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TriQuint Announces Complete Portfolio of RF Base Station / Repeater / Femtocell Filters for GSM / Edge / 3G Applications.


New Filters Complement Extensive SAW Portfolio / Offer

Standard 3x3mm footprint: Low-Cost / Low-Loss / High-Rejection

BARCELONA, Spain & HILLSBORO, Ore. -- TriQuint Semiconductor (Nasdaq:TQNT), a leading manufacturer of RF front-end components and modules for wireless network base stations and handsets, today announced the release of its newest line of RF SAW (surface acoustic wave A surface acoustic wave (SAW) is an acoustic wave traveling along the surface of a material having some elasticity, with an amplitude that typically decays exponentially with the depth of the substrate. ) filters for GSM / EDGE / WCDMA (Wideband CDMA) A 3G high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that use the TDMA or GSM technology worldwide, including AT&T (formerly Cingular) and T-Mobile in the U.S.  networks, offering standard 3x3mm footprints, low insertion loss The amount of loss attributed to a particular device being used in (inserted into) the system. For example, a circuit added to filter out unwanted frequencies may reduce the output current by some amount. See injection loss.  and high unwanted signal rejection. Their standard size, cost-effectiveness and performance are superior to other market solutions, which typically change size depending on frequency. The new products will be displayed at the GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain (12th-15th Feb. 2007).

TriQuint's newest filter products are designed for key network applications including use in signal repeaters that extend and fill-in network coverage areas. The superior rejection of the SAW filters helps insure amplifier stability while their consistent footprint allows designers to re-use PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl.
PCB
 in full polychlorinated biphenyl

Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound.
 layouts across the different frequency bands. In the even smaller 'Femtocells' used to provide a CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises.

CPE - Customer Premises Equipment
 (customer premise equipment) connection for 2G and 3G service, the size and cost-effectiveness of SAW devices again offers designers a clear alternative to bulkier, more costly solutions.

"TriQuint's latest additions to its SAW filter product portfolio are designed to further support network infrastructure roll-outs and upgrades across both emerging, cost-sensitive markets as well as in mature, feature-rich networks," said TriQuint's Director for Networks Product Marketing, Paul Gilgallon. "They offer clear advantages compared to competing solutions and complement our overall networks portfolio that includes a wide variety of low noise amplifiers, power amplifiers, mixers, filters and other components for cellular infrastructure, microwave backhaul and emerging WiMAX markets."

Gilgallon stated that the new filters extend the product family to include frequency ranges from 836.5 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc.  to 2140 MHz. Today's announcement includes four new products now available as engineering samples, with full production in First Quarter 2007. Bands and frequencies covered in the new releases and existing portfolio include cellular and PCS (1) (Personal Communications Services) Refers to wireless services that emerged after the U.S. government auctioned commercial licenses in 1994 and 1995. This radio spectrum in the 1.  for United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  markets and GSM / DCS (1) See also DSC.

(2) Digital Cross-connect System) A network switching and grooming device used by telecom carriers. See digital cross-connect.
 / EDGE / WCDMA (UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) The GSM implementation of the 3G wireless phone system. Part of IMT-2000, UMTS provides service in the 2 GHz band and offers global roaming and personalized features. ) for markets across Europe and elsewhere.
Band             Frequency (MHz)      Status  TriQuint p/n
Cell Uplink                836.5  Production        855821
Cell Downlink              881.5  Production        855782
GSM900 Uplink              897.5     Samples        856657
GSM900 Downlink            942.5     Samples        856528
DCS Uplink                1747.5     Samples        856654
DCS Downlink              1842.5  Production        855860
PCS Uplink                  1880  Production        856530
UMTS Uplink                 1950     Samples        856532
PCS Downlink                1960  Production        856531
UMTS Downlink               2140  Production        855937


TriQuint's new products are part of its wide-ranging portfolio of gallium arsenide An alloy of gallium and arsenic compound (GaAs) that is used as the base material for chips. Several times faster than silicon, it is used in high frequency applications such as cellphones, DVD players and fiber optics.  (GaAs) and SAW designed to offer technically superior solutions that improve efficiency and lower system costs in 3G and 4G data-converged networks. See TriQuint's newest network RF filters at the company's GSM World Congress exhibition (Hall 2, Level 1, Space D22) in Barcelona, Spain (12th-15thFebruary 2007). The GSM World Congress is the largest convention and exhibition dedicated to GSM wireless communications wireless communications

System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data.
, now with more than 2.6 billion global subscribers.

Samples of TriQuint's newest RF SAW filters are available. For pricing information, demonstration boards, samples, plus the direct assistance of its worldwide application support team, please contact your local TriQuint sales representative, or visit the website: www.triquint.com. To obtain technical specifications, please contact TriQuint Product Marketing at this e-mail address See Internet address.

e-mail address - electronic mail address
: info@tqs.com, using RF SAW Filters in the subject line.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:TQNT) press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor Safe Harbor

1. A legal provision to reduce or eliminate liability as long as good faith is demonstrated.

2. A form of shark repellent implemented by a target company acquiring a business that is so poorly regulated that the target itself is less attractive.
 provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and  of 1995. Readers are cautioned that implied forward-looking statements such as statements of customer product acceptance and sales levels, competitive advantages of the products and TriQuint's ability to continue to develop and deliver competitive products with performance advantages are statements that involve risks and uncertainties. The cautionary statements made in this press release should be read as being applicable to all related statements wherever they appear. Statements regarding product performance and customer acceptance are considered to contain uncertainty and are forward-looking statements. A number of factors affect TriQuint's operating results and could cause its actual future results to differ materially from any results indicated in this press release or in any other forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, TriQuint, including, but not limited to: those associated with the unpredictability and volatility of customer acceptance of and demand for our products and technologies, the on-going relationship with our customers, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to meet demand, the ability of our production facilities and those of our vendors to produce product with yields sufficient to maintain profitability, as well as the other "Risk Factors" set forth in TriQuint's most recent report on 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. This and other reports can be found on the SEC web site, www.sec.gov. A reader of this release should understand that these and other risks could cause actual results to differ materially from the expectations expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements.

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

TriQuint Semiconductor supplies high-performance modules and components to the world's leading communications companies. Our diverse markets include wireless handsets, base stations, broadband communications, military. We "Connect the digital world to the global network"[TM]. TriQuint creates standard and custom products using advanced processes that include gallium arsenide (GaAs), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW BAW Black America Web
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) technologies. TriQuint has manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas, and Florida, a production plant in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. These manufacturing and production facilities are certified to the ISO (1) See ISO speed.

(2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI.
9001 international quality standard. TriQuint is headquartered at 2300 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, Oregon 97124 (USA) and can be reached at 503-615-9000 (Fax: 503-615-8900). Visit TriQuint at www.triquint.com.
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