LIMITED POWER OF ATTORNEY - SECURITIES LAW COMPLIANCE
      The undersigned, as an officer or director of TriQuint
Semiconductor, Inc. (the Corporation), hereby constitutes and
appoints Steven Buhaly, Susan Liles and Deborah Burke, and each
of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent to complete and execute such Forms 144, Forms 3, 4 and 5
and other forms as such attorney shall in his or her discretion
determine to be required or advisable pursuant to Rule 144
promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933 (as amended),
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, or any
successor laws and regulations, as a consequence of the
undersigned's ownership, acquisition or disposition of
securities of the Corporation, and to do all acts necessary
in order to file such forms with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any securities exchange or national association,
the Corporation and such other person or agency as the attorney
shall deem appropriate. The undersigned hereby ratifies and
confirms all that said attorneys-in-fact and agents shall do
or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

      This Limited Power of Attorney shall remain in full
force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's
holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the
Corporation unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

      This Limited Power of Attorney is executed at Hillsboro,
OR, as of the date set forth below.

Signature:		/s/Bruce Fournier
Type or Print Name:	Bruce Fournier
Dated: 			5/9/2008
Witness:
Signature:		/s/Sally Fivecoat
Type or Print Name:	Sally Fivecoat
Dated:			5/9/2008