HILLSBORO, Ore. & RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT), a leading RF product manufacturer and foundry services provider, has been recognized by Raytheon Company for exceptional performance in supporting its Space and Airborne Systems (SAS) business.

TriQuint was honored by Raytheon for the third consecutive year at the company's 2010 SAS Supplier Excellence Award (SEA) recognition event. Winning suppliers represent less than one percent of the SAS supply base. Only 34 companies that supply Raytheon SAS received awards.

Winning companies were chosen by Raytheon for meeting demanding quality and delivery performance, customer satisfaction as well as total business and financial health standards during 2009. Evaluations from Raytheon buyers and material program managers who work with TriQuint every day were part of the selection process.

"We're extremely proud of on-going recognition from Raytheon SAS. This award honors TriQuint professionals' commitment to service, quality and highly-reliable solutions for phased array radar chipsets and other critical programs. TriQuint expertise supports service members across the globe," remarked Tom Cordner, TriQuint Vice President. "We continually strive to offer the best service available from our top-rated, ISO/AS9100 foundry."

TriQuint's expertise in gallium nitride (GaN), gallium arsenide (GaAs), surface acoustic and bulk acoustic wave (SAW / BAW) technologies has made it a leading supplier of RF system components to Raytheon and other major defense / aerospace contractors. TriQuint module capabilities, packaging technology and monolithic microwave integrated circuits (MMICs) continue to expand its global market reach. TriQuint is a DoD-accredited ‘Trusted Foundry' (Category 1A) and is a leading supplier of GaAs and GaN foundry services. TriQuint supplies RF innovation for consumer retail products including mobile devices, wireless LAN, triple-play CATV systems, optical network and wireless infrastructure applications.

For more information about TriQuint products for defense and aerospace, visit www.triquint.com/defense. Register for product updates and our newsletter at: www.triquint.com/rf.

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ: TQNT) press release contains forward-looking statements made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements 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 containing such words as ‘leading', ‘exceptional', ‘high efficiency', ‘key role', ‘leading supplier', or similar terms 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 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 products with yields sufficient to maintain profitability, as well as the other "Risk Factors" set forth in TriQuint's most recent 10-Q report 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 expectations expressed / implied in forward-looking statements.

FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT

TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ: TQNT) celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2010 as a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world's leading communications, defense and aerospace companies. People and organizations around the world need real-time, all-the-time connections; TriQuint products help reduce the cost and increase the performance of connected mobile devices and the networks that deliver critical voice, data and video communications. With the industry's broadest technology portfolio, recognized R&D leadership, and expertise in high-volume manufacturing, TriQuint creates standard and custom products using gallium arsenide (GaAs), gallium nitride (GaN), surface acoustic wave (SAW) and bulk acoustic wave (BAW) technologies. The company has ISO9001-certified manufacturing facilities in the U.S., production in Costa Rica, and design centers in North America and Germany. For more information, visit www.triquint.com.

TriQuint: Connecting the Digital World to the Global Network^®

TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
Product Marketing:
Marketing Director
Anthony Balistreri, +1 972-994-3995
tbalistreri@tqs.com
or
Media Contact:
Strategic Marketing Communications Mgr.
Mark W. Andrews, +1 407-884-3404
Mobile : +1 407-353-8727
mandrews@tqs.com

Source: TriQuint Semiconductor

News Provided by Acquire Media