TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC
S-8, 1996-07-26
SEMICONDUCTORS & RELATED DEVICES
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           As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 26, 1996
                                             Registration No. 333-
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM S-8
                             REGISTRATION STATEMENT
                                      Under
                           THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

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                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

        California                                           95-3654013
 (State of Incorporation)                                 (I.R.S. Employer
                                                          Identification No.)

                           3625A S.W. Murray Boulevard
                             Beaverton, Oregon 97005
                                 (503) 644-3535
   (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)

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                        1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                            (Full Title of the Plans)

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                                Edward C.V. Winn
              Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration,
                           and Chief Financial Officer
                          TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
                           3625A S.W. Murray Boulevard
                             Beaverton, Oregon 97005
                                 (503) 644-3535
            (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service)

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                                    Copy to:

                             CHRIS F. FENNELL, ESQ.
                       WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            Professional Corporation
                               650 Page Mill Road
                           Palo Alto, California 94304

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<TABLE>
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                                            CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
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<CAPTION>

                                                            Proposed                 Proposed
         Title of                                            Maximum                 Maximum
        Securities                   Amount                 Offering                Aggregate                Amount of
           to be                      to be                 Price Per                Offering              Registration
        Registered                 Registered               Share(1)                 Price(1)                   Fee
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<S>                              <C>                          <C>                   <C>                      <C>  
Common Stock, no                
par value, to be issued
under the 1992                                              
Employee Stock
Purchase Plan                    150,000 shares              16.82                  2,523,000                $870.00
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<FN>

(1)      Estimated  in  accordance  with Rule  457(c)  solely for the purpose of
         calculating  the  registration  fee on the basis of the  average of the
         high and low price  for the  Common  Stock as  reported  on the  Nasdaq
         National Market on July 24, 1996.
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</FN>
</TABLE>
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         The  contents  of the  Registrant's  Form  S-8  Registration  Statement
(Registration  No.  33-75464) dated February 18, 1994 is incorporated  herein by
reference.


             PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.           Exhibits



   Exhibit                         
   Number                             Documents         
- -------------   ----------------------------------------------------------------
    4.1         1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
    5.1         Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being registered
    23.1        Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1)
    23.2        Consent of Independence Auditors
    24.1        Power of Attorney (see page 5)


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                                   SIGNATURES


         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant,  TriQuint Semiconductor,  Inc., a corporation organized and existing
under  the laws of the State of  California,  certifies  that it has  reasonable
grounds to believe that it meets all of the  requirements for filing on Form S-8
and has duly caused this  Registration  Statement  to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned,  thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Beaverton,  State of
Oregon, on this 26th day of July, 1996.


                      TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.


                      By: /s/  EDWARD C.V. WINN
                          ------------------------------------------------------
                          Edward C.V. Winn
                          Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration,
                          and Chief Financial Officer

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears below  constitutes  and appoints  Steven J. Sharp and Edward C.V.  Winn,
jointly  and  severally,  his or her  attorneys-in-fact,  each with the power of
substitution,  for him or her in any and all capacities,  to sign any amendments
to this  Registration  Statement on Form S-8 and to file the same, with exhibits
thereto and other  documents in connection  therewith,  with the  Securities and
Exchange  Commission,  hereby  ratifying  and  confirming  all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact,  or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

<TABLE>

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act of  1933,  this
Registration  Statement  has  been  signed  by  the  following  persons  in  the
capacities and on the dates indicated.

<CAPTION>
                  Signature                                        Title                                  Date        
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
<S>                                            <C>                                                   <C> 
                                               President, Chief Executive Officer                    July 26, 1996
/s/ STEVEN J. SHARP                            and Chairman (Principal Executive
- ----------------------------------             Officer)
(Steven J. Sharp)                              

                                               
                                               Executive Vice President, Finance                     July 26, 1996 
/s/ EDWARD C.V. WINN                           and Administration, and Chief                                       
- ----------------------------------             Financial Officer (Principal Financial                              
(Edward C.V. Winn)                             and Accounting Officer)                              
                            
                                               
/s/ PAUL GARY                                  Director                                              July 26, 1996
- ----------------------------------
(Paul Gary)


/s/ CHARLES SCOTT GIBSON                       Director                                              July 26, 1996
- -----------------------------
(Charles Scott Gibson)


/s/ E. FLOYD KVAMME                            Director                                              July 26, 1996
- ----------------------------------
(E. Floyd Kvamme)


/s/ DR. WALDEN C. RHINES                       Director                                              July 26, 1996
- -------------------------------
(Dr. Walden C. Rhines)


/s/ EDWARD F. TUCK                             Director                                              July 26, 1996
- -------------------------------------
(Edward F. Tuck)

</TABLE>

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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549


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                                    EXHIBITS

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                       Registration Statement on Form S-8

                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

                                  July 26, 1996



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<TABLE>


                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS

<CAPTION>

    Exhibit                                                                           Sequentially
    Number                          Description                                       Numbered Page
    -------                         -----------                                       -------------
      <C>              <C>                                                            
      4.1              1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended . . . . . . . 
      
      5.1              Opinion of counsel as to legality of securities being
                       registered. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
      
      23.1             Consent of Counsel (contained in Exhibit 5.1). . . . . . . .
      
      23.2             Consent of Independent Auditors. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      
      24.1             Power of Attorney (contained in page 5). . . . . . . . . . .
      
</TABLE>



                                                                     EXHIBIT 4.1

                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

                        1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                    as amended and restated February 1, 1996
                       and as further amended May 29, 1996

         The following  constitute  the  provisions  of the 1992 Employee  Stock
Purchase Plan of TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

         1.  Purpose.  The  purpose of the Plan is to provide  employees  of the
Company and its Designated  Subsidiaries  with an opportunity to purchase Common
Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll deductions. It is the intention
of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an  "Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan"
under  Section  423 of the  Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as  amended.  The
provisions  of the Plan,  accordingly,  shall be  construed  so as to extend and
limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that section
of the Code.

         2. Definitions.

             (a) "Board" shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

             (b)  "Code"  shall  mean the  Internal  Revenue  Code of  1986,  as
amended.

             (c) "Common Stock" shall mean the Common Stock of the Company.

             (d) "Company" shall mean TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a California
corporation.

             (e)  "Compensation"   shall  mean  all  base  straight  time  gross
earnings,   exclusive  of  payments  for  overtime,  shift  premium,   incentive
compensation, incentive payments, bonuses, commissions and other compensation.

             (f) "Designated  Subsidiaries"  shall mean the  Subsidiaries  which
have been  designated  by the Board from time to time in its sole  discretion as
eligible to participate in the Plan.

             (g) "Employee"  shall mean any individual who is an employee of the
Company  for  purposes  of  tax  withholding  under  the  Code  whose  customary
employment with the Company or any Designated Subsidiary is at least twenty (20)
hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar  year. For purposes
of the Plan, the employment  relationship  shall be treated as continuing intact
while the individual is on sick leave or other leave of absence  approved by the
Company.  Where the period of leave exceeds 90 days and the individuals right to
reemployment is not guaranteed either by statute or by contract,  the employment
relationship will be deemed to have terminated on the 91st day of such leave.


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             (h)  "Enrollment  Date"  shall mean the first day of each  Offering
Period.

             (i)  "Exercise  Date",  shall  mean the  last day of each  Offering
Period.

             (j) "Fair Market  Value" shall mean,  as of any date,  the value of
Common Stock determined as follows:

                 (1) if the  Common  Stock is  listed on any  established  stock
exchange or a national market system,  including without limitation the National
Market System of the National Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc. Automated
Quotation  ("NASDAQ")  System,  its Fair Market  Value shall be the closing sale
price for the Common Stock (or the mean of the closing bid and asked prices,  if
no sales were  reported),  as quoted on such  exchange (or the exchange with the
greatest  volume  of  trading  in  Common  Stock)  or system on the date of such
determination,  as reported in The Wall Street  Journal or such other  source as
the Board deems reliable, or;

                 (2) If the Common Stock is quoted on the NASDAQ system (but not
on the National  Market System  thereof) or is regularly  quoted by a recognized
securities  dealer but selling  prices are not  reported,  its Fair Market Value
shall be the mean of the  closing bid and asked  prices for the Common  Stock on
the date of such  determination,  as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such
other source as the Board deems reliable, or;

                 (3) In the  absence  of an  established  market  for the Common
Stock,  the Fair Market Value  thereof  shall be determined in good faith by the
Board.

             (k) "Offering  Period" shall mean a period of approximately six (6)
months,  commencing  on  the  first  Trading  Day  on or  after  February  1 and
terminating  on the last Trading Day in the period ending the following July 31,
or commencing on the first Trading Day on or after August 1 and  terminating  on
the last Trading Day in the period ending the following January 31, during which
an  option  granted  pursuant  to the Plan may be  exercised.  The  duration  of
Offering Period may be changed pursuant to Section 4 of this Plan.

             (l) "Plan" shall mean this Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

             (m) "Purchase  Price" shall mean an amount equal to 85% of the Fair
Market  Value  of a share  of  Common  Stock  on the  Enrollment  Date or on the
Exercise Date, whichever is lower.

             (n)  "Reserves"  shall  mean the  number of shares of Common  Stock
covered by each option under the Plan which have not yet been  exercised and the
number of shares of Common Stock which have been  authorized  for issuance under
the Plan but not yet placed under option.

             (o) "Subsidiary" shall mean a corporation,  domestic or foreign, of
which  not less  than 50% of the  voting  shares  are held by the  Company  or a
Subsidiary, whether or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized
or acquired by the Company or a Subsidiary.

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             (p)  "Trading  Day"  shall  mean  a day  on  which  national  stock
exchanges and the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation
(NASDAQ) System are open for trading.

         3. Eligibility.

             (a) Any  Employee  (as  defined  in  Section  2(g)),  who  shall be
employed by the Company on a given  Enrollment Date and who has been employed by
the Company for at least three (3) months  shall be eligible to  participate  in
the Plan.

             (b) Any provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding,  no
Employee  shall  be  granted  an  option  under  the  Plan  (i) to  the  extent,
immediately  after the grant,  such  Employee  (or any other  person whose stock
would be  attributed to such  Employee  pursuant to Section  424(d) of the Code)
would own  capital  stock of the  Company  and/or  hold  outstanding  options to
purchase such stock  possessing  five percent (5%) or more of the total combined
voting  power or value of all classes of the capital  stock of the Company or of
any Subsidiary,  or (ii) to the extent his or her rights to purchase stock under
all employee stock purchase plans of the Company and its  subsidiaries to accrue
at a rate which exceeds  Twenty-Five  Thousand Dollars  ($25,000) worth of stock
(determined  at the fair  market  value of the shares at the time such option is
granted) for each calendar year in which such option is outstanding at any time.

         4.  Offering  Periods.  The Plan shall be  implemented  by  consecutive
Offering Periods with a new Offering Period  commencing on the first Trading Day
on or after  February  1 and  August 1 each  year,  or on such other date as the
Board shall determine,  and continuing thereafter until terminated in accordance
with Section 19 hereof. The Board shall have the power to change the duration of
offering  Periods  (including  the  commencement  dates thereof) with respect to
future  offerings  without  shareholder  approval if such change is announced at
least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled  beginning of the first  Offering
Period to be affected thereafter.

         5. Participation.

             (a) An eligible  Employee may become a  participant  in the Plan by
completing a subscription  agreement  authorizing payroll deductions in the form
of Exhibit A to this Plan and  filing it with the  Company's  payroll  office at
least five (5) business days prior to the applicable  Enrollment Date,  unless a
later  time for filing the  subscription  agreement  is set by the Board for all
eligible Employees with respect to a given offering Period.

             (b) Payroll  deductions  for a  participant  shall  commence on the
first payroll following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payroll in
the Offering  Period to which such  authorization  is applicable,  unless sooner
terminated by the participant as provided in Section 10 hereof.


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         6. Payroll Deductions.

             (a)  At the  time  a  participant  files  his  or her  subscription
agreement, he or she shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day
during the Offering  Period in an amount not exceeding  fifteen percent (15%) of
the  Compensation  which he or she  receives on each pay day during the Offering
Period,  and the aggregate of such payroll deductions during the Offering Period
shall not exceed fifteen percent (15%) of the participant's  compensation during
said Offering Period.

             (b) All payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited
to his or her account  under the Plan and will be withheld in whole  percentages
only. A participant may not make any additional payments into such account.

             (c) A participant may discontinue his or her  participation  in the
Plan as provided in Section 10 hereof,  or may  increase or decrease the rate of
his or her payroll deductions during the Offering Period by completing or filing
with the Company a new  subscription  agreement  authorizing a change in payroll
deduction  rate. The Company may, in its  discretion, limit the number of parti-
cipation rate changes during any Offering Period.  A participant's  subscription
agreement  shall  remain  in  effect  for  successive  Offering  Periods  unless
terminated as provided in Section 10 hereof.

             (d)  Notwithstanding  the  foregoing,  to the extent  necessary  to
comply  with  Section   423(b)(8)  of  the  Code  and  Section  3(b)  hereof,  a
participant's  payroll deductions may be decreased to 0% at such time during any
Offering Period which is scheduled to end during the current  calendar year (the
"Current  Offering  Period") that the aggregate of all payroll  deductions which
were previously used to purchase stock under the Plan in a prior offering Period
which ended during that  calendar year plus all payroll  deductions  accumulated
with respect to the Current  Offering Period equal $21,250.  Payroll  deductions
shall  recommence  at the  rate  provided  in  such  participant's  subscription
agreement at the  beginning of the first  Offering  Period which is scheduled to
end in the following  calendar  year,  unless  terminated by the  participant as
provided in Section 10 hereof.

             (e) At the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at
the time some or all of the  Company's  Common  Stock  issued  under the Plan is
disposed of, the  participant  must make  adequate  provision  for the Company's
federal, state, or other tax withholding  obligations,  if any, which arise upon
the exercise of the option or the  disposition of the Common Stock. At any time,
the Company may, but will not be obligated to,  withhold from the  participant's
compensation the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding
obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company
any tax  deductions or benefits  attributable  to sale or early  disposition  of
Common Stock by the Employee.

         7. Grant of Option.  On the  Enrollment  Date of each offering  Period,
each eligible Employee participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an
option  to  purchase  on the  Exercise  Date of  such  Offering  Period  (at the
applicable  Purchase  Price) up to a number of  shares of the  Company's  Common
Stock  determined by dividing such  Employee's  payroll  deductions  accumulated
prior to such Exercise Date and retained in the  Participants  account as of the
Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price;  provided that in no event shall
an Employee be permitted to purchase

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during each Offering Period more than a number of Shares  determined by dividing
$12,500 by the Fair Market Value of a share of the Company's Common Stock on the
Enrollment Date, and provided further that such purchase shall be subject to the
limitations  set forth in  Sections  3(b) and 12 hereof.  Exercise of the option
shall  occur as  provided  in  Section  8 hereof,  unless  the  participant  has
withdrawn pursuant to Section 10 hereof, and shall expire on the last day of the
Offering Period.

         8. Exercise of Option.  Unless a participant withdraws from the Plan as
provided in Section 10 hereof, his or her option for the purchase of shares will
be exercised  automatically on the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full
shares  subject  to  option  shall  be  purchased  for such  participant  at the
applicable  Purchase Price with the accumulated payroll deductions in his or her
account.  No  fractional  shares  will  be  purchased;  any  payroll  deductions
accumulated  in a  participant's  account which are not sufficient to purchase a
full share  shall be retained in the  participant's  account for the  subsequent
Offering Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the participant as provided in
Section 10 hereof.  Any other monies left over in a participant's  account after
the Exercise Date shall be returned to the  participant.  During a participant's
lifetime,  a participant's  option to purchase  shares  hereunder is exercisable
only by him or her.

         9.  Purchase.  As promptly as  practicable  after each Exercise Date on
which a purchase  of shares  occurs,  the  Company  shall  arrange  for,  at the
Company's option,  either (i) the delivery to each participant,  as appropriate,
of a certificate  representing  the shares purchased upon exercise of his or her
option, or (ii) the making of appropriate  entries in the  participant's  broker
account reflecting the purchase of shares.

         10. Withdrawal; Termination of Employment.

             (a) A  participant  may  withdraw  all but not  less  than  all the
payroll  deductions  credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise
his or her  option  under the Plan at any time by giving  written  notice to the
Company in the form of Exhibit B to this Plan. All of the participant's  payroll
deductions  credited  to his or her  account  will be  paid to such  participant
promptly after receipt of notice of withdrawal and such participant's option for
the Offering  Period will be  automatically  terminated,  and no further payroll
deductions  for the purchase of shares will be made during the Offering  Period.
If a participant withdraws from an Offering Period,  payroll deductions will not
resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period unless the participant
delivers to the Company a new subscription agreement.

             (b) Upon a  participant's  ceasing to be an Employee (as defined in
Section 2(g) hereof),  for any reason,  including by virtue of him or her having
failed to remain  customarily  employed by the Company for at least  twenty (20)
hours per week,  he or she will be deemed to have  elected to withdraw  from the
Plan and the payroll deductions  credited to such  participant's  account during
the Offering  Period but not yet used to exercise the option will be returned to
such  participant  or, in the case of his or her death, to the person or persons
entitled thereto under Section 14 hereof, and such participant's  option will be
automatically terminated.


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             (c) A  participant's  withdrawal  from an Offering  Period will not
have any effect upon his or her  eligibility  to participate in any similar plan
which may hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding  Offering Periods
which  commence  after the  termination  of the  offering  Period from which the
participant withdraws.

         11. Interest.  No interest shall accrue on the payroll  deductions of a
participant in the Plan.

         12. Stock.

             (a) The  maximum  number of shares of the  Company's  Common  Stock
which shall be made  available for sale under the Plan shall be 200,000  shares,
subject to adjustment upon changes in  capitalization of the Company as provided
in Section  18 hereof.  If on a given  Exercise  Date the number of shares  with
respect to which  options are to be exercised  exceeds the number of shares then
available  under the Plan,  the Company shall make a pro rata  allocation of the
shares  remaining  available  for  purchase  in as  uniform a manner as shall be
practicable and as it shall determine to be equitable.

             (b) The participant will have no interest or voting right in shares
covered by his option until such option has been exercised.

             (c)  Shares  purchased  by a  participant  under  the Plan  will be
registered in the name of the  participant or in the name of the participant and
his or her spouse.

         13. Administration.

             (a)  Administrative  Body.  The Plan shall be  administered  by the
Board or a committee of members of the Board  appointed by the Board.  The Board
or its  committee  shall  have full and  exclusive  discretionary  authority  to
construe,  interpret and apply the terms of the Plan,  to determine  eligibility
and to  adjudicate  all  disputed  claims filed under the Plan.  Every  finding,
decision and determination made by the Board or its committee shall, to the full
extent  permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.  Members of the
Board who are  eligible  Employees  are  permitted to  participate  in the Plan,
provided that:

                 (1) Members of the Board who are eligible to participate in the
Plan may not vote on any matter affecting the  administration of the Plan or the
grant of any option pursuant to the Plan.

                 (2) If a Committee is  established  to administer  the Plan, no
member of the Board who is eligible to  participate  in the Plan may be a member
of the Committee.

             (b) Rule  16b-3  Limitations.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of
Subsection  (a) of this  Section  13, in the event that Rule  16b-3  promulgated
under the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange  Act"), or
any successor provision ("Rule 16b-3") provides specific

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requirements  for the  administrators  of plans of this type,  the Plan shall be
only  administered  by such a body and in such a manner as shall comply with the
applicable  requirements  of Rule 16b-3.  Unless  permitted  by Rule  16b-3,  no
discretion  concerning  decisions  regarding  the Plan shall be  afforded to any
committee  or person  that is not  "disinterested"  as that term is used in Rule
16b-3.

         14. Designation of Beneficiary.

             (a) A participant  may file a written  designation of a beneficiary
who is to receive any shares and cash,  if any, from the  participant's  account
under  the  Plan in the  event  of such  participant's  death  subsequent  to an
Exercise  Date on which the option is  exercised  but prior to  delivery to such
participant  of such shares and cash.  In  addition,  a  participant  may file a
written  designation  of a  beneficiary  who is to  receive  any  cash  from the
participant's  account under the Plan in the event of such  participant's  death
prior to exercise of the option.  If a participant is married and the designated
beneficiary  is not the  spouse,  spousal  consent  shall be  required  for such
designation to be effective.

             (b)  Such   designation  of  beneficiary  may  be  changed  by  the
participant  at any time by  written  notice.  In the  event  of the  death of a
participant  and in the absence of a beneficiary  validly  designated  under the
Plan who is living at the time of such  participant's  death,  the Company shall
deliver such shares and/or cash to the executor or  administrator  of the estate
of the participant,  or if no such executor or administrator  has been appointed
(to the knowledge of the Company),  the Company, in its discretion,  may deliver
such  shares  and/or  cash to the  spouse  or to any one or more  dependents  or
relatives of the participant, or if no spouse, dependent or relative is known to
the Company, then to such other person as the Company may designate.

         15.   Transferability.   Neither  payroll  deductions   credited  to  a
participant's account nor any rights with regard to the exercise of an option or
to  receive  shares  under the Plan may be  assigned,  transferred,  pledged  or
otherwise  disposed of in any way (other  than by will,  the laws of descent and
distribution or as provided in Section 14 hereof) by the  participant.  Any such
attempt at assignment,  transfer,  pledge or other  disposition shall be without
effect,  except  that the  Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw
funds from an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

         16.  Use of  Funds.  All  payroll  deductions  received  or held by the
Company under the Plan may be used by the Company for any corporate purpose, and
the Company shall not be obligated to segregate such payroll deductions.

         17.   Reports.   Individual   accounts  will  be  maintained  for  each
participant  in the Plan.  Statements of account will be given to  participating
Employees  at least  annually,  which  statements  will set forth the amounts of
payroll  deductions,  the Purchase Price, the number of shares purchased and the
remaining cash balance, if any.

         18. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization.

             (a) Changes in  Capitalization.  Subject to any required  action by
the stockholders of the Company,  the Reserves as well as the price per share of
Common Stock covered by each

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option under the Plan which has not yet been exercised shall be  proportionately
adjusted for any  increase or decrease in the number of issued  shares of Common
Stock  resulting  from a stock  split,  reverse  stock  split,  stock  dividend,
combination or  reclassification  of the Common Stock,  or any other increase or
decrease in the number of shares of Common  Stock  effected  without  receipt of
consideration  by  the  Company;  provided,  however,  that  conversion  of  any
convertible securities of the Company shall not be deemed to have been "effected
without receipt of  consideration".  Such adjustment shall be made by the Board,
whose  determination  in that respect  shall be final,  binding and  conclusive.
Except as  expressly  provided  herein,  no issuance by the Company of shares of
stock of any class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class,
shall affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with respect to,
the number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to an option.

             (b)  Dissolution  or  Liquidation.  In the  event  of the  proposed
dissolution or liquidation  of the Company,  the offering  Period will terminate
immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action,  unless otherwise
provided by the Board.

             (c) Merger or Asset Sale. In the event of a proposed sale of all or
substantially  all of the assets of the  Company,  or the merger of the  Company
with or into another corporation,  the Offering Period then in progress shall be
shortened  by setting a new Exercise  Date (the "New  Exercise  Date").  The New
Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Company's proposed sale or merger.
The Board shall notify each  participant in writing,  at least ten (10) business
days  prior  to  the  New  Exercise  Date,   that  the  Exercise  Date  for  the
participant's  option  has been  changed to the New  Exercise  Date and that the
participant's option shall be exercised  automatically on the New Exercise Date,
unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period
as provided in Section 10 hereof.

         19. Amendment or Termination.

             (a) The Board of  Directors  of the Company may at any time and for
any reason terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 18 hereof,
no such  termination  can affect options  previously  granted,  provided that an
Offering Period may be terminated by the Board of Directors on any Exercise Date
if the  Board  determines  that  the  termination  of the  Plan  is in the  best
interests of the Company and its stockholders.  Except as provided in Section 18
hereof, no amendment may make any change in any option theretofore granted which
adversely  affects the rights of any  participant.  To the extent  necessary  to
comply with Rule 16b-3 or under Section 423 of the Code (or any  successor  rule
or provision  or any other  applicable  law or  regulation),  the Company  shall
obtain shareholder approval in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

             (b) Without  shareholder  consent and without regard to whether any
participant  rights may be considered  to have been  "adversely  affected,"  the
Board (or its  committee)  shall be  entitled  to change the  offering  Periods,
establish the exchange ratio  applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other
than U.S. dollars, permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated
by a  participant  in order to adjust for delays or  mistakes  in the  Company's
processing of properly completed  withholding  elections,  establish  reasonable
waiting and adjustment periods and/or

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accounting  and crediting  procedures to ensure that amounts  applied toward the
purchase of Common Stock for each participant  properly  correspond with amounts
withheld  from  the  participant's   Compensation,   and  establish  such  other
limitations or procedures as the Board (or its committee) determines in its sole
discretion advisable which are consistent with the Plan.

         20. Notices.  All notices or other  communications  by a participant to
the Company  under or in  connection  with the Plan shall be deemed to have been
duly given when  received in the form  specified by the Company at the location,
or by the person, designated by the Company for the receipt thereof.

         21. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares. Shares shall not be issued with
respect to an option  unless the  exercise of such option and the  issuance  and
delivery of such  shares  pursuant  thereto  shall  comply  with all  applicable
provisions  of law,  domestic or foreign,  including,  without  limitation,  the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as amended,  the  Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,  and the requirements
of any stock  exchange  upon which the  shares may then be listed,  and shall be
further  subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such
compliance.

         As a condition  to the  exercise of an option,  the Company may require
the person  exercising  such option to represent  and warrant at the time of any
such  exercise  that the  shares are being pur chased  only for  investment  and
without  any  present  intention  to sell or  distribute  such shares if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company,  such a representation is required by any of
the aforementioned applicable provisions of law.

         22. Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become  effective upon the earlier to
occur  of its  adoption  by the  Board  of  Directors  or  its  approval  by the
stockholders of the Company.  It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10)
years unless sooner terminated under Section 19 hereof.

         23. Additional  Restrictions of Rule 16b-3. The terms and conditions of
options granted  hereunder to, and the purchase of shares by, persons subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act shall comply with the  applicable  provisions  of
Rule  16b-3.  This Plan  shall be  deemed to  contain,  and such  options  shall
contain,  and the shares issued upon exercise  thereof shall be subject to, such
additional  conditions  and  restrictions  as may be  required  by Rule 16b-3 to
qualify for the  maximum  exemption  from  Section 16 of the  Exchange  Act with
respect to Plan transactions.


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                                    Exhibit A
                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.
                        1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

_____     Original Application                    Enrollment Date:__________
_____     Change in Payroll Deduction Rate
_____     Change of Beneficiary(ies)


1.   __________________________________  hereby  elects  to  participate  in the
     TriQuint  Semiconductor,  Inc.  1992  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan  (the
     "Employee  Stock Purchase  Plan") and subscribes to purchase  shares of the
     Company's Common Stock in accordance with this  Subscription  Agreement and
     the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

2.   I hereby authorize  payroll  deductions from each paycheck in the amount of
     _____% of my  Compensation  on each  payday  (not to exceed 15%) during the
     Offering  Period in  accordance  with the  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan.
     (Please note that no fractional percentages are permitted.)

3.   I understand  that said payroll  deductions  shall be  accumulated  for the
     purchase  of  shares  of  Common  Stock at the  applicable  Purchase  Price
     determined in accordance with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan I understand
     that if I do not withdraw from an Offering Period, any accumulated  payroll
     deductions will be used to automatically exercise my option.

4.   I have received a copy of the complete "TriQuint  Semiconductor,  Inc. 1992
     Employee Stock Purchase  Plan." I understand that my  participation  in the
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan is in all respects subject to the terms of the
     Plan. I understand  that the grant of the option by the Company  under this
     Subscription  Agreement is subject to obtaining shareholder approval of the
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

5.   Shares  purchased for me under the Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan should be
     issued in the name(s) of (Employee or Employee and Spouse Only):

6.   I understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to the
     Plan  within 2 years  after  the  Enrollment  Date  (the  first  day of the
     Offering  Period during which I purchased  such shares),  I will be treated
     for federal income tax purposes as having  received  ordinary income at the
     time of such  disposition  in an  amount  equal to the  excess  of the fair
     market  value of the shares at the time such  shares were  delivered  to me
     over the price  which I paid for the shares.  I hereby  agree to notify the
     Company in writing  within 30 days -after the date of any - disposition  of
     shares and I will make adequate  provision for Federal,  state or other tax
     withholding  obligations,  if any, which arise upon the  disposition of the
     Common Stock.  The Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from
     my  compensation  the amount  necessary to meet any applicable  withholding
     obligation including any withholding necessary

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     to  make   available  to  the  Company  any  tax   deductions  or  benefits
     attributable  to sale or early  disposition  of  Common  Stock by me.  If I
     dispose  of such  shares at any time  after the  expiration  of the  2-year
     holding period,  I understand that I will be treated for federal income tax
     purposes as having  received  income only at the time of such  disposition,
     and that such income will be taxed as ordinary income only to the extent of
     an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the fair market value of
     the shares at the time of such  disposition over the purchase price which I
     paid for the shares,  or (2) 15% of the fair market  value of the shares on
     .the first day of the offering  Period.  The remainder of the gain, if any,
     recognized on such disposition will be taxed as capital gain.

7.   I hereby  agree to be bound by the  terms of the  Employee  Stock  Purchase
     Plan. The effectiveness of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my
     eligibility to participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

8.   In  the  event  of  my  death,  I  hereby  designate  the  following  as my
     beneficiary(ies)  to  receive  all  payments  and  shares  due me under the
     Employee Stock Purchase Plan:


NAME:  (Please print)___________________________________________________________
                       (First)            (Middle)                  (Last)


________________________________            ____________________________________
Relationship                                
                                            ____________________________________
                                             (Address)


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NAME:   (Please print)__________________________________________________________
                        (First)           (Middle)                (Last)


________________________________            ____________________________________
Relationship
                                            ____________________________________
                                               (Address)


Employee's Social
Security Number:                            ____________________________________


Employee's Address:                         ____________________________________

                                            ____________________________________

                                            ____________________________________

I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION  AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT
SUCCESSIVE OFFERING PERIODS UNLESS TERMINATED BY ME.


Dated: __________________________           ____________________________________
                                            Signature of Employee


                                            ____________________________________
                                            Spouse's Signature (If beneficiary
                                            other than spouse)

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                                    Exhibit B

                          TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR, INC.

                        1992 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL


         The  undersigned  participant  in the  Offering  Period of the TriQuint
Semiconductor,   Inc  1992   Employee   Stock   Purchase  Plan  which  began  on
_________________  19___ (the  "Enrollment  Date")  hereby  notifies the Company
teat-he or she  hereby  withdraws  from the  Offering  Period.  He or she hereby
directs the Company to pay to the undersigned as promptly as practicable all the
payroll deductions  credited to his or her account with respect to such Offering
Period.  The undersigned  understands and agrees that his or her option for such
Offering Period will be automatically  terminated.  The undersigned  understands
further  that no further  payroll  deductions  will be made for the  purchase of
shares in the current  offering Period and the undersigned  shall be eligible to
participate in succeeding  Offering  Periods only by delivering to the Company a
new Subscription Agreement.

                                            Name and Address of Participant:

                                            ____________________________________

                                            ____________________________________

                                            ____________________________________


                                            Signature:

                                            ____________________________________

                                            Date: ______________________________






                                                                     Exhibit 5.1





                                  July 26, 1996


TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.
3625A S.W. Murray Boulevard
Beaverton, Oregon 97005

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         We have examined the Registration  Statement on Form S-8 to be filed by
you with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on or about July 26, 1996, in
connection with the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 150,000  additional  shares of your Common Stock  reserved for issuance under
the 1992 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").

         As your legal counsel,  we have examined the proceedings  taken and are
familiar with the proceedings proposed to be taken by you in connection with the
sale and issuance of said shares. It is our opinion that the additional  shares,
when issued and sold in the manner  referred to in the Plan and  pursuant to the
agreements  which accompany the Plan, will be legally and validly issued,  fully
paid and nonassessable.

         We  consent  to  the  use  of  this  opinion  as  an  exhibit  to  said
Registration  Statement  and  further  consent  to the use of our name  wherever
appearing in said Registration Statement and any amendments thereto.

                                        Sincerely,


                                        WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI
                                        Professional Corporation


                                        /s/ WILSON, SONSINI, GOODRICH & ROSATI





                                                                    Exhibit 23.2

KPMG  Peat Marwick LLP

Suite 2000
1211 South West Fifth Avenue
Portland, OR 97204


               Consent of Independent Certified Public Accountants

The Board of Directors
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.:


We consent to the use of our reports,  dated February 9, 1996,  incorporated  by
reference in the  Registration  Statement on Form S-8,  dated July 24, 1996,  of
TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc.

As discussed in note 7 to the financial statements, in 1993 the Company  adopted
the  provisions  of the  Financial  Accounting  Standards  Board's  Statement of
Financial Accounting Standards, No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes.




                                                 /s/ KPMG PEAT MARWICK LLP

Portland, Oregon
July 24, 1996







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