HILLSBORO, Ore. August 8, 2011 - TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. (NASDAQ:TQNT), a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, today announced that its Board of Directors Compensation Committee approved a stock option award to newly-hired Vice President and General Manager of Defense and Aerospace business, James L. Klein.

The aggregate grant of 155,000 shares of TriQuint common stock was made to Mr. Klein under the company's 2008 Inducement Award Program. The stock option grant has an effective date of August 5, 2011. The options will vest 25 percent on August 5, 2012, with the remaining 75 percent vesting quarterly over the next three years. The stock options have an exercise price of $6.99, which was the closing price of TriQuint's common stock on August 5, 2011. The option grant expires on August 5, 2021.

TriQuint's Compensation Committee, which is solely comprised of independent directors, approved the grant of the stock options on May 13, 2011 in accordance with NASDAQ Listing Standard 5635^©(4).

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
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FACTS ABOUT TRIQUINT
Founded in 1985, TriQuint Semiconductor (NASDAQ:TQNT) is a leading global provider of innovative RF solutions and foundry services for the world's top 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.

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