TRIKON TECHNOLOGIES INC
SC 13D/A, 1999-11-26
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                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D
                                 (RULE 13D-101)

                    UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

                                (Amendment No. 4)

                            Trikon Technologies, Inc.
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                                (Name of Issuer)

                           Common Stock, No Par Value
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                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    896187101
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                                 (CUSIP Number)

                          Wendy Schnipper Clayton, Esq.
                           DDJ Capital Management, LLC
                           141 Linden Street, Suite 4
                            Wellesley, MA  02482-7910
                                  781-283-8500
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 (Name, address and telephone number of person authorized to receive notices and
                                 communications)

                                November 17, 1999
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             (Date of Event which Requires filing of this Statement)

 If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
  the acquisition which is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
  schedule because of Rule 13d-1(b) (3) or (4), check the following box [   ].

                         (Continued on following pages)

                               (Page 1 of 7 Pages)

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 896187101                     PAGE 2 OF 7 PAGES

1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     DDJ Capital Management, LLC
     04-3300754
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [   ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     OO
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [   ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Commonwealth of Massachusetts

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        7,991,692
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     7,991,692
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     7,991,692
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [   ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     8.5%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     IA
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 896187101                     PAGE 3 OF 7 PAGES

1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     B III Capital Partners, L.P.
     04-3341099
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [    ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     WC
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [     ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Delaware

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        7,991,692
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     7,991,692
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     7,991,692
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [     ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     8.5%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     PN
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 896187101                     PAGE 4 OF 7 PAGES

1    NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
     S.S. OR  I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON
     DDJ Capital III, LLC
     04-3317544
2    CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
     SEE ITEM #5                             (a) [ X ]
                                             (b) [    ]
3    SEC USE ONLY
4    SOURCE OF FUNDS*
     OO
5    CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM
     2(d) or 2(e)                            [     ]
6    CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
     Delaware

NUMBER OF           7         SOLE VOTING POWER
SHARES                        7,991,692
BENEFICIALLY        8         SHARED VOTING POWER
OWNED BY
EACH                9         SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
REPORTING                     7,991,692
PERSON WITH         10        SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER


11   AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
     7,991,692
12   CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES*
     [     ]
13   PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
     8.5%
14   TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON *
     OO
                      *SEE INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE FILLING OUT!

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 896187101                     PAGE 5 OF 7 PAGES

     ITEM 1.   SECURITY AND ISSUER:

     This Amendment No. 4 to Schedule 13D ("Amendment No. 4") should be read in
conjunction with the Schedule 13D dated October 29, 1997 ("Schedule 13D"),
Amendment No. 1 dated April 24, 1998 ("Amendment No. 1"), Amendment No. 2 dated
May 14, 1998 ("Amendment No. 2") and Amendment No. 3 dated July 28, 1998
("Amendment No. 3") each as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by
DDJ Capital Management, LLC, a Massachusetts limited liability company, and
certain affiliates.  This Amendment No. 4 amends the Schedule 13D, Amendment No.
1, Amendment No. 2 and Amendment No. 3 only with respect to those items listed
below.  All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto on the Schedule 13, Amendment No. 1, Amendment No. 2
or Amendment No. 3.

     This filing of this Amendment No. 4 is not, and should not be deemed to be,
an admission that the Schedule 13D or any Amendment thereto is required to be
filed.

     This statement relates to common stock, no par value per share (the
"Shares") of Trikon Technologies, Inc., a California corporation (the
"Company").  The principal executive offices of the Company are located at 9255
Deering Avenue, Chatsworth, California 91311.

     ITEM 5.   INTEREST IN SECURITIES OF ISSUER:

     Paragraph (a) in Item 5 is deleted and amended as follows:

     (a)  The Fund beneficially owns, and DDJ III and DDJ beneficially own as
general partner and investment manager, respectively, of the Fund 7,991,692
Shares, or approximately 8.5% of the outstanding Shares of the Company.  Neither
DDJ nor any of the DDJ Affiliates and, to the best knowledge of DDJ and the DDJ
Affiliates, none of the persons named in Schedule A, beneficially own any other
Shares.

ITEM 7.   MATERIAL TO BE FILED AS EXHIBITS:

          Not Applicable.

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                                  SCHEDULE 13D

CUSIP NO. 896187101                     PAGE 6 OF 7 PAGES


                                   SIGNATURE:


     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.


DDJ CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC


By:  / s / Wendy Schnipper Clayton
     -------------------------------------------
     Wendy Schnipper Clayton
     Attorney-In-Fact*

*Limited Power of Attorney filed with the SEC on October 30, 1998.




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                                  SCHEDULE 13D
CUSIP NO.  896187101                       PAGE 7 OF 7 PAGES



                                   SCHEDULE B
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Trikon Technologies, Inc.
=====================

     Set forth below is an itemization of all purchases and sales of Shares of
Common Stock since September 20, 1999.  The transactions were made for cash in
open market transactions.

          TYPE:
          PURCHASE                       AGGREGATE
DATE      OR SALE        SHARES              PRICE




11/15/99         SALE                   100,000   $80,747.30
11/16/99         SALE                   235,000   $182,935.83
11/17/99         SALE                   785,000   $684,968.16
11/18/99         SALE                 1,545,000   $1,893,14.81
11/19/99         SALE                   252,500   $359,906.82
11/22/99         SALE                   121,000   $141,365.28
11/23/99         SALE                    20,000   $24,599.18
11/24/99         SALE                    40,000   $49,198.36






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