribed by the Administrator.

6.Payroll Deductions/Contributions.

(a)At the time a participant enrolls in the Plan pursuant to Section 5, he or she will elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day during the Offering Period in an amount not exceeding fifteen percent (15%)of the Compensation which he or she receives on each pay day during the Offering Period; provided, however, that should a pay day occur on an Exercise Date, a participant will have the payroll deductions made on such day applied to his or her account under the subsequent Offering Period. To the extent required by Applicable Laws, the Administrator, in its discretion, may decide that a participant may contribute to the Plan by means other than payroll deductions, provided that contributions other than payroll deductions will be permissible only for Eligible Employees participating in the Non-423(b) Component. A participant's subscription agreement will remain in effect for successive Offering Periods

unless terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.

(b)Payroll deductions or other contributions authorized by a participant will commence on the first pay day following the Offering Date and will end on the last pay day prior to the Exercise Date of such Offering Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless sooner terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof; provided, however, that for the first Offering Period under the Plan, payroll deductions or other contributions will commence on the first pay day on or following the Enrollment Window.

(c)All payroll deductions or other contributions made for a participant will be credited to his or her account under the Plan and will be withheld in whole percentages only. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account, unless required by local law.

(d)A participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided in Section 10, or may increase or decrease the rate of his or her payroll deductions or other contributions during the Offering Period by (i) properly completing and submitting to the Company's payroll office (or its designee), on or before a date prescribed by the Administrator prior to an applicable Exercise Date, a new subscription agreement authorizing the change in payroll deduction or contribution rate in the form provided by the Administrator for such purpose, or (ii) following an electronic or other procedure prescribed by the Administrator. If a participant has not followed such procedures to change the rate of payroll deductions or other contributions, the rate of his or her payroll deductions or contributions will continue at the originally elected rate throughout the Offering Period and future Offering Periods (unless terminated as provided in Section 10). The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, limit the nature and/or number of payroll deduction or contribution rate changes that may be made by participants during any Offering Period. Any change in payroll deduction or contribution rate made pursuant to this Section 6(d) will be effective as of the first full payroll period following five (5) business days after the date on which the change is made by the participant (unless the Administrator, in its sole discretion, elects to process a given change in payroll deduction or contribution rate more quickly).

(e)Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(c), or if the Administrator reasonably anticipates a participant has contributed a sufficient amount to purchase a number of shares of Common Stock equal to or in excess of the applicable limit for such Offering Period (as set forth in Section 7 or as established by the Administrator), a participant's payroll deductions or other contributions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time during an Offering Period. Subject to Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(c) hereof, or for participants who have had their contributions reduced due to the applicable limits on the maximum number of shares that may be purchased in any Offering Period, payroll deductions or other contributions will recommence at the rate originally elected by the participant effective as of the beginning of the first Offering Period which is scheduled to end in the following calendar year, unless terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10.

(f)At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, at the time some or all of the Common Stock issued under the Plan is disposed of, or at the time of any other relevant taxable event, the participant must make adequate provision for the Company's or Employer's federal, state, or any other tax liability payable to any authority, national insurance, social security or other tax withholding obligations, if any, which arise upon the relevant taxable event. At any time, the Company or the Employer may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from the participant's compensation the amount necessary for the Company or the Employer to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company or the Employer any tax deductions or benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common Stock by the Eligible Employee.

7.Grant of Option. On the Offering Date of each Offering Period, each Eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period will be granted an option to purchase on each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the applicable Purchase Price) up to a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such Eligible Employee's contributions accumulated prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the Eligible Employee's account as of the Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price; provided that in no event will an Eligible Employee be permitted to purchase during each Offering Period more than twenty

thousand (20,000)shares of the Common Stock (subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19), and provided further that such purchase will be subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 3(c) and 13. The Eligible Employee may accept the grant of such option (i) with respect to the first Offering Period under the Plan, by submitting a properly completed subscription agreement in accordance with the requirements of Section 5(a) on or before the last day of the Enrollment Window, and (ii) with respect to any future Offering Period under the Plan, by electing to participate in the Plan in accordance with the requirements of Section 5(b). The Administrator may, for future Offering Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that a participant may purchase during each Offering Period. Exercise of the option will occur as provided in Section 8, unless the participant has withdrawn pursuant to Section 10. The option will expire on the last day of the Offering Period.

8.Exercise of Option.

(a)Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10, his or her option for the purchase of shares of Common Stock will be exercised automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full shares subject to the option will be purchased for such participant at the applicable Purchase Price with the accumulated contributions in his or her account. No fractional shares of Common Stock will be purchased; any contributions accumulated in a participant's account which are not sufficient to purchase a full share will be retained in the participant's account for the subsequent Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the participant as provided in Section 10. Any other funds left over in a participant's account after the Exercise Date will be returned to the participant. During a participant's lifetime, a participant's option to purchase shares hereunder is exercisable only by him or her.

(b)Notwithstanding any contrary Plan provision, if the Administrator determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares of Common Stock with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed (i) the number of shares of Common Stock that were available for sale under the Plan on the Offering Date of the applicable Offering Period, or (ii) the number of shares of Common Stock available for sale under the Plan on such Exercise Date, the Administrator may in its sole discretion provide that the Company will make a pro rata allocation of the shares of Common Stock available for purchase on such Offering Date or Exercise Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as will be practicable and as it will determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among all participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date, and either (x) continue all Offering Periods then in effect or (y) terminate any or all Offering Periods then in effect pursuant to Section 20. The Company may make a pro rata allocation of the shares available on the Offering Date of any applicable Offering Period pursuant to the preceding sentence, notwithstanding any authorization of additional shares for issuance under the Plan by the Company's stockholders subsequent to such Offering Date.

9.Delivery. As soon as administratively practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of shares of Common Stock occurs, the Company will arrange the delivery to each participant, as appropriate, the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her option in a form determined by the Administrator (in its sole discretion) and pursuant to rules established by the Administrator. The Company may permit or require that shares be deposited directly with a broker designated by the Company or to a designated agent of the Company, and the Company may utilize electronic or automated methods of share transfer. The Company may require that shares be retained with such broker or agent for a designated period of time and/or may establish other procedures to permit tracking of disqualifying or other dispositions of such shares. No participant will have any voting, dividend, or other stockholder rights with respect to shares of Common Stock subject to any option granted under the Plan until such shares have been purchased and delivered to the participant as provided in this Section 9.

10.Withdrawal.

(a)Pursuant to procedures established by the Administrator, a participant may withdraw all but not less than all the contributions credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise his or her option under the Plan at any time by (i) submitting to the Company's payroll office (or its designee) a written notice of withdrawal in the form prescribed by the Administrator for such purpose, or (ii) following an

electronic or other withdrawal procedure prescribed by the Administrator. All of the participant's contributions credited to his or her account will be paid to such participant as promptly as practicable after the effective date of his or her withdrawal and such participant's option for the Offering Period will be automatically terminated, and no further payroll deductions or other contributions for the purchase of shares will be made for such Offering Period. If a participant withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions or other contributions will not resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period unless the participant re-enrolls in the Plan in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.

(b)A participant's withdrawal from an Offering Period will not have any effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan which may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding Offering Periods which commence after the termination of the Offering Period from which the participant withdraws.

11.Termination of Employment. Upon a participant's ceasing to be an Eligible Employee, for any reason, he or she will be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the contributions credited to such participant's account during the Offering Period but not yet used to purchase shares of Common Stock under the Plan will be returned to such participant or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons entitled thereto under Section 15, and such participant's option will be automatically terminated.

12.Interest. No interest will accrue on the contributions of a participant in the Plan, unless required by Applicable Laws.

13.Stock.

(a)Subject to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided in Section 19 hereof, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock which will be made available for sale under the Plan will be 12,353,896 shares. Any or all of such shares of Common Stock may be granted under the Code Section 423(b) Component.

(b)Until the shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), a participant will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares, and no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to such shares.

(c)Shares of Common Stock to be delivered to a participant under the Plan will be registered in the name of the participant or in the name of the participant and his or her spouse.

14.Administration. The Plan will be administered by the Board or a Committee appointed by the Board, which Committee will be constituted to comply with Applicable Laws. The Administrator will have full and exclusive discretionary authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to determine eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan. Every finding, decision and determination made by the Administrator will, to the full extent permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in this Plan, the Administrator may adopt rules, procedures or sub-plans relating to the operation and administration of the Plan to accommodate the specific requirements of Applicable Laws and procedures for jurisdictions outside of the United States. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator is specifically authorized to adopt rules, procedures and sub-plans regarding eligibility to participate, the definition of Compensation, handling of payroll deductions, making of contributions to the Plan (including, without limitation, in forms other than payroll deductions), establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligations to pay payroll tax, determination of beneficiary designation requirements, withholding procedures and handling of stock certificates which vary with local requirements.

15.Designation of Beneficiary.

(a)Except as otherwise provided by the Administrator, a participant may designate a beneficiary who is to receive any shares of Common Stock and cash, if any, from the participant's account under the Plan in the event of such participant's death subsequent to an Exercise Date on which the option is exercised but prior to delivery to such participant of such shares and cash. In addition, except as otherwise provided by the Administrator, a participant may designate a beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the

participant's account under the Plan in the event of such participant's death prior to exercise of the option. If a participant is married and the designated beneficiary is not the spouse, spousal consent will be required for such designation to be effective.

(b)Such designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by notice in a form determined by the Administrator. In the event of the death of a participant and in the absence of a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is living at the time of such participant's death, the Company will deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the Company), the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares and/or cash to the spouse or to any one or more dependents or relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

(c)All beneficiary designations under this Section 15 will be made in such form and manner as the Administrator may prescribe from time to time.

16.Transferability. Neither contributions credited to a participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or to receive shares of Common Stock under the Plan may be assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of descent and distribution or as provided in Section 15) by the participant. Any such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition will be without effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10.

17.Use of Funds. The Company may use all contributions received or held by it under the Plan for any corporate purpose, and the Company will not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions, unless required by Applicable Laws. Until shares of Common Stock are issued, participants will only have the rights of an unsecured creditor with respect to such shares.

18.Reports. Individual accounts will be maintained for each participant in the Plan. Statements of account will be given to participating Eligible Employees at least annually, which statements will set forth the amounts of contributions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares of Common Stock purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.

19. Adjustments, Dissolution, Liquidation, Merger or Change in Control.

(a)Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Common Stock, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Common Stock or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Common Stock occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, shall, in such manner as it may deem equitable, adjust the number and class of Common Stock which may be delivered under the Plan, the Purchase Price per share and the number of shares of Common Stock covered by each option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised, and the numerical limits of Section 7.

(b)Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, any Offering Period then in progress will be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”), and will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed dissolution or liquidation, unless provided otherwise by the Administrator. The New Exercise Date will be before the date of the Company's proposed dissolution or liquidation. The Administrator will notify each participant in writing, at least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the participant's option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant's option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10.

(c)Merger or Change in Control. In the event of a merger or Change in Control, each outstanding option will be assumed or an equivalent option substituted by the successor corporation or a Parent or Subsidiary of the successor corporation. In the event that the successor corporation refuses to

assume or substitute for the option, the Offering Period with respect to which such option relates will be shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the “New Exercise Date”) and will end on the New Exercise Date. The New Exercise Date will occur before the date of the Company's proposed merger or Change in Control. The Administrator will notify each participant in writing prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the participant's option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the participant's option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as provided in Section 10.

20.Amendment or Termination.

(a)The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may amend, suspend, or terminate the Plan, or any part thereof, at any time and for any reason. If the Plan is terminated, the Administrator, in its discretion, may elect to terminate all outstanding Offering Periods either immediately or upon completion of the purchase of shares of Common Stock on the next Exercise Date (which may be sooner than originally scheduled, if determined by the Administrator in its discretion), or may elect to permit Offering Periods to expire in accordance with their terms (and subject to any adjustment pursuant to Section 19). If the Offering Periods are terminated prior to expiration, all amounts then credited to participants' accounts which have not been used to purchase shares of Common Stock will be returned to the participants (without interest thereon, except as otherwise required under Applicable Laws) as soon as administratively practicable.

(b)Without stockholder consent and without limiting Section 20(a), the Administrator will be entitled to change the Offering Periods, limit the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering Period, establish the exchange ratio applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other than U.S. dollars, permit payroll deductions or contributions in excess of the amount designated by a participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Company's processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish reasonable waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and crediting procedures to ensure that amounts applied toward the purchase of Common Stock for each participant properly correspond with amounts withheld from the participant's Compensation, and establish such other limitations or procedures as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion advisable which are consistent with the Plan.

(c)In the event the Administrator determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Administrator may, in its discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable, modify, amend or terminate the Plan to reduce or eliminate such accounting consequence including, but not limited to:

(i)amending the Plan to conform with the safe harbor definition under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 123(R), including with respect to an Offering Period underway at the time;

(ii)altering the Purchase Price for any Offering Period including an Offering Period underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;

(iii)shortening any Offering Period so that Offering Period ends on a new Exercise Date, including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Board action;

(iv)reducing the maximum percentage of Compensation a participant may elect to set aside as payroll deductions; and

(v)reducing the maximum number of Shares a participant may purchase during any Offering Period or Purchase Period.

Such modifications or amendments will not require stockholder approval or the consent of any Plan participants.

21.Notices. All notices or other communications by a participant to the Company under or in connection with the Plan will be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form and manner specified by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

22.Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Shares of Common Stock will not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto will comply with all applicable provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the shares may then be listed, and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

As a condition to the exercise of an option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

23.Term of Plan. The Plan will become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its approval by the stockholders of the Company. It will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years, unless sooner terminated under Section 20.

24.Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be subject to approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws.

25.Automatic Transfer to Low Price Offering Period. To the extent permitted by Applicable Laws, if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on any Exercise Date in an Offering Period is lower than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Offering Date of such Offering Period, then all participants in such Offering Period will be automatically withdrawn from such Offering Period immediately after the exercise of their option on such Exercise Date and automatically re-enrolled in the immediately following Offering Period.

26.Severability. If any particular provision of this Plan is found to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall not affect the other provisions of the Plan, but the Plan shall be construed in all respects as if such invalid provision had been omitted.

27.Section 409A. The Code Section 423(b) Component is exempt from the application of Section 409A of the Code. The Non-423(b) Component is intended to be exempt from Section 409A of the Code under the short-term deferral exception and any ambiguities shall be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent. In the case of a participant who would otherwise be subject to Section 409A of the Code, to the extent an option to purchase Common Stock or the payment, settlement or deferral thereof is subject to Section 409A of the Code, the option to purchase Common Stock shall be granted, paid, exercised, settled or deferred in a manner that will comply with Section 409A of the Code, including the final regulations and other guidance issued with respect thereto, except as otherwise determined by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall have no liability to a participant or any other party if the option to purchase Common Stock under the Plan that is intended to be exempt from or compliant with Section 409A of the Code is not so exempt or compliant or for any action taken by the Administrator with respect thereto.

28.Governing Law. The provisions of the Plan shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of law rules.

EX-31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Ralph G. Quinsey, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ RALPH G. QUINSEY

Ralph G. Quinsey

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: November 3, 2011

EX-31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, Steve Buhaly, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.;

2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4. The registrant's other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:

(a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

(b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

(c) Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

(d) Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting; and

5. The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

(a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant's ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

(b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ STEVE BUHALY

Steve Buhaly

Vice President of Finance,

Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Date: November 3, 2011

EX-32

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION

1350 OF CHAPTER 63 OF TITLE 18

OF THE UNITED STATES CODE AS

ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 906

OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the filing of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (“TriQuint”) for the quarterly period ended October 1, 2011, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (“the Report”), each of the undersigned officers of TriQuint, hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, that:

(1) The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and

(2) The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of TriQuint.

The undersigned have executed this Certification effective as of November 3, 2011.

/s/ RALPH G. QUINSEY

Ralph G. Quinsey

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ STEVE BUHALY

Steve Buhaly

Vice President of Finance,

Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (USD $) In Thousands	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 113,680	$ 192,464
Investments in marketable securities	33,544	31,192
Accounts receivable, net	140,144	138,989
Inventories	159,330	101,457
Prepaid expenses	8,330	7,270
Deferred tax assets, net	28,044	42,327
Other current assets	36,477	32,772
Total current assets	519,549	546,471
Property, plant and equipment, net	451,642	352,188
Goodwill	3,376	3,376
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)	24,279	27,421
Deferred tax assets - noncurrent, net	35,881	32,655
Other noncurrent assets, net	20,477	15,991
Total assets	1,055,204	978,102
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	78,090	79,154
Accrued payroll	31,432	35,965
Other accrued liabilities	11,731	12,128
Total current liabilities	121,253	127,247
Long-term liabilities:
Long-term income tax liability	2,183	7,350
Other long-term liabilities	10,096	9,486
Total liabilities	133,532	144,083
Commitments and contingencies (Note 14)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred Stock, $0.001 par value, 5,000,000 shares authorized, no shares issued	0	0
Common stock, $0.001 par value, 600,000,000 shares authorized, 164,892,611 and 161,463,280 shares issued and outstanding at July 2, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively	165	161
Additional paid-in capital	666,770	622,958
Accumulated other comprehensive income	475	480
Retained earnings	254,262	210,420
Total stockholders' equity	921,672	834,019
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 1,055,204	$ 978,102

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (PARENTHETICAL) (USD $)	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Preferred stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Preferred stock, shares authorized	5,000,000	5,000,000
Preferred stock, shares issued	0	0
Common stock, par value	$ 0.001	$ 0.001
Common stock, shares authorized	600,000,000	600,000,000
Common stock, shares issued	164,892,611	161,463,280
Common stock, shares outstanding	164,892,611	161,463,280

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Business Combinations (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Schedule of Restructuring and Related Costs

The following table summarizes the payments made as part of the restructuring plan during the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Lease abandonment costs			Total
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	1,118		$	1,118
Payments	(1,118		)	(1,118		)
Balance at October 1, 2011	$	—		$	—

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Document and Entity Information	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Nov. 01, 2011
Document and Entity Information
Document Type	10-Q
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Oct. 01, 2011
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2011
Document Fiscal Period Focus	Q3
Trading Symbol	TQNT
Entity Registrant Name	TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC
Entity Central Index Key	0000913885
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Large Accelerated Filer
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding		166,227,235

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Inventories (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Inventory

Inventories, stated at the lower of cost or market, consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	39,484	$	23,668
Work-in-process	74,800		56,998
Finished goods	45,046		20,791
Total inventories	$	159,330	$	101,457

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Comprehensive Income

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Comprehensive Income

Comprehensive Income

The components of other comprehensive income were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010			October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
Net income	$	14,838		$	112,175		$	43,842		$	148,343
Other comprehensive loss:
Net unrealized loss on available for sale investments	(4		)	(3		)	(5		)	(6		)
Comprehensive income	$	14,834		$	112,172		$	43,837		$	148,337

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Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
Land	$	19,691		$	19,691
Buildings	92,935			92,769
Building and leasehold improvements	17,646			13,403
Machinery and equipment	515,068			446,805
Furniture and fixtures	6,373			6,120
Computer equipment and software	44,892			38,849
Assets in process	152,111			92,367
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	848,716			710,004
Accumulated depreciation	(397,074		)	(357,816		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	451,642		$	352,188

Schedule of Depreciation Expense

The Company reported depreciation expense as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Depreciation expense	$	15,537	$	12,306	$	43,558	$	35,934

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Stock-Based Compensation - Option Transactions (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011
Options Outstanding [Roll Forward]
Options outstanding at the beginning of the period (shares)	28,436
Options outstanding at the beginning of the period (weighted-average exercise price per share)	$ 6.03
Options granted (shares)	5,430
Options granted (weighted-average exercise price per share)	$ 12.24
Options exercised (shares)	(2,660)
Options exercised (weighted-average exercise price per share)	$ 6.52
Options forfeited (shares)	(1,008)
Options forfeited (weighted-average exercise price per share)	$ 13.84
Options outstanding at the end of the period (shares)	30,198
Options outstanding at the end of the period (weighted-average exercise price per share)	$ 6.84

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Inventories (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]
Raw Materials	$ 39,484	$ 23,668
Work in Process	74,800	56,998
Finished Goods	45,046	20,791
Total inventories	$ 159,330	$ 101,457

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Comprehensive Income (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]

Changes in Components of Other Comprehensive Income Table

The components of other comprehensive income were as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010			October 1, 2011			October 2, 2010
Net income	$	14,838		$	112,175		$	43,842		$	148,343
Other comprehensive loss:
Net unrealized loss on available for sale investments	(4		)	(3		)	(5		)	(6		)
Comprehensive income	$	14,834		$	112,172		$	43,837		$	148,337

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Stock-Based Compensation

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock-based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-based compensation expense consists of vesting grants of employee and director stock options and the employee stock purchase program ("ESPP"). The table below summarizes the stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Stock-based compensation expense:
Cost of goods sold	$	1,906	$	1,321	$	4,710	$	3,406
Research, development and engineering	2,179		1,627		6,240		4,749
Selling, general and administrative	2,051		1,709		7,392		4,784
Total stock-based compensation expense included in income from operations	$	6,136	$	4,657	$	18,342	$	12,939

Stock Option Plans

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option transactions for the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011
	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted- average exercise price per share
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	28,436		$	6.03
Granted	5,430		12.24
Exercised	(2,660	)	6.52
Forfeited	(1,008	)	13.84
Outstanding at October 1, 2011	30,198		$	6.84

ESPP

Employees participating in the ESPP authorize the Company to withhold compensation and to use the withheld amounts to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at a discount.

The table below summarizes the ESPP common stock purchases for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010.

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Shares purchased (in thousands)	—	—	769	941

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company accounts for its assets utilizing a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair-value hierarchy:

• Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

• Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

• Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				October 1, 2011
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	91,101		91,101		—		50,930		40,171		—
Short-term—marketable securities	33,544		33,544		—		6,232		27,312		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	150,505	$	150,505	$	22,579	$	60,443	$	67,483	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	769	$	769	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	769
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	4,050	$	4,050	$	—	$	3,281	$	—	$	769
							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				December 31, 2010
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	120,042		120,042		—		120,042		—		—
Short-term—marketable securities	31,192		31,192		—		4,822		26,370		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	226,627	$	226,627	$	72,422	$	127,835	$	26,370	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	1,365	$	1,365	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,365
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	4,336	$	4,336	$	—	$	2,971	$	—	$	1,365

The instruments classified as Level 1 are measured at fair value using quoted market prices. The investments classified as Level 2 were valued using quoted prices for similar instruments in markets that are not active since identical instruments were not available. The Company determines the hierarchy levels at the end of each quarter.

The non-qualified deferred compensation plan provides eligible employees and members of the Board of Directors with the opportunity to defer a specified percentage of their cash compensation. The Company includes the asset deferred by the participants in the “Other noncurrent assets, net” line item of its consolidated balance sheets and the Company’s obligation to deliver the deferred compensation in the “Other long-term liabilities” line item on its consolidated balance sheets.

During the nine months ended October 1, 2011, the Company remeasured the fair value of the Level 3 earnout payment liability and revised its estimate due to the low probability of achieving the 2011 earnout target. The change in estimate resulted in a reduction in the liability of $681, which was recorded to selling, general and administrative expenses and is included in the statement of cash flows as "other" in the cash flows from operating activities. The Company used an income based method to measure the fair value of this liability.

The earnout payment liability resulted from the acquisition of TriAccess Technologies, Inc. ("TA") on September 3, 2009 and represents an initial obligation to pay up to $5,000 to the former TA shareholders over three years. Since acquisition, the initial obligation has been reduced to a remaining amount of up to $1,000.

Ending earnout payment liability at December 31, 2010	$	1,365
Accretion	85
Change in estimate	(681		)
Ending earnout payment liability at October 1, 2011	$	769

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Net Income Per Share (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Earnings Per Share Reconciliation [Abstract]
Net income	$ 14,838	$ 112,175	$ 43,842	$ 148,343
Shares for net income (loss) per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Basic	164,812	155,734	163,773	154,737
Dilutive securities	6,215	6,919	9,309	6,409
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Diluted	171,027	162,653	173,082	161,146

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Property, Plant and Equipment

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, Plant and Equipment

Property, plant and equipment consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011			December 31, 2010
Land	$	19,691		$	19,691
Buildings	92,935			92,769
Building and leasehold improvements	17,646			13,403
Machinery and equipment	515,068			446,805
Furniture and fixtures	6,373			6,120
Computer equipment and software	44,892			38,849
Assets in process	152,111			92,367
Total property, plant and equipment, gross	848,716			710,004
Accumulated depreciation	(397,074		)	(357,816		)
Total property, plant and equipment, net	$	451,642		$	352,188

The Company reported depreciation expense as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Depreciation expense	$	15,537	$	12,306	$	43,558	$	35,934

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Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Legal Matters

On July 23, 2009, the Company filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the District of Arizona against Avago Technologies Limited, Avago Technologies U.S., and Avago Technologies Wireless IP (collectively, “Avago”). The Company’s complaint seeks a declaration that four Avago patents are invalid and that none of TriQuint products infringe upon them. The Company’s complaint also alleges that three Avago products infringe upon certain of TriQuint’s U.S. patents.

Avago filed an answer and counterclaims on September 17, 2009. Avago’s answer and counterclaims denies the Company’s patent infringement allegations, and alleges that certain of the Company’s products infringe upon ten of Avago’s U.S. patents and seeks unspecified damages and injunctive relief. In response to Avago’s answer and counterclaims, the Company filed an answer and counterclaims on October 16, 2009. The Company’s answer and counterclaims denies Avago’s patent infringement allegations, and alleges that Avago engaged in anticompetitive conduct in violation of U.S. antitrust laws, through its acquisition of the bulk acoustic wave (“BAW”) business of Infineon Technologies, Inc. (“Infineon”) and a series of acquisitions of BAW-related patents from Infineon and other companies, and through other anticompetitive conduct in the market. On March 5, 2010, Avago filed an amended answer and counterclaims asserting violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act and, per the court’s order, the Company simultaneously filed an amended complaint, answer and counter-claim. Avago’s trade secret allegations relate to Infineon information included in Avago’s acquisition of Infineon’s BAW division and TriQuint’s employment of two former Infineon employees. On April 5, 2010, the Company filed an answer to Avago’s amended answer and counterclaims, in which the Company denied Avago’s allegations regarding violation of the California Uniform Trade Secret Act. Following further motion practice, on August 4, 2010 TriQuint filed its First Amended complaint and on August 26, 2010 Avago filed its answer and counterclaims expanding its patent and trade secret claims to include copyright infringement. On September 16, 2010, TriQuint submitted its answer, in which the Company denied Avago’s allegations. On December 14, 2010, the Court held a claim construction hearing and on January 12, 2011, the Court issued its claim construction ruling. Fact and expert discovery have closed and summary judgment motions by both parties have been filed. Oral argument is expected in January of 2012 with trial set for the third quarter of 2012. At this time, the Company does not believe it is possible to estimate the outcome of the litigation.

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Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets

3 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2011

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangibles

Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets

The Company is required to perform an impairment analysis on its goodwill at least annually, or when events and circumstances warrant. Conditions that would trigger an impairment assessment, include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset or an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. The Company is considered one reporting unit. As a result, to determine whether or not goodwill may be impaired, the Company compares its book value to its market capitalization. If the trading price of the Company’s common stock as adjusted for factors such as a control premium, is below the book value per share at the date of the annual impairment test or if the average trading price of the Company’s common stock is below book value per share for a sustained period, a goodwill impairment test will be performed by comparing book value to estimated market value. If the comparison of book value to estimated market value indicates impairment, then the Company compares the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying amount in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for a business combination. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to that excess.

Unless indicators warrant testing at an earlier date, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of each year. During the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011, there were no impairments recorded or impairment indicators present.

Information regarding the Company’s acquisition-related intangible assets is as follows:

		October 1, 2011							December 31, 2010
	Useful Life (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Goodwill		$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376	$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376
Amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development	3-5	850		(211		)	639		600		(50		)	550
Patents, trademarks and other	2-15	49,653		(26,942		)	22,711		48,053		(22,547		)	25,506
		50,503		(27,153		)	23,350		48,653		(22,597		)	26,056
Non-amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development		929		—			929		1,365		—			1,365
Total intangible assets		51,432		(27,153		)	24,279		50,018		(22,597		)	27,421
Total goodwill and intangible assets		$	54,808	$	(27,153	)	$	27,655	$	53,394	$	(22,597	)	$	30,797

Amortization expense related to intangible assets is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Amortization expense	$	1,548	$	1,460	$	4,556	$	4,439

The changes in the gross carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets are as follows:

	Goodwill and Intangible Assets
	Goodwill		In process research and development- non-amortizing			In process research and development- amortizing		Patents, trademarks and other		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	3,376	$	1,365		$	600	$	48,053	$	53,394
Additions (deductions) during the period	—		(436		)	250		1,600		1,414
Balance as of October 1, 2011	$	3,376	$	929		$	850	$	49,653	$	54,808

The Company’s patents, trademarks and other intangible assets are being amortized over a period of two to fifteen years. During the nine months ended October 1, 2011 a product line that was included in non-amortizing in process research and development ("IPR&D") reached technological feasibility. As a result, the Company transferred $250 to amortizing IPR&D and began amortizing this amount over a period of 3 years. During the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010, no product line reached technological feasibility.

The Company abandoned and wrote off one product line that was included in IPR&D of $186 during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011. The Company incurred a charge of $38 for the write off of a product line during the nine months ended October 2, 2010. There were no similar charges during the three months ended October 2, 2010.

The Company purchased patents for $1,600 during the nine months ended October 1, 2011 that will be amortized over a period of eleven years. The Company did not have a similar acquisition during the nine months ended October 2, 2010.

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments - Earnout Payment Liability (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009
Triaccess Technologies [Member]
Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation [Line Items]
Earnout Payment Liability	$ 1,000	$ 5,000
Contingent Consideration Period (years)	3
Earnout Payment Liability [Member]
Details of Level 3 fair value measurements
Earnout Payment Liability - beginning of period	1,365
Accretion	85
Restructuring Reserve, Accrual Adjustment, Change in Estimate	(681)
Earnout Payment Liability - end of period	$ 769

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Inventories

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

Inventories

Inventories, stated at the lower of cost or market, consisted of the following:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Inventories:
Raw materials	$	39,484	$	23,668
Work-in-process	74,800		56,998
Finished goods	45,046		20,791
Total inventories	$	159,330	$	101,457

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Basis of Presentation

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Basis of Presentation

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“GAAP”). Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period balances in order to conform to the current period presentation. Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP have been condensed, or omitted, pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). In addition, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. For TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (the “Company”), the accounting estimates requiring management’s most difficult and subjective judgments include revenue recognition, the valuation of inventory, the accounting for income taxes and the accounting for stock-based compensation. In the opinion of management, the condensed consolidated financial statements include all material adjustments, consisting only of normal, recurring adjustments, necessary for the fair presentation of the results of the interim periods presented. These condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements of the Company as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010, included in the Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on February 24, 2011.

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Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities

As of October 1, 2011 all short-term investments are classified as available-for-sale and have maturity dates of less than one year. All unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments are included in other comprehensive income. The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at October 1, 2011 consisted of the following:

At October 1, 2011	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
Corporate debt securities	$	29,273	$	—	$	—		$	29,273
Money market funds and other	46,930		—		—			46,930
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,900		—		(2		)	10,898
U.S. treasury securities	4,000		—		—			4,000
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
Municipal notes	9,295		—		—			9,295
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,001		—		(1		)	10,000
U.S. treasury securities	6,024		2		—			6,026
Corporate debt securities	8,018		—		(1		)	8,017
Certificates of deposit	206		—		—			206
	$	124,647	$	2	$	(4	)	$	124,645

The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at December 31, 2010 consisted of the following:

At December 31, 2010	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
U.S. treasury securities	$	5,500	$	—	$	—		$	5,500
Certificates of deposit	325		—		—			325
Money market funds and other	114,217		—		—			114,217
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	3,115		—		(2		)	3,113
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	26,366		4		—			26,370
Certificate of deposits	1,709		—		—			1,709
	$	151,232	$	4	$	(2	)	$	151,234

The contractual maturities of investments as of October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were all due or callable in one year or less.

Investments are considered to be impaired when a decline in fair value is judged to be other-than-temporary. The Company employs a methodology that reviews specific securities in evaluating potential impairment of its investments. In the event that the cost of an investment exceeds its fair value, the Company evaluates, among other factors, the Company’s intent and ability to hold the investment and extent to which the fair value is less than cost; the financial health of and business outlook for the issuer; and operational and financing cash flow factors. At October 1, 2011, all unrealized holding losses were considered to be temporary as the Company has the ability and intent to hold the investments until a recovery of fair value. During the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 the Company did not record any other-than-temporary impairments on its marketable securities.

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Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill, Impairment Loss	$ 0		$ 0
Goodwill Gross					3,376
Goodwill	3,376		3,376		3,376
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	50,503		50,503		48,653
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(27,153)		(27,153)		(22,597)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	23,350		23,350		26,056
Intangible Assets Finite and Indefinite Lived, Gross (Excluding Goodwill)	51,432		51,432		50,018
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill)	24,279		24,279		27,421
Intangible Assets Gross Including Goodwill	54,808		54,808		53,394
Intangible Assets Net Including Goodwill	27,655		27,655		30,797
Change in Gross Goodwill and Intangible Assets			1,414
Amortization of Intangible Assets	1,548	1,460	4,556	4,439
Transfer of indefinite-lived intangible assets to finite-lived intangible assets			250
Impairment of Intangible Assets, Indefinite-lived (Excluding Goodwill)		0	186	38
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets				0
In Process Research And Development [Member]
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	850		850		600
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(211)		(211)		(50)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	639		639		550
Change in Gross Goodwill and Intangible Assets			250
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life (years)			3
Intangible asset amortization period - minimum (in years)			3
Intangible asset amortization period - maximum (in years)			5
Patents Trademarks And Other [Member]
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Gross	49,653		49,653		48,053
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Accumulated Amortization	(26,942)		(26,942)		(22,547)
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Net	22,711		22,711		25,506
Change in Gross Goodwill and Intangible Assets			1,600
Intangible asset amortization period - minimum (in years)			2
Intangible asset amortization period - maximum (in years)			15
Patents [Member]
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Finite-Lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life (years)	11
Payments to Acquire Intangible Assets			1,600
In Process Research And Development Non Amortizing [Member]
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Indefinite-lived Intangible Assets	929		929		1,365
Change in Gross Goodwill and Intangible Assets			(436)
Goodwill [Member]
Goodwill And Finite And Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets [Line Items]
Goodwill Gross	3,376		3,376		3,376
Change in Gross Goodwill and Intangible Assets			$ 0

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Assets:
Cash	$ 22,579	$ 72,422
Cash equivalents	91,101	120,042
Short-term—marketable securities	33,544	31,192
Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	150,505	226,627
Liabilities:
Earnout Payment Liability	769	1,365
Non-qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	4,050	4,336
Level 1 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Cash	0	0
Cash equivalents	50,930	120,042
Short-term—marketable securities	6,232	4,822
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	60,443	127,835
Liabilities:
Earnout Payment Liability	0	0
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	3,281	2,971
Level 2 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Cash	0	0
Cash equivalents	40,171	0
Short-term—marketable securities	27,312	26,370
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	0	0
Total	67,483	26,370
Liabilities:
Earnout Payment Liability	0	0
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	0	0
Total	0	0
Level 3 [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Cash		0
Cash equivalents	0	0
Short-term—marketable securities	0	0
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	0	0
Total	0	0
Liabilities:
Earnout Payment Liability	769	1,365
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	0	0
Total	769	1,365
Estimate of Fair Value, Fair Value Disclosure [Member] | Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring [Member]
Assets:
Cash	22,579	72,422
Cash equivalents	91,101	120,042
Short-term—marketable securities	33,544	31,192
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	150,505	226,627
Liabilities:
Earnout Payment Liability	769	1,365
Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan	3,281	2,971
Total	$ 4,050	$ 4,336

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Business Combinations

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Business Combinations [Abstract]

Business Combinations

Business Combinations

WJ Communications, Inc. (“WJ”)

As part of its acquisition of WJ, the Company committed to a restructuring plan to consolidate facilities in San Jose, California and China and to reduce certain redundant positions in the WJ operations as a result of the acquisition. All payments related to this restructuring were completed during the nine months ended October 1, 2011.

The following table summarizes the payments made as part of the restructuring plan during the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Lease abandonment costs			Total
Balance at December 31, 2010	$	1,118		$	1,118
Payments	(1,118		)	(1,118		)
Balance at October 1, 2011	$	—		$	—

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Stock-Based Compensation (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense	$ 6,136	$ 4,657	$ 18,342	$ 12,939
Cost of Goods Sold [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense	1,906	1,321	4,710	3,406
Research and Development Expense [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense	2,179	1,627	6,240	4,749
Selling, General And Administrative [Member]
Stock-Based Compensation Expense Allocation [Line Items]
Stock-based Compensation Expense	$ 2,051	$ 1,709	$ 7,392	$ 4,784

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Goodwill and Other Acquisition-Related Intangible Assets (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Intangible Assets and Goodwill

Information regarding the Company’s acquisition-related intangible assets is as follows:

		October 1, 2011							December 31, 2010
	Useful Life (Years)	Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount		Gross Carrying Amount		Accumulated Amortization			Net Carrying Amount
Goodwill		$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376	$	3,376	$	—		$	3,376
Amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development	3-5	850		(211		)	639		600		(50		)	550
Patents, trademarks and other	2-15	49,653		(26,942		)	22,711		48,053		(22,547		)	25,506
		50,503		(27,153		)	23,350		48,653		(22,597		)	26,056
Non-amortizing intangible assets
In process research and development		929		—			929		1,365		—			1,365
Total intangible assets		51,432		(27,153		)	24,279		50,018		(22,597		)	27,421
Total goodwill and intangible assets		$	54,808	$	(27,153	)	$	27,655	$	53,394	$	(22,597	)	$	30,797

Schedule of Intangible Asset Amortization

Amortization expense related to intangible assets is as follows:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Amortization expense	$	1,548	$	1,460	$	4,556	$	4,439

Schedule of Changes In Gross Goodwill And Intangibles

The changes in the gross carrying amount of goodwill and intangible assets are as follows:

	Goodwill and Intangible Assets
	Goodwill		In process research and development- non-amortizing			In process research and development- amortizing		Patents, trademarks and other		Total
Balance as of December 31, 2010	$	3,376	$	1,365		$	600	$	48,053	$	53,394
Additions (deductions) during the period	—		(436		)	250		1,600		1,414
Balance as of October 1, 2011	$	3,376	$	929		$	850	$	49,653	$	54,808

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Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	$ 124,647	$ 124,647	$ 151,232
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		2	4
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		(4)	(2)
Available-for-sale Securities	124,645	124,645	151,234
Available-for-sale Securities, Other Disclosure Items [Abstract]
Maximum Term Of Available For Sale Securities	1	1	1
Marketable Securities, Realized Loss, Other than Temporary Impairments, Amount	0	0
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	29,273	29,273
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities	29,273	29,273
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Money Market Funds [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	46,930	46,930	114,217
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0	0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0	0
Available-for-sale Securities	46,930	46,930	114,217
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Government-sponsored Enterprises Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	10,900	10,900
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		2
Available-for-sale Securities	10,898	10,898
Cash Equivalents [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	4,000	4,000	5,500
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0	0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0	0
Available-for-sale Securities	4,000	4,000	5,500
Cash Equivalents [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis			325
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains			0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses			0
Available-for-sale Securities			325
Short Term Marketable Securities [Member] | Corporate Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	8,018	8,018
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		(1)
Available-for-sale Securities	8,017	8,017
Short Term Marketable Securities [Member] | Municipal Notes [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	9,295	9,295
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0
Available-for-sale Securities	9,295	9,295
Short Term Marketable Securities [Member] | US Government-sponsored Enterprises Debt Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	10,001	10,001	26,366
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0	4
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		(1)	0
Available-for-sale Securities	10,000	10,000	26,370
Short Term Marketable Securities [Member] | US Treasury Securities [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	6,024	6,024	3,115
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		2	0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0	(2)
Available-for-sale Securities	6,026	6,026	3,113
Short Term Marketable Securities [Member] | Certificates of Deposit [Member]
Schedule of Available-for-sale Securities [Line Items]
Available-for-sale Securities, Amortized Cost Basis	206	206	1,709
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Gains		0	0
Available For Sale Securities Net Unrealized Losses		0	0
Available-for-sale Securities	$ 206	$ 206	$ 1,709

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Bank Line (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 01, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line Of Credit Facility Maximum Extension Period (years)			1
Lenders Credit Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date			9/30/2013
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 200,000
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms	The Agreement requires the Company to maintain ratios defined in the Agreement, which include a consolidated total leverage ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter not in excess of 2.50 to 1.00, a consolidated liquidity ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio at a minimum of 3.00 to 1.00.
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Total Leverage Ratio Allowed			2.50
Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Consolidated Liquidity Ratio Required			1.25
Line of Credit Facility, Minimum Consolidated Interest Coverage Ratio Required			3
Line of Credit Facility, Amount Outstanding		0	0	0
Interest Cost		$ 0	$ 0
Eurodollar Rate Loan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Interest Rate Floor		2.50%	2.50%
Line of Credit Interest Rate Cap		3.00%	3.00%
Base Rate Loan [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Interest Rate Floor		1.50%	1.50%
Line of Credit Interest Rate Cap		2.00%	2.00%
Bank of America Credit Agreement [Member]
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate Description	The Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate loans is based on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio (as defined in the Agreement) and is subject to a floor of 2.50% per annum and a cap of 3.00% per annum. Base Rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, the prime rate of the Lender plus the Applicable Rate or the Eurodollar Base Rate plus 1.0%. The Applicable Rate for Base Rate loans is subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum and a cap of 2.00% per annum.

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Income Taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits

Net unrecognized tax benefits at October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Net unrecognized tax benefits	$	2,183	$	7,350

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Income Taxes

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Income Taxes

Income Taxes

The Company recorded tax benefit of $3,087 and expense of $9,589 for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011, respectively, and tax benefit of $73,367 and $69,872 for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010, respectively. The net tax benefit for the three months ended October 1, 2011 is primarily the result of the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional tax credits related to Research and Experimental ("R&E") spending for 2010. Prior to the third quarter of 2011, the Company did not have sufficient documentation in place to support these additional tax credits on a more-likely-than-not basis. These benefits were partially offset by United States ("U.S.") federal and state taxes. For the nine months ended October 1, 2011 net tax expense primarily resulted from U.S. federal and state taxes offset by the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations and the recognition of additional R&E tax credits. The Company is still in the process of reviewing open tax years which may result in future material benefits from R&E tax credits. The benefit for the three and nine months ended October 2, 2010 primarily resulted from the release of the valuation allowance which was recorded against the deferred tax assets and the release of certain liabilities due to the expiration of the statute of limitations. For the nine months ended October 2, 2010, this benefit was offset by the U.S. federal tax expense because of the “with-and-without” approach for excess share-based deductions recognized in the net operating loss.

No provision has been made for U.S., state or additional foreign income taxes related to approximately $108,700 of undistributed earnings of foreign subsidiaries which have been, or are intended to be permanently reinvested outside of the U.S. It is not practicable to determine the U.S. federal income tax liability, if any, which would be payable if such earnings were not permanently reinvested outside of the U.S. In the event the foreign subsidiaries repatriate these earnings, the earnings may be subject to U.S. federal and state income taxes.

Subject to meeting certain employment and investment requirements at its Costa Rican facility, the Company was granted a 100% Costa Rica income tax exemption through March 2017. Also, during the nine months ended October 1, 2011, the Company was granted an eight-year tax holiday in Singapore effective January 1, 2012.

Deferred Income Taxes

As of October 1, 2011, deferred tax assets of $63,925, net of a $12,055 valuation allowance, were recorded on the balance sheets. As of December 31, 2010, the Company recorded deferred tax assets of $74,982, net of a valuation allowance of $11,391.

The Company records a valuation allowance to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount that is believed more-likely-than-not to be realized. Due to strong financial results and increased confidence that it will continue to generate taxable income into the foreseeable future, the Company released a majority of the valuation allowance on the deferred tax assets during the nine months ended October 2, 2010. The Company continues to maintain a valuation allowance against the tax effect of all capital loss carryforwards and certain state net operating loss carryforwards, as management does not believe it is more likely than not that these benefits will be realized in future periods.

Unrecognized Tax Benefits

In the nine months ended October 1, 2011, net unrecognized tax benefits decreased $5,167 primarily as a result of the release of certain previously recorded tax liabilities due to the expiration of statutes of limitations. The Company's additional unrecognized tax benefits anticipated to be released due to the expiration of statutes of limitations on or before December 31, 2011 total $2,009. Interest and penalties associated with unrecognized tax benefits are accrued and classified as a component of tax expense on the statement of income. No other changes to the unrecognized tax benefits are anticipated within the next twelve months.

Net unrecognized tax benefits at October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010 were as follows:

	October 1, 2011		December 31, 2010
Net unrecognized tax benefits	$	2,183	$	7,350

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Net Income Per Share

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income Per Share

Net Income Per Share

Net income per share is presented as basic and diluted net income per share. Basic net income per share is net income available to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share is similar to basic net income per share, except that the denominator includes potential common shares that, had they been issued, would have had a dilutive effect.

The following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted shares:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Net income (in thousands):	$	14,838	$	112,175	$	43,842	$	148,343
Shares for net income per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Basic	164,812		155,734		163,773		154,737
Dilutive securities	6,215		6,919		9,309		6,409
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Diluted	171,027		162,653		173,082		161,146

The following options were excluded from the calculation as their effect would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Antidilutive securities	13,465	13,254	4,837	14,686

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Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Fair Value Disclosures [Abstract]

Schedule Of Fair Value Assets And Liabilities Measured On Recurring Basis Table

							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				October 1, 2011
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	22,579	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	91,101		91,101		—		50,930		40,171		—
Short-term—marketable securities	33,544		33,544		—		6,232		27,312		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	150,505	$	150,505	$	22,579	$	60,443	$	67,483	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	769	$	769	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	769
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	3,281		3,281		—		3,281		—		—
Total	$	4,050	$	4,050	$	—	$	3,281	$	—	$	769
							Fair Value Measurements as of
	Carrying Amount		Total Fair Value				December 31, 2010
					Cash		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Measured on a recurring basis:
Assets:
Cash	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	72,422	$	—	$	—	$	—
Cash equivalents	120,042		120,042		—		120,042		—		—
Short-term—marketable securities	31,192		31,192		—		4,822		26,370		—
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	226,627	$	226,627	$	72,422	$	127,835	$	26,370	$	—
Liabilities:
Earnout payment liability	$	1,365	$	1,365	$	—	$	—	$	—	$	1,365
Non-qualified deferred compensation plan	2,971		2,971		—		2,971		—		—
Total	$	4,336	$	4,336	$	—	$	2,971	$	—	$	1,365

Fair Value, Liabilities Measured on Recurring Basis, Unobservable Input Reconciliation

Ending earnout payment liability at December 31, 2010	$	1,365
Accretion	85
Change in estimate	(681		)
Ending earnout payment liability at October 1, 2011	$	769

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Property, Plant and Equipment Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 848,716		$ 848,716		$ 710,004
Accumulated Depreciation	(397,074)		(397,074)		(357,816)
Property, plant and equipment, net	451,642		451,642		352,188
Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization [Abstract]
Depreciation expense	15,537	12,306	43,558	35,934
Land [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	19,691		19,691		19,691
Buildings [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	92,935		92,935		92,769
Building and Leasehold Improvements [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	17,646		17,646		13,403
Machinery and Equipment [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	515,068		515,068		446,805
Furniture and Fixtures [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	6,373		6,373		6,120
Computer Equipment And Software [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	44,892		44,892		38,849
Assets in Process [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross	$ 152,111		$ 152,111		$ 92,367

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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation

The table below summarizes the stock-based compensation expense for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Stock-based compensation expense:
Cost of goods sold	$	1,906	$	1,321	$	4,710	$	3,406
Research, development and engineering	2,179		1,627		6,240		4,749
Selling, general and administrative	2,051		1,709		7,392		4,784
Total stock-based compensation expense included in income from operations	$	6,136	$	4,657	$	18,342	$	12,939

Stock-Based Compensation by Payment Award

The following table summarizes the Company’s stock option transactions for the nine months ended October 1, 2011:

	Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011
	Shares (in thousands)		Weighted- average exercise price per share
Outstanding at December 31, 2010	28,436		$	6.03
Granted	5,430		12.24
Exercised	(2,660	)	6.52
Forfeited	(1,008	)	13.84
Outstanding at October 1, 2011	30,198		$	6.84

Schedule of Employee Stock Purchase Plan Activity

The table below summarizes the ESPP common stock purchases for the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011 and October 2, 2010.

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Shares purchased (in thousands)	—	—	769	941

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Cash flows from operating activities:
Net income	$ 43,842	$ 148,343
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
Depreciation and amortization	48,114	40,373
Stock-based compensation charges	18,342	12,939
Change in deferred income taxes	11,057	(71,440)
Other	(991)	23
Changes in assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable, net	(1,155)	(53,705)
Inventories	(57,024)	(13,201)
Other assets	(5,071)	(8,202)
Accounts payable and accrued expenses	(2,527)	18,969
Net cash provided by operating activities	54,587	74,099
Cash flows from investing activities:
Purchase of available-for-sale investments	(45,877)	(50,076)
Maturity/sale of available-for-sale investments	43,525	56,299
Other	117	1,345
Capital expenditures	(159,859)	(63,028)
Net cash used in investing activities	(162,094)	(55,460)
Cash flows from financing activities:
Subscription/issuance of common stock, net	28,010	20,064
Payments of Debt Issuance Costs	0	(1,638)
Excess tax benefit from Stock-based compensation arrangements	713	2,398
Net cash provided by financing activities	28,723	20,824
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents	(78,784)	39,463
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period	192,464	103,579
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period	113,680	143,042
Supplemental disclosures:
Change in timing of payments related to capital expenditures	(15,946)	7,074
Cash paid for income taxes	$ 2,828	$ 538

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Investments in Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Available-for-sale Securities

The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at October 1, 2011 consisted of the following:

At October 1, 2011	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
Corporate debt securities	$	29,273	$	—	$	—		$	29,273
Money market funds and other	46,930		—		—			46,930
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,900		—		(2		)	10,898
U.S. treasury securities	4,000		—		—			4,000
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
Municipal notes	9,295		—		—			9,295
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	10,001		—		(1		)	10,000
U.S. treasury securities	6,024		2		—			6,026
Corporate debt securities	8,018		—		(1		)	8,017
Certificates of deposit	206		—		—			206
	$	124,647	$	2	$	(4	)	$	124,645

The cost, net unrealized holding gains, net unrealized holding losses and fair value of available-for-sale investments by types and classes of security at December 31, 2010 consisted of the following:

At December 31, 2010	Cost		Net unrealized holding gains		Net unrealized holding losses			Fair Value
Available-for-sale-included in cash equivalents:
U.S. treasury securities	$	5,500	$	—	$	—		$	5,500
Certificates of deposit	325		—		—			325
Money market funds and other	114,217		—		—			114,217
Available-for-sale-included in short-term marketable securities:
U.S. treasury securities	3,115		—		(2		)	3,113
U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities	26,366		4		—			26,370
Certificate of deposits	1,709		—		—			1,709
	$	151,232	$	4	$	(2	)	$	151,234

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Stock-Based Compensation - Employee Stock Purchase Program (Details) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Abstract]
Shares purchased	0	0	769	941

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Net Income Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Reconciliation Table

The following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted shares:

	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010		October 1, 2011		October 2, 2010
Net income (in thousands):	$	14,838	$	112,175	$	43,842	$	148,343
Shares for net income per share:
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Basic	164,812		155,734		163,773		154,737
Dilutive securities	6,215		6,919		9,309		6,409
Weighted-average shares outstanding—Diluted	171,027		162,653		173,082		161,146

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share

The following options were excluded from the calculation as their effect would have been antidilutive (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010	October 1, 2011	October 2, 2010
Antidilutive securities	13,465	13,254	4,837	14,686

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Recent Accounting Pronouncements

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Accounting Changes and Error Corrections [Abstract]

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In June 2011, the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") issued an Accounting Standards Update ("ASU") with regard to the "Presentation of Comprehensive Income." The update is intended to increase the prominence of other comprehensive income in financial statements. The main provisions of the update provide that an entity that reports items of other comprehensive income has the option to present comprehensive income in either one or two consecutive financial statements. A single statement must present the components of net income and total net income, the components of other comprehensive income and total other comprehensive income, and a total for comprehensive income. In a two-statement approach, an entity must present the components of net income and total net income in the first statement. That statement must be immediately followed by a financial statement that presents the components of other comprehensive income, a total for other comprehensive income, and a total for comprehensive income. The option in current GAAP that permits the presentation of other comprehensive income in the statement of changes in equity has been eliminated. The amendments in this update will be applied retrospectively. The update is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. While the Company is still evaluating the impact of this standard, the Company does not believe that its adoption will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows. However, once adopted, the standard will change the presentation of the income statement.

In September 2011, the FASB issued an ASU with regard to "Testing for Goodwill Impairment." The update is intended to simplify how entities test goodwill for impairment. The amendments in the ASU permit an entity to first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount as a basis for determining whether it is necessary to perform the two-step goodwill impairment test described under current guidance. The more-likely-than-not threshold is defined as having a likelihood of more than 50 percent. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test. The ASU is effective for annual and interim goodwill impairment tests performed for fiscal years, and interim periods within those years, beginning after December 15, 2011. While the Company is still evaluating the impact of this standard, the Company does not believe that its adoption will have a material effect on the Company's financial position, results of operations or cash flows.

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Bank Line

3 Months Ended

Jul. 02, 2011

Line of Credit Facility [Abstract]

Bank Line

Bank Line

On September 30, 2010, the Company, the domestic subsidiaries of the Company (the “Guarantors”), Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and lender, and Union Bank, N.A., Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Bank of the West, BBVA Compass Bank and US Bank, as lenders (together with the administrative agent, the “Lenders”), entered into a Credit Agreement (the “Agreement”). The Agreement provides the Company with a three-year unsecured revolving syndicated credit facility of $200,000 maturing on September 30, 2013. On August 24, 2011, the Company extended, with Lender's consent, the maturity date to September 30, 2014. The Company’s obligations under the Agreement are jointly and severally guaranteed by the Guarantors. Upon the occurrence of certain events of default specified in the Agreement, amounts due under the Agreement may be declared immediately due and payable.

The Company may elect to borrow at either a Eurodollar Rate or a Base Rate (each as defined in the Agreement). Eurodollar Rate loans bear interest at an amount equal to the sum of a rate per annum calculated from the British Bankers Association London Interbank Offered Rate ("LIBOR") plus a designated percentage per annum (the “Applicable Rate”). The Applicable Rate for Eurodollar Rate loans is based on the Company’s consolidated total leverage ratio (as defined in the Agreement) and is subject to a floor of 2.50% per annum and a cap of 3.00% per annum. Base Rate loans bear interest at a rate equal to the higher of the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, the prime rate of the Lender plus the Applicable Rate or the Eurodollar Base Rate plus 1.0%. The Applicable Rate for Base Rate loans is subject to a floor of 1.50% per annum and a cap of 2.00% per annum. The interest payment date (as defined in the Agreement) will vary based on the type of loan but generally will be quarterly. The Company paid commitment fees, an arrangement fee, upfront fees and a renewal fee pursuant to the terms of the Agreement. The Company will also pay a quarterly fee for any letters of credit issued under the Agreement. The initial fees associated with the Agreement were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense using the straight-line method over the remaining term to maturity.

The Agreement contains non-financial covenants of the Company and the Guarantors, including restrictions on the ability to create, incur or assume liens and other debt, make certain investments, dispositions and restricted payments, change the nature of the business, and merge with other entities subject to certain caps as defined in the agreement. The Agreement requires the Company to maintain ratios defined in the Agreement, which include a consolidated total leverage ratio as of the end of any fiscal quarter not in excess of 2.50 to 1.00, a consolidated liquidity ratio of at least 1.25 to 1.00 and a consolidated interest coverage ratio at a minimum of 3.00 to 1.00. The Company is in compliance with these covenants as of October 1, 2011.

At October 1, 2011 and December 31, 2010, there were no amounts outstanding under the Agreement. As there were no borrowings during the period, no interest cost was incurred during the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011.

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Business Combinations - Restructuring (Details) (WJ Communications [Member], USD $) In Thousands	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring reserve - beginning of period	$ 1,118
Payments	(1,118)
Restructuring reserve - end of period	0
Facility Closing [Member]
Restructuring Reserve [Roll Forward]
Restructuring reserve - beginning of period	1,118
Payments	(1,118)
Restructuring reserve - end of period	$ 0

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Basis of Presentation (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Oct. 01, 2011

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Use of Estimates

In addition, the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. For TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (the “Company”), the accounting estimates requiring management’s most difficult and subjective judgments include revenue recognition, the valuation of inventory, the accounting for income taxes and the accounting for stock-based compensation.

Fair Value Policy

The Company accounts for its assets utilizing a hierarchy of valuation techniques based on whether the inputs to those valuation techniques are observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect the Company’s market assumptions. These two types of inputs have created the following fair-value hierarchy:

• Level 1—Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets;

• Level 2—Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model-derived valuations in which all significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets; and

• Level 3—Valuations derived from valuation techniques in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable.

Marketable Securities Policy

All unrealized gains and losses on available-for-sale investments are included in other comprehensive income.

Earnings Per Share Policy

Net income per share is presented as basic and diluted net income per share. Basic net income per share is net income available to common stockholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net income per share is similar to basic net income per share, except that the denominator includes potential common shares that, had they been issued, would have had a dilutive effect.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets Policy

The Company is required to perform an impairment analysis on its goodwill at least annually, or when events and circumstances warrant. Conditions that would trigger an impairment assessment, include, but are not limited to, a significant adverse change in legal factors or in the business climate that could affect the value of an asset or an adverse action or assessment by a regulator. The Company is considered one reporting unit. As a result, to determine whether or not goodwill may be impaired, the Company compares its book value to its market capitalization. If the trading price of the Company’s common stock as adjusted for factors such as a control premium, is below the book value per share at the date of the annual impairment test or if the average trading price of the Company’s common stock is below book value per share for a sustained period, a goodwill impairment test will be performed by comparing book value to estimated market value. If the comparison of book value to estimated market value indicates impairment, then the Company compares the implied fair value of goodwill to its carrying amount in a manner similar to a purchase price allocation for a business combination. If the carrying amount of goodwill exceeds its implied fair value, an impairment loss is recognized equal to that excess.

Unless indicators warrant testing at an earlier date, the Company performs its annual goodwill impairment test in the fourth quarter of each year. During the three and nine months ended October 1, 2011, there were no impairments recorded or impairment indicators present.

Amortization of Loan Fees

The initial fees associated with the Agreement were capitalized and are being amortized to interest expense using the straight-line method over the remaining term to maturity.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan Policy

Employees participating in the ESPP authorize the Company to withhold compensation and to use the withheld amounts to purchase shares of the Company's common stock at a discount.

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CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME (USD $) In Thousands, except Per Share data	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Revenues	$ 215,988	$ 236,998	$ 669,096	$ 625,314
Cost of goods sold	140,632	139,039	414,204	373,373
Gross profit	75,356	97,959	254,892	251,941
Operating expenses:
Research, development and engineering	36,479	32,978	110,910	96,397
Selling, general and administrative	22,799	23,308	73,415	71,594
Litigation expense	4,058	2,807	16,968	5,133
Total operating expenses	63,336	59,093	201,293	173,124
Income from operations	12,020	38,866	53,599	78,817
Other income (expense), net:
Interest income	40	85	249	308
Interest expense	(367)	(189)	(1,107)	(559)
Foreign currency gain (loss)	(309)	(202)	(278)	(411)
Recovery of investment	360	0	867	0
Other, net	7	248	101	316
Total other income (expense), net	(269)	(58)	(168)	(346)
Income before income tax	11,751	38,808	53,431	78,471
Income tax expense	(3,087)	(73,367)	9,589	(69,872)
Net income	$ 14,838	$ 112,175	$ 43,842	$ 148,343
Net income per common share:
Basic	$ 0.09	$ 0.72	$ 0.27	$ 0.96
Diluted	$ 0.09	$ 0.69	$ 0.25	$ 0.92
Common equivalent shares:
Basic	164,812	155,734	163,773	154,737
Diluted	171,027	162,653	173,082	161,146

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Net Income Per Share - Antidilutive Securities (Details) (Stock Options [Member]) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Stock Options [Member]
Antidilutive Securities Excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities	13,465	13,254	4,837	14,686

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Income Taxes (Details) (USD $) In Thousands, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Dec. 31, 2010
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Income tax (benefit) expense	$ (3,087)	$ (73,367)	$ 9,589	$ (69,872)
Deferred Tax Liabilities, Undistributed Foreign Earnings	0		0
Undistributed Foreign Earnings			108,700
Deferred Tax Assets, Net	63,925		63,925		74,982
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance	12,055		12,055		11,391
Unrecognized Tax Benefits, Period Increase (Decrease)			(5,167)
Reduction in Unrecognized Tax Benefits			2,009
Net unrecognized tax benefits	$ 2,183		$ 2,183		$ 7,350
Costa Rica [Member]
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Income Tax Holiday Exemption Percentage			100.00%
SINGAPORE
Income Tax Disclosure [Line Items]
Income Tax Holiday, Number of Years			8

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Comprehensive Income (Details) (USD $) In Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010	Oct. 01, 2011	Oct. 02, 2010
Stockholders' Equity Note [Abstract]
Net income	$ 14,838	$ 112,175	$ 43,842	$ 148,343
Other comprehensive (loss) gain:
Net unrealized (loss) gain on available for sale investments	(4)	(3)	(5)	(6)
Comprehensive income	$ 14,834	$ 112,172	$ 43,837	$ 148,337