TriQuint Offers New Wideband Millimeter Wave Amplifiers with Industry-Leading Power-Bandwidth Performance.

HILLSBORO, Ore. & RICHARDSON, Texas -- New Products Target Millimeter Wave Sat-Com, Digital Radio and Point-to-Point/Multipoint Networking Applications with Innovative Designs

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:TQNT) has introduced four new high-performance products designed for the demanding bandwidth needs of point-to-point radios, point-to-multipoint communications and commercial or military satellite communications applications. The new products offer exceptional electrical performance by combining high output powers with very wide bandwidths at millimeter wave frequencies.

"These new amplifiers are additions to our extensive millimeter wave product line and reinforce TriQuint's commitment to provide customers with off-the-shelf, industry leading products," said TriQuint Broadband Products Marketing Director, Dan Green. "Improving performance while lowering the cost of our customer's applications are key objectives for TriQuint."

All four of the newly introduced parts are lead-free and RoHS compliant. They will debut during the European Microwave Week conference and symposium in Paris, France (3rd-7th October 2005).

Amplifier Product Performance Details:

--The TGA4521 is a wideband millimeter wave driver amplifier covering the 32 to 45 GHz frequency range. This new product has +25dBm saturated output power and +24dBm one-dB compressed output power. Small signal gain is 16dB and it exhibits an output third-order intermodulation intercept point of +33dBm with +16dBm input tones. A wide variety of applications are appropriate for this part including point-to-point and point-to-multipoint digital radio and military satellite communications. The part is fabricated on TriQuint's 0.15 micron gate power pHEMT process. Samples are available from your local TriQuint representative. A data sheet for this product is available at: http://www.tqs.com/docs/TGA4521/TGA4521.pdf

--The TGA4522 is a balanced version of the TGA4521: it offers a higher output power capability with +27.5dBm saturated and +27dBm one-dB compressed performance at 38GHz. It has a correspondingly higher third-order incept point of +36dBm with +19dBm input tones. Small signal gain is 18dB with excellent nominal return loss (input and output) of 15dB. Applications appropriate for this part include point-to-point and point-to-multipoint digital radio and military satellite communications. The part is fabricated on TriQuint's 0.15 micron gate power pHEMT process. Samples are available from your local TriQuint representative. A data sheet for this product is available at: http://www.tqs.com/docs/TGA4522/TGA4522.pdf

--The TGA4046 is a balanced high power amplifier MMIC for Q-band applications, particularly military and commercial satellite uplink communications. This new product provides excellent saturated output power of +33dBm and one-dB compressed power of +32dBm. Frequency range is 41 to 46 GHz. Its small signal gain level is 17dB, which leads to low transmit chain part count and efficient power combining. The part is balanced on-chip using Lange couplers providing input and output return loss in excess of 16dB. The part is fabricated on TriQuint's 0.15 micron gate power pHEMT process. Samples are available through your local TriQuint representative. A data sheet for this product is available at: http://www.tqs.com/docs/TGA4046/TGA4046.pdf

--The TGA4040 is a unique medium power amplifier / frequency multiplier MMIC for a variety of applications including military and commercial satellite communications, electronic warfare, digital radio and instrumentation. This new product is a power amplifier with output characteristics that may be adjusted to provide two- or three-times frequency multiplication and simultaneous amplification of the input signal. These qualities make the TGA4040 particularly suitable for local oscillator chain applications. The part's frequency range is 17 to 43 GHz; one-dB compressed output power is greater than +20dBm. It has a small signal gain level of 25dB. Simple bonding and bias voltage changes optimize either 2x or 3x output frequencies, with no additional circuit components required. The part is fabricated using TriQuint's 0.15 micron gate power pHEMT process. Samples are available through local TriQuint representatives. A datasheet for this product is available at: http://www.tqs.com/docs/TGA4040/TGA4040.pdf

For complete information about these and other TriQuint Semiconductor products for networking and aerospace applications, visit TriQuint during the European Microwave Week exhibition (4th-6th October, Booth 703), or contact TriQuint Semiconductor at: [phone]; Fax: [phone]. Visit www.triquint.com for a list of offices and distributors across Europe.

About TriQuint:

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (Nasdaq:TQNT) is a leading supplier of high performance products for communications applications. The company focuses on the specialized expertise, materials and know-how for wireless applications. The company enjoys diversity in its markets, applications, products, technology and customer base. Markets include wireless phones, base stations, broadband wireless access and defense. TriQuint provides customers with standard and custom product solutions as well as foundry services. Products are based on advanced process technologies including gallium arsenide, surface acoustic wave (SAW), and bulk acoustic wave (BAW). TriQuint customers include major worldwide communications companies. TriQuint has manufacturing facilities in Oregon, Texas and Florida, as well as a production assembly plant in Costa Rica, plus sales/application support offices in China, Taiwan and Korea and design centers in New England and Germany. All major manufacturing and production facilities are registered to the ISO9001:2000 international quality standard.

TriQuint is headquartered at 2300 NE Brookwood Parkway, Hillsboro, OR 97124 and can be reached at: 503-615-9000; fax [phone]. Visit TriQuint's website at: http://www.triquint.com.