SPECTRIAN CORP /CA/
S-8, 1997-10-23
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        As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 23, 1997
                                                   Registration No. 33-
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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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                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION
             (Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

       Delaware                                                  77-0023003
(State of Incorporation)                                      (I.R.S. Employer
                                                             Identification No.)

                               350 West Java Drive
                           Sunnyvale, California 94089
                                 (408) 745-5400
   (Address and telephone number of Registrant's principal executive offices)

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                                 1992 STOCK PLAN
                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN
                            1994 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN
                      NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENTS
                            (Full Title of the Plans)

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                                 BRUCE R. WRIGHT
              Executive Vice President, Finance and Administration,
                      Chief Financial Officer and Secretary
                              Spectrian Corporation
                               350 West Java Drive
                           Sunnyvale, California 94089
                                 (408) 745-5400
            (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 94304-1050
                                 (650) 493-9300

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<PAGE>

<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,
$.001 par value, to
be issued under the
1992 Stock Plan (2)              350,000 shares            $42.50                          $14,875,000              $4,508.00

Common Stock,
$.001 par value, to
be issued under the
1994 Employee
Stock Purchase
Plan (2)                         200,000 shares            $42.50                          $ 8,500,000              $2,576.00

Common Stock,
$.001 par value, to
be issued under the
1994 Director
Option
Plan (2)                          60,000 shares            $42.50                          $ 2,550,000              $  773.00

Common Stock,
$.001 par value, to
be issued under the
Non-Qualified
Stock Option
Agreements(2)                     40,000 shares            $42.50                          $ 1,700,000              $  515.00
====================================================================================================================================
                                                                                              TOTAL:                $8,372.00
<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 prices per share for the Common  Stock as  reported on the
         Nasdaq National Market System on October 21, 1997.

(2)      Includes Preferred Share Purchase Rights which, prior to the occurrence
         of certain events, will not be exercisable or evidenced separately from
         the Common Stock.
</FN>
====================================================================================================================================
</TABLE>

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         The contents of the Registrant's  Form S-8 Registration  Statement Nos.
33-83832,  333-1046 and 333-06385,  as filed with the Commission on September 8,
1994,  February 5, 1996 and June 20, 1996,  respectively,  and the  Registrant's
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Form S-8 Registration Statement Nos. 33-83832,
333-1046,  333-06385 and 333-25435,  as filed with the Commission on October 21,
1997, are incorporated herein by reference.


             PART II: INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT

Item 8.    Exhibits



       Exhibit        
       Number                          Documents
       ------                          ---------
        4.1     1992 Stock Plan, as amended
        4.2     1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
        4.3     1994 Director Option Plan, as amended
        4.4     Stock Option Agreement dated 10/14/97 between Registrant and
                Ajit Rode
        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 (see page 6)


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                                   SIGNATURES

         Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  Act  of  1933,  the
Registrant,  Spectrian  Corporation,  a corporation organized and existing under
the laws of the State of Delaware,  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  Sunnyvale,  State of
California, on this 23 day of October, 1997.


                          SPECTRIAN CORPORATION



                          By:      /s/ Bruce R. Wright
                                   ---------------------------------------------
                                   Bruce R. Wright
                                   Executive Vice President, Finance and
                                   Administration, Chief Financial Officer and
                                   Secretary (Principal Financial and Accounting
                                   Officer)


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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY


         KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE  PRESENTS,  that each person whose  signature
appears  below  constitutes  and  appoints  Garrett A.  Garrettson  and Bruce R.
Wright,  jointly and severally,  his  attorneys-in-fact,  each with the power of
substitution,  for him 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>
/s/ Garrett A. Garrettson                      President, Chief Executive Officer                    October 23, 1997
- --------------------------------------         and Director (Principal Executive
(Garrett A. Garrettson)                        Officer)
                                               

/s/ Bruce R. Wright                            Executive Vice President, Finance                     October 23, 1997   
- --------------------------------------         and Administration, Chief Financial                                    
(Bruce R. Wright)                              Officer and Secretary (Principal                                       
                                               Financial and Accounting Officer)                                      


/s/ James A. Cole                              Director                                              October 23, 1997  
- --------------------------------------                                                                               
(James A. Cole)                                                                                                      


/s/ Martin Cooper                              Director                                              October 23, 1997  
- --------------------------------------                                                                               
(Martin Cooper)                                                                                                      


/s/ Robert C. Wilson                           Director                                              October 23, 1997  
- --------------------------------------                                                                               
(Robert C. Wilson)                                                                                                   


/s/ Eric A. Young                              Director                                              October 23, 1997  
- --------------------------------------                                                                               
(Eric A. Young)                                
</TABLE>


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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549




                                    EXHIBITS


                       Registration Statement on Form S-8

                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                                October 23, 1997


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                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                       REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS





Exhibit
Number                              Description                       Page
- -------                             -----------                       ----
  4.1     1992 Stock Plan, as amended
  4.2     1994 Employee Stock Purchase Plan, as amended
  4.3     1994 Director Option Plan, as amended
  4.4     Stock Option Agreement dated 10/14/97 between
          Registrant and Ajit Rode
  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)



                                                                     Exhibit 4.1


                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION
                                 1992 STOCK PLAN

                          As amended through June, 1997


       1.  Purposes of the Plan.  The purposes of this Stock Plan are to attract
and  retain  the  best   available   personnel  for  positions  of   substantial
responsibility,  to provide additional incentive to Employees and Consultants of
the Company  and its  Subsidiaries  and to promote the success of the  Company's
business.  Options  granted  under the Plan may be incentive  stock  options (as
defined  under  Section  422 of the  Code) or  nonstatutory  stock  options,  as
determined by the Administrator at the time of grant of an option and subject to
the  applicable  provisions  of Section  422 of the Code,  as  amended,  and the
regulations promulgated thereunder.

       2. Definitions.  As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

                  (a)  "Administrator"  means the Board or any of its Committees
as shall be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

                  (b) "Applicable Laws" means the legal requirements relating to
the  administration  of stock option plans of Delaware  corporate and securities
laws and of the Code.

                  (c) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

                  (d) "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
from time to time, and any successor thereto.

                  (e)  "Committee"  means a Committee  appointed by the Board in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Section 4 of the Plan.

                  (f) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.

                  (g)  "Company"   means  Spectrian   Corporation,   a  Delaware
corporation.

                  (h)  "Consultant"  means any  person,  including  an  advisor,
engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary  to render  services and who is
compensated for such services. The term "Consultant" shall not include Directors
who are paid only a director's fee by the Company or who are not  compensated by
the Company for their services as Directors.

                  (i)  "Continuous  Status as an Employee or  Consultant"  means
that the employment or consulting  relationship with the Company,  any Parent or
Subsidiary is not interrupted or terminated. Continuous Status as an Employee or
Consultant  shall not be considered  interrupted in the case of (i) any leave of
absence  approved  by the Company or (ii)  transfers  between  locations  of the
Company or between the Company, its Parent, any Subsidiary,  or any successor. A
leave of absence  approved by the Company  shall  include  sick leave,  military
leave, or any other personal leave. For purposes of


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Incentive Stock Options,  no such leave may exceed 90 days, unless  reemployment
upon  expiration of such leave is  guaranteed by statute or contract,  including
Company policies. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved
by the Company is not so guaranteed, on the 91st day of such leave any Incentive
Stock  Option held by the  Optionee  shall  cease to be treated as an  Incentive
Stock  Option and shall be treated  for tax  purposes  as a  Nonstatutory  Stock
Option.

                  (j) "Director" means a member of the Board.

                  (k)  "Disability"  means  total and  permanent  disability  as
defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

                  (l)  "Employee"  means  any  person,  including  Officers  and
Directors,  employed by the Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary of the Company.
Neither  service as a Director nor the payment of Director's  fee by the Company
shall be sufficient to constitute "employment" by the Company.

                  (m) "Exchange Act" means the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.

                  (n) "Fair Market  Value" means,  as of any date,  the value of
Common Stock determined as follows:

                           (i) If the Common Stock is listed on any  established
stock exchange or a national  market system,  including  without  limitation the
Nasdaq National Market of the National  Association of Securities Dealers,  Inc.
Automated  Quotation  ("NASDAQ")  System,  the Fair  Market  Value of a Share of
Common  Stock  shall be the  closing  sales price for such stock (or the closing
bid, if no sales were  reported)  as quoted on such  system or exchange  (or the
exchange with the greatest volume of trading in Common Stock) on the last market
trading  day prior to the day of  determination,  as reported in the Wall Street
Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

                           (ii) If the  Common  Stock is  quoted  on the  NASDAQ
System (but not on the Nasdaq National Market thereof) or regularly  quoted by a
recognized  securities  dealer but  selling  prices are not  reported,  the Fair
Market  Value of a Share of Common  Stock shall be the mean between the high and
low asked prices for the Common Stock or on the last market trading day prior to
the day of  determination,  as reported in the Wall Street Journal or such other
source as the Administrator deems reliable;

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

                  (o)  "Incentive  Stock  Option"  means an Option  intended  to
qualify as an incentive  stock  option  within the meaning of Section 422 of the
Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

                  (p)  "Nonstatutory  Stock  Option" means an Option that is not
intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

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                  (q)  "Notice  of  Grant"  means a  written  notice  evidencing
certain terms and  conditions of an  individual  Option.  The Notice of Grant is
part of the Option Agreement.

                  (r) "Officer"  means a person who is an officer of the Company
within  the  meaning  of  Section  16 of the  Exchange  Act  and the  rules  and
regulations promulgated thereunder.

                  (s)  "Option"  means a stock  option  granted  pursuant to the
Plan.

                  (t) "Option  Agreement" means a written  agreement between the
Company and an Optionee  evidencing  the terms and  conditions  of an individual
Option grant. The Option Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the
Plan.

                  (u)  "Option   Exchange   Program"  means  a  program  whereby
outstanding  options  are  surrendered  in  exchange  for  options  with a lower
exercise price.

                  (v)  "Optioned  Stock"  means the Common  Stock  subject to an
Option.

                  (w)  "Optionee"  means an Employee or Consultant  who holds an
outstanding Option.

                  (x)  "Parent"  means a "parent  corporation,"  whether  now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

                  (y) "Plan" means this 1992 Stock Plan.

                  (z) "Rule  16b-3"  means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any
successor to Rule 16b- 3, as in effect when  discretion is being  exercised with
respect to the Plan.

                  (aa) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in
accordance with Section 11 of the Plan.

                  (bb) "Subsidiary"  means a "subsidiary  corporation,"  whether
now or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

       3. Stock Subject to the Plan.  Subject to the provisions of Section 11 of
the Plan,  the total number of Shares  reserved and available  for  distribution
pursuant to awards made under the Plan shall be  3,300,886  (as  adjusted  for a
one-for-two reverse stock split approved by the Board of Directors in May 1994).
The Shares may be authorized, but unissued or reacquired Common Stock.

              If an Option should expire or become  unexercisable for any reason
without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased Shares which were subject
thereto shall, unless the Plan shall have been terminated,  become available for
future grant or sale under the Plan.  Should the Company reacquire vested Shares
which were issued  pursuant to the exercise of an Option,  such Shares shall

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not become  available  for future  grant  under the Plan.  However,  if unvested
Shares are repurchased by the Company at their original  purchase price, and the
original  purchaser  of such Shares did not receive any benefits of ownership of
such Shares, such Shares shall become available for future grant under the Plan.
For purposes of the preceding sentence,  voting rights shall not be considered a
benefit of Share ownership.

         4. Administration of the Plan.

                  (a) Procedure.

                           (i)  Administration  With  Respect to  Directors  and
Officers.  With respect to grants of Options to Employees  who are also Officers
or Directors of the Company,  the Plan shall be administered by (A) the Board if
the Board may  administer  the Plan in  compliance  with Rule 16b-3  promulgated
under the Exchange Act or any  successor  rule ("Rule  16b-3") with respect to a
plan intended to qualify thereunder as a discretionary  plan, or (B) a Committee
designated  by the  Board to  administer  the  Plan,  which  Committee  shall be
constituted  in such a manner as to permit  the Plan to comply  with Rule  16b-3
with respect to a plan intended to qualify  thereunder as a discretionary  plan.
Once  appointed,  such  Committee  shall  continue  to serve  in its  designated
capacity until otherwise  directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may
increase  the size of the  Committee  and appoint  additional  members  thereof,
remove members (with or without  cause) and appoint new members in  substitution
therefor,  fill  vacancies,  however  caused,  and  remove  all  members  of the
Committee  and  thereafter  directly  administer  the  Plan,  all to the  extent
permitted by Rule 16b-3 with respect to a plan intended to qualify thereunder as
a discretionary plan.

                           (ii)  Administration  With Respect to Consultants and
Other  Employees.  With respect to grants of Options to Employees or Consultants
who are  neither  Directors  nor  Officers  of the  Company,  the Plan  shall be
administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee  designated by the Board, which
Committee shall be constituted in such a manner as to satisfy  Applicable  Laws.
Once  appointed,  such  Committee  shall  continue  to serve  in its  designated
capacity until otherwise  directed by the Board. From time to time the Board may
increase  the size of the  Committee  and appoint  additional  members  thereof,
remove members (with or without  cause) and appoint new members in  substitution
therefor,  fill  vacancies,  however  caused,  and  remove  all  members  of the
Committee  and  thereafter  directly  administer  the  Plan,  all to the  extent
permitted by the Applicable Laws.

                           (iii) Multiple Administrative Bodies. If permitted by
Rule 16b-3,  the Plan may be  administered  by different  bodies with respect to
Directors,  non-Director  Officers and Employees  who are neither  Directors nor
Officers and Consultants who are not Directors.

              (b) Powers of the Administrator.  Subject to the provisions of the
Plan and in the case of a Committee,  the specific duties delegated by the Board
to  such  Committee,   the  Administrator  shall  have  the  authority,  in  its
discretion:

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                           (i) to determine  the Fair Market Value of the Common
Stock, in accordance with Section 2(n) of the Plan;

                           (ii)  to  select  the   Officers,   Consultants   and
Employees to whom Options may from time to time be granted hereunder;

                           (iii) to determine whether and to what extent Options
are granted hereunder;

                           (iv) to  determine  the  number  of  shares of Common
Stock to be covered by each award granted hereunder;

                           (v) to approve  forms of agreement  for use under the
Plan;

                           (vi) to  determine  the  terms  and  conditions,  not
inconsistent  with  the  terms  of the  Plan,  of any  award  granted  hereunder
(including,  but  not  limited  to,  the  share  price  and any  restriction  or
limitation or waiver of forfeiture  restrictions regarding any Option and/or the
shares of Common Stock relating  thereto,  based in each case on such factors as
the Administra tor shall determine, in its sole discretion);

                           (vii)   to   determine   whether   and   under   what
circumstances  an Option may be settled in cash under subsection 9(f) instead of
Common Stock;

                           (viii) to reduce the exercise  price of any Option to
the then  current Fair Market Value if the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock
covered  by such  Option  shall  have  declined  since the date the  Option  was
granted;

                           (ix)  to   determine   the  terms  and   restrictions
applicable to Options;

                           (x) to provide for the early  exercise of Options for
the purchase of unvested  Shares,  subject to such terms and  conditions  as the
Administrator may determine; and

                           (xi) to  modify  or amend  each  Option  (subject  to
Section 13(b) of the Plan), including the discretionary  authority to extend the
post-termination  exercisability  period of  Options  longer  than is  otherwise
provided for in the Plan;

                           (xii) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of
the Company any instrument  required to effect the grant of an Option previously
granted by the Administrator;

                           (xiii) to institute an Option Exchange Program; and

                           (xiv)  to  make  all  other   determinations   deemed
necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

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                  (c)  Effect  of  Administrator's   Decision.   All  decisions,
determinations  and  interpretations  of the  Administrator  shall be final  and
binding.

         5. Eligibility.

                  (a)  Nonstatutory   Stock  Options  may  be  granted  only  to
Employees  and  Consultants.  Incentive  Stock  Options  may be granted  only to
Employees.  An Employee or Consultant  who has been granted an Option may, if he
or she is otherwise eligible, be granted additional Options.

                  (b)  Each  Option  shall  be  evidenced  by a  written  Option
agreement, which shall expressly identify the Options as Incentive Stock Options
or as  Nonstatutory  Stock Options,  and which shall be in such form and contain
such provisions as the Administrator  shall from time to time deem appro priate.
However,  notwithstanding  such  designations,  to the extent that the aggregate
Fair Market  Value of the Shares with  respect to which  Options  designated  as
Incentive  Stock  Options  are  exercisable  for the first time by any  Optionee
during  any  calendar  year  (under  all plans of the  Company  or any Parent or
Subsidiary)   exceeds  $100,000,   such  excess  Options  shall  be  treated  as
Nonstatutory Stock Options.

                  (c) For  purposes  of  Section  5(b)  above,  Incentive  Stock
Options shall be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, and
the Fair  Market  Value of the  Shares  shall be  determined  as of the time the
Option with respect to such Shares is granted.

                  (d)  Neither  the Plan nor any Option  shall  confer  upon any
Optionee any right with respect to  continuation  of  employment  or  consulting
relationship  with  the  Company,  nor  shall it  interfere  in any way with the
Optionee's  right or the Company's right to terminate the Optionee's  employment
or consulting relationship at any time, with or without cause.

                  (e) The following limitations shall apply to grants of Options
to Employees:

                           (i) No Employee shall be granted,  in any fiscal year
of the Company, Options to purchase more than 200,000 Shares.

                           (ii) The  foregoing  limitations  shall  be  adjusted
proportionately in connection with any change in the Company's capitalization as
described in Section 11.

                           (iii)  If  an  Option  is  canceled  (other  than  in
connection with a transaction  described in Section 11, the canceled Option will
be counted against the limit set forth in Section 5(e)(i).  For this purpose, if
the exercise price of an Option is reduced, the transaction will be treated as a
cancellation of the Option and the grant of a new Option.

       6. Term of Plan.  Subject  to  Section  17 of this  Plan,  the Plan shall
become  effective  upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board or its
approval by the shareholders of the Company as

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described  in  Section  17. It shall  continue  in effect for a term of ten (10)
years unless sooner ter minated under Section 13 of this Plan.

       7. Term of Option.  The term of each  Option  shall be the term stated in
the Notice of Grant;  provided,  however, that in the case of an Incentive Stock
Option,  the term  shall be no more than ten (10)  years  from the date of grant
thereof or such shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant. However,
in the case of an Option  granted to an Optionee  who, at the time the Option is
granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power
of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary,  the term of
the  Option  shall be five (5)  years  from  the date of grant  thereof  or such
shorter term as may be provided in the Notice of Grant.

       8. Option Exercise Price and Consideration.

                  (a) The per  Share  exercise  price  for the  Shares  issuable
pursuant to an Option shall be such price as is determined by the Administrator,
but shall be subject to the following:

                           (i) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option

                                    (A) granted to an Employee  who, at the time
of the grant of such Incentive Stock Option,  owns stock  representing more than
ten  percent  (10%) of the voting  power or value of all classes of stock of the
Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary,  the per Share  exercise price shall be no
less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

                                    (B) granted to any other  Employee,  the per
Share  exercise  price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair  Market  Value per
Share on the date of grant.

                           (ii) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option

                                    (A)  granted to a person who, at the time of
the grant of such Incentive Stock Option,  owns stock representing more than ten
percent  (10%) of the  voting  power or  value  of all  classes  of stock of the
Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary,  the per Share  exercise price shall be no
less than 110% of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

                                    (B)  granted  to any  person,  the per Share
exercise  price shall be no less than 100% of the Fair Market Value per Share on
the date of grant.

                  (b) The  consideration  to be paid for the Shares to be issued
upon exercise of an Option, including the method of payment, shall be determined
by the  Administrator  (and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option,  shall be
determined  at the time of grant)  and may  consist  entirely  of (1) cash,  (2)
check,  (3)  promissory  note,  (4) other Shares which (x) in the case of Shares
acquired  upon  exercise of an Option either have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six months on the date of surrender or were not acquired,  directly or
indirectly,  from the  Company,  and (y) have a Fair

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Market Value on the date of surrender  equal to the aggregate  exercise price of
the  Shares as to which  said  Option  shall be  exercised,  (6)  delivery  of a
properly  executed  exercise notice together with irrevocable  instructions to a
broker to promptly  deliver to the  Company the amount of sale or loan  proceeds
required to pay the exercise price, (7) a reduction in the amount of any Company
liability  to  the  Optionee,   including  any  liability  attributable  to  the
Optionee's participation in any Company-sponsored  deferred compensation program
or arrangement;  (8) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment, or (9)
such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the
extent permitted under Applicable Laws.

       9. Exercise of Option.

                  (a)  Procedure  for  Exercise;  Rights as a  Shareholder.  Any
Option  granted  hereunder  shall be  exercisable  at such  times and under such
conditions as determined by the  Administrator and as shall be permissible under
the terms of the Plan.

                           An Option may not be  exercised  for a fraction  of a
Share.

                           An  Option  shall  be  deemed  to be  exercised  when
written notice of such exercise has been given to the Company in accordance with
the terms of the Option by the person  entitled to exercise  the Option and full
payment for the Shares with  respect to which the Option is  exercised  has been
received by the Company.  Full payment may, as authorized  by the  Administrator
(and, in the case of an Incentive Stock Option, determined at the time of grant)
and permitted by the Option Agreement consist of any consideration and method of
payment  allowable  under  subsection  8(b) of the Plan.  Until the issuance (as
evidenced  by the  appropriate  entry on the books of the  Company  or of a duly
authorized  transfer agent of the Company) of the stock  certificate  evidencing
such  Shares,  no right to vote or receive  dividends  or any other  rights as a
shareholder shall exist with respect to the Optioned Stock,  notwithstanding the
exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right
for which the record date is prior to the date the stock  certificate is issued,
except as provided in Section 11 of the Plan.

                           Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a
decrease in the number of Shares which thereafter  shall be available,  both for
purposes of the Plan and for sale under the  Option,  by the number of Shares as
to which the Option is exercised.

                  (b) Rule 16b-3.  Options granted to persons who are subject to
Section 16 of the  Exchange  Act  ("Insiders")  must comply with the  applicable
provisions  of Rule  16b-3 and  shall  contain  such  additional  conditions  or
restrictions as may be required  thereunder to qualify for the maximum exemption
from Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to Plan transactions.

                  (c) Termination of Employment or Consulting Relationship. Upon
termination  of an  Optionee's  Continuous  Status as an Employee or  Consultant
(other than upon the Optionee's death or Disability), the Optionee may, but only
within  thirty (30) days (or such other period of time as is  

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determined by the  Administrator)  after the date of such termination,  exercise
his or her  Option to the  extent  that it was  exercisable  at the date of such
termination.  If after termination the Optionee does not exercise such Option to
the  extent so  entitled  within the time  specified  herein,  the Option  shall
terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

                  (d) Disability of Optionee.  In the event of termination of an
Optionee's  Continuous  Status as an Employee or  Consultant  as a result of the
Optionee's Disability, the Optionee may, but only within twelve (12) months from
the date of such  termination  (but in no event later than the expiration of the
term of such Option as set forth in the Option  Agreement),  exercise the Option
to the extent that the  Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such
termination.  If after termination the Optionee does not exercise such Option to
the  extent so  entitled  within the time  specified  herein,  the Option  shall
terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

                  (e) Death of Optionee.  In the event of an  Optionee's  death,
the Option may be exercised at any time within six (6) months following the date
of death by the  Optionee's  estate  or by a person  who  acquired  the right to
exercise  the Option by bequest  or  inheritance,  but only to the extent of the
right to exercise that had accrued at the date of the  Optionee's  death (but in
no event  later than the  expiration  of the term of such Option as set forth in
the Notice of Grant).  If, after death,  the  Optionee's  estate or a person who
acquires  the right to exercise  the Option by bequest or  inheritance  does not
exercise the Option within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate
and the Shares covered by such Option shall revert to the Plan.

                  (f) The  Administrator  may at any time offer to buy out for a
payment in cash or Shares, an Option previously granted, based on such terms and
conditions as the Administrator  shall establish and communicate to the Optionee
at the time such offer is made.

         10.  Non-Transferability of Options.  Options may not be sold, pledged,
assigned,  hypothecat ed, transferred or disposed of in any manner other than by
will or by the laws of descent or dis tribution and may be exercised, during the
lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

         11. Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization or Merger.

                  (a) Subject to any required action by the  shareholders of the
Company, the number of Shares covered by each outstanding Option, and the number
of Shares which have been authorized for issuance under the Plan but as to which
no Options  have yet been  granted or which have been  returned to the Plan upon
cancellation or expiration of an Option,  as well as the price per Share covered
by each such  outstanding  Option,  shall be  proportionately  adjusted  for any
increase  or  decrease  in the number of issued  Shares  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 aggregate  number of
issued  Shares  effected  without  receipt  of  consideration  by  the  Company;
provided,  however, that conversion of any convertible securities of the Company
shall not be deemed 

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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 subject to an Option.

                  In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the
Company, the Board shall notify the Optionee at least fifteen (15) days prior to
such proposed action.  To the extent it has not been previously  exercised,  the
Option will terminate  immediately  prior to the  consummation  of such proposed
action.  In  the  event  of a  merger  of  the  Company  with  or  into  another
corporation, or the sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company, each
outstanding Option shall be assumed or an equivalent option shall be substituted
by such  successor  corporation  or a parent  or  subsidiary  of such  successor
corporation.  For the purposes of this paragraph, the Option shall be considered
assumed if, following the merger or sale of assets, the option confers the right
to purchase,  for each Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option immediately
prior to the merger or sale of assets,  the consideration  (whether stock, cash,
or other  securities  or  property)  received in the merger or sale of assets by
holders  of  Common  Stock  for each  Share  held on the  effective  date of the
transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration,  the type of
consideration  chosen by the holders of a majority of the  outstanding  Shares);
provided,  however, that if such consideration received in the merger or sale of
assets was not solely common stock of the successor  corporation  or its Parent,
the Administrator  may, with the consent of the successor  corporation,  provide
for the  consideration to be received upon the exercise of the Option,  for each
Share of Optioned Stock subject to the Option,  to be solely common stock of the
successor  corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share
consideration  received  by  holders  of Common  Stock in the  merger or sale of
assets.

         12. Time of Granting Options. The date of grant of an Option shall, for
all purposes,  be the date on which the  Administrator  makes the  determination
granting such Option, or such later date as is determined by the  Administrator.
Notice of the  determination  shall be given to each  Employee or  Consultant to
whom an Option so granted within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

         13. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

                  (a)  Amendment  and  Termination.  The  Board  may at any time
amend, alter,  suspend,  or discontinue the Plan, but no amendment,  alteration,
suspension,  or  discontinuation  shall be made which would impair the rights of
any Optionee under any grant  theretofore made,  without his or her consent.  In
addition,  to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Rule 16b-3 under
the Exchange Act or under Section 422 of the Code (or any other  applicable  law
or  regulation),  the  Company  shall  obtain  shareholder  approval of any Plan
amendment in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

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                  (b) Effect of Amendment or Termination.  Any such amendment or
termination  of the Plan  shall not  affect  Options  already  granted  and such
Options  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect as if this Plan had not been
amended or terminated.

         14. 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  relevant
provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and
the  require  ments 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 or the issuance of
Shares on 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 purchased 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  relevant
provisions of law.

         15. Reservation of Shares.  The Company,  during the term of this Plan,
will at all times reserve and keep  available  such number of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

                  Inability  of  the  Company  to  obtain   authority  from  any
regulatory body having jurisdiction,  which authority is deemed by the Company's
counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder,
shall  relieve the Company of any  liability in respect of the  non-issuance  or
sale of such  Shares as to which such  requisite  authority  shall not have been
obtained.

         16.  Agreements.  Options  shall be evidenced by written  agreements in
such form as the Board shall approve from time to time.

         17. Shareholder  Approval.  Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to
approval by the  shareholders of the Company within twelve (12) months before or
after the date the Plan is adopted as  provided  in Section 6. Such  shareholder
approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner  required  under  applicable
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                                                                     Exhibit 4.2

                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                          As Amended through June 1997


         The following  constitute  the  provisions  of the 1994 Employee  Stock
Purchase Plan of Spectrian Corporation.


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  Spectrian   Corporation  and  any
Designated Subsidiary of the Company.

                  (e)  "Compensation"  shall mean all base  straight  time gross
earnings,   commissions,   payments  for  overtime,   shift  premium,   variable
compensation, incentive payments, bonuses, and other cash 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 tax purposes whose  customary  employment with the Company 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 individual's 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 Purchase
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
Nasdaq National Market 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  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.

                  For purposes of the  Enrollment  Date under the first Offering
Period under the Plan,  the Fair Market Value shall be the initial  price to the
public as set forth in the final  Prospectus  included  within the  Registration
Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange  Commission for the
initial public offering of the Company's Common Stock.

                  (k) "Offering  Period" shall mean the period of  approximately
twenty-four  (24) months during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may
be exercised,  commencing  on the first Trading Day on or after  December 31 and
June 30 of each year and  terminating  on the last  Trading  Day in the  periods
ending  twenty-four  months later.  The first Offering Period shall begin on the
effective date of the Company's initial public offering of its Common Stock that
is registered  with the Securities and Exchange  Commission and shall end on the
last Trading Day on or before June 30, 1996. The duration and timing of Offering
Periods 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.



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                  (n) "Purchase  Period" shall mean the  approximately six month
period  commencing  after one  Exercise  Date and ending with the next  Exercise
Date,  except  that the first  Purchase  Period  of any  Offering  Period  shall
commence on the  Enrollment  Date and end with the next Exercise Date. The first
Purchase  Period of the first Offering  Period shall begin on the effective date
of the Company's  initial public offering of its Common Stock that is registered
with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission and shall end on the last Trading
Day on or before December 31, 1994.

                  (o) "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.

                  (p)  "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.

                  (q)  "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 the 1st  day of  April  or the 1st day of  October
immediately  preceding a given  Enrollment Date shall be eligible to participate
in the Plan; provided,  however, that with respect to the first Offering Period,
any Employee  who shall be employed by the Company five (5) business  days prior
to the first Enrollment Date 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) if,
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) which permits 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,
overlapping  Offering  Periods.  Except  for the first  Offering  Period,  a new
Offering  Period shall commence on the first Trading Day on or after December 31
and June 30 each year, or on such other date as the Board shall  determine,  and
continue  thereafter until terminated in accordance with Section 19 hereof.  The
first Offering Period shall begin on the effective date of the Company's initial
public offering of its


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Common Stock that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 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 five (5) 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
five (5) business days prior to the applicable Enrollment Date.

                  (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.

         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.  A participant  may decrease the rate
of his or her payroll deductions to 0% at any time during the Offering Period by
completing and filing with the Company a new subscription  agreement authorizing
the  reduction in payroll  deduction  rate.  At the  beginning of each  Purchase
Period, a participant may increase the rate of his or her payroll  deductions by
completing or filing with the Company a new subscription agreement authorizing a
change in payroll  deduction  rate. A participant  may resume  participation  by
completing  and filing with the Company a new  subscription  agreement  at least
five (5) days prior to the  commencement of the next Offering Period or Purchase
Period, as applicable.  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
Purchase Period which is scheduled to end during the current calendar


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year  (the  "Current  Purchase  Period")  that  the  aggregate  of  all  payroll
deductions  which were  previously  used to  purchase  stock under the Plan in a
prior  Purchase  Period which ended during that  calendar  year plus all payroll
deductions  accumulated  with  respect  to the  Current  Purchase  Period  equal
$21,250.  Payroll  deductions  shall  recommence  at the rate  provided  in such
participant's  subscription  agreement at the  beginning  of the first  Purchase
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 each  Exercise  Date during 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 Participant's  account as of the
Exercise Date by the applicable Purchase Price;  provided that in no event shall
an Employee be permitted  to purchase  during each  Purchase  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
Purchase  Period or  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.  Delivery.  As promptly as  practicable  after each Exercise Date on
which a purchase of shares  occurs,  the Company  shall  arrange the delivery to
each participant,  as appropriate,  of the shares purchased upon exercise of his
or her option.


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         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 for such 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,  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.

         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 four  hundred
seventy five thousand  (475,000)  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 to be  delivered  to 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


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determination  made by the  Board or its  committee  shall,  to the full  extent
permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.

                  (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  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 partici  pant'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


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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,   Dissolution,
Liquidation, Merger or Asset Sale.

                  (a) Changes in Capitalization.  Subject to any required action
by the shareholders of the Company,  the Reserves as well as the price per share
of Common  Stock  covered by each  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  Periods  will end
immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action,  unless otherwise
provided by the Board,  and all options granted  thereunder will be exercised at
such time. Such exercise shall take place according to the provisions of Section
8 hereof.

                  (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,  each option under the Plan shall be
assumed  or  an  equivalent  option  shall  be  substituted  by  such  successor
corporation or a parent or subsidiary of such successor corporation,  unless the
Board  determines,  in the exercise of its sole  discretion  and in lieu of such
assumption or substitution,  to shorten the Offering Periods then in progress by
setting a new Exercise Date (the "New Exercise Date"). If the Board shortens the
Offering  Periods then in progress in lieu of assumption or  substitution in the
event of a merger or sale of assets,  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 his option has been changed to the New Exercise  Date and
that his option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless
prior to such date he has  withdrawn  from the  Offering  Period as  provided in
Section 10 hereof.  For purposes of this paragraph,  an option granted under the
Plan shall be deemed to be assumed if,  following  the sale of assets or merger,
the option confers the right to purchase, for each share of option stock subject
to  the  option  immediately  prior  to  the  sale  of  assets  or  merger,  the
consideration  (whether stock, cash or other securities or property) received in
the sale of assets or merger by holders of Common Stock for each share of Common
Stock held on the effective  date of the  transaction  (and if such holders were
offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration


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chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding  shares of Common Stock);
provided,  however, that if such consideration received in the sale of assets or
merger was not solely  common stock of the successor  corporation  or its parent
(as defined in Section  424(e) of the Code),  the Board may, with the consent of
the successor  corporation,  provide for the  consideration  to be received upon
exercise of the option to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or
its parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by
holders of Common Stock and the sale of assets or merger.

         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 shareholders.  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, limit
the frequency and/or number of changes in the amount withheld during an Offering
Period,  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  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 "1933 Act"), the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the rules and regulations promulgated  thereunder,  and the
requirements of any


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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 purchased 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
shareholders of the Company.  It shall continue in effect for a term of ten (10)
years unless sooner terminated under Section 19 hereof.

         24.  Automatic  Transfer to Low Price  Offering  Period.  To the extent
permitted  by Rule 16b-3 of the  Exchange  Act, if the Fair Market  Value of the
Common Stock on any Exercise  Date in an Offering  Period is lower than the Fair
Market Value of the Common Stock on the Enrollment Date of such Offering Period,
then all participants in such Offering Period shall be  automatically  withdrawn
from such Offering Period immediately after the exercise of their option on such
Exercise  Date  and  automatically  re-enrolled  in  the  immediately  following
Offering Period as of the first day thereof.


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                                    EXHIBIT A

                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                             SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT


                                           Enrollment Date: ____________________



_____ Original Application
_____ Change in Payroll Deduction Rate
_____ Change of Beneficiary(ies)


1.       ______________   hereby   elects  to   participate   in  the  Spectrian
         Corporation  1994 Employee  Stock  Purchase Plan (the  "Employee  Stock
         Purchase  Plan") and  subscribes  to pur chase 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 (1-15%) 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  "Spectrian  Corporation  1994
         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 my ability to exercise the option
         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) or one year after
         the Exercise Date, 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 purchased over the price which I paid for the
         shares. I hereby agree to notify the Company in writing within


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         30 days after the date of any  disposition of my 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 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 and 1-year holding  periods,  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 not to sell or  otherwise  transfer any shares or other
         securities  of the Company  during the  180-day  period  following  the
         effective date of a  registration  statement of the Company filed under
         the 1933 Act; provided, however, that such restriction shall only apply
         to the first  two  registration  statements  of the  Company  to become
         effective  under the 1933 Act which  include  securities  to be sold on
         behalf of the Company to the public in an underwritten  public offering
         under the 1933 Act. I hereby  acknowledge  that the  Company may impose
         stop-transfer  instructions  with respect to securities  subject to the
         foregoing restrictions until the end of such 180-day period.

8.       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.

9.       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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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


                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                        1994 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

                              NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL



         The  undersigned  participant  in the Offering  Period of the Spectrian
Corporation  1994  Employee  Stock  Purchase  Plan which began on  ____________,
19____ (the "Enrollment Date") hereby notifies the Company that 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  termi nated. 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: ________________________________



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                                                                     Exhibit 4.3


                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                            1994 DIRECTOR OPTION PLAN

                          As Amended through June, 1997


         1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this 1994 Director Option Plan
are to attract and retain the best  available  personnel  for service as Outside
Directors (as defined herein) of the Company, to provide additional incentive to
the Outside  Directors  of the Company to serve as  Directors,  and to encourage
their continued service on the Board.

                  All options  granted  hereunder  shall be  nonstatutory  stock
options.

         2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions shall apply:

                  (a) "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

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

                  (c) "Common Stock" means the Common Stock of the Company.

                  (d)  "Company"   means  Spectrian   Corporation,   a  Delaware
corporation.

                  (e) "Continuous Status as a Director" means the absence of any
interruption or termination of service as a Director.

                  (f) "Director" means a member of the Board.

                  (g)  "Employee"  means  any  person,  including  officers  and
Directors,  employed by the Company or any Parent or  Subsidiary of the Company.
The payment of a Director's fee by the Company shall not be sufficient in and of
itself to constitute "employment" by the Company.

                  (h) "Exchange Act" means the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
as amended.

                  (i) "Fair Market  Value" means,  as of any date,  the value of
Common Stock determined as follows:

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

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                           (ii) If the  Common  Stock is  quoted  on the  Nasdaq
System  (but not on the  National  Market  thereof)  or  regularly  quoted  by a
recognized  securities  dealer but  selling  prices are not  reported,  the Fair
Market  Value of a Share of Common  Stock shall be the mean between the high bid
and low  asked  prices  for the  Common  Stock on the day of  determination,  as
reported  in The Wall  Street  Journal or such other  source as the Board  deems
reliable, or;

                           (iii) 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.

                  (j)  "Option"  means a stock  option  granted  pursuant to the
Plan.

                  (k)  "Optioned  Stock"  means the Common  Stock  subject to an
Option.

                  (l)  "Optionee"  means an Outside  Director  who  receives  an
Option.

                  (m)  "Outside  Director"  means a  Director  who is neither an
Employee nor a representative of a shareholder owning more than one percent (1%)
of the outstanding shares of the Company.

                  (n)  "Parent"  means a "parent  corporation",  whether  now or
hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

                  (o) "Plan" means this 1994 Director Option Plan.

                  (p) "Share" means a share of the Common Stock,  as adjusted in
accordance with Section 10 of the Plan.

                  (q) "Subsidiary" means a "subsidiary corporation", whether now
or hereafter existing, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986.

         3. Stock Subject to the Plan.  Subject to the  provisions of Section 10
of the Plan,  the maximum  aggregate  number of Shares which may be optioned and
sold under the Plan is 85,000  Shares (as  adjusted  for a  one-for-two  reverse
stock split  approved  by the Board of  Directors  in May 1994) (the  "Pool") of
Common Stock.  The Shares may be authorized but unissued,  or reacquired  Common
Stock.

                  If an Option  should  expire or become  unexercisable  for any
reason without having been exercised in full, the unpurchased  Shares which were
subject  thereto  shall,  unless  the Plan shall  have been  terminated,  become
available for future grant under the Plan.

         4. Administration and Grants of Options under the Plan.

                  (a) Procedure  for Grants.  The  provisions  set forth in this
Section 4(a) shall not be amended more than once every six months, other than to
comport with changes in the Code, the

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Employee  Retirement  Income  Security  Act of 1974,  as  amended,  or the rules
thereunder.  All grants of Options to Outside Directors under this Plan shall be
automatic and  non-discretionary  and shall be made strictly in accordance  with
the following provisions:

                  (i) No  person  shall  have any  discretion  to  select  which
Outside  Directors shall be granted Options or to determine the number of Shares
to be covered by Options granted to Outside Directors.

                  (ii) Each Outside Director shall be  automatically  granted an
Option to purchase  5,000 Shares (the "First  Option") on the date on which such
person  first  becomes an Outside  Director,  whether  through  election  by the
shareholders  of the  Company  or  appointment  by the Board to fill a  vacancy,
following  the effective  date of this Plan as  determined  in  accordance  with
Section 6 hereof.

                  (iii)  After the First  Option has been  granted to an Outside
Director,  such Outside Director shall  thereafter be  automatically  granted an
Option to purchase 5,000 Shares (a  "Subsequent  Option") at the next meeting of
the Board of Directors following the Annual Meeting of Shareholders in each year
commencing  with the 1997 Annual  Meeting of  Shareholders,  if on such date, he
shall have served on the Board for at least six (6) months.

                  (iv)  Notwithstanding  the provisions of subsections  (ii) and
(iii)  hereof,  any  exercise of an Option made before the Company has  obtained
shareholder  approval of the Plan in accordance  with Section 16 hereof shall be
conditioned upon obtaining such  shareholder  approval of the Plan in accordance
with Section 16 hereof.

                  (v) The terms of a First Option granted  hereunder shall be as
follows:

                           (A) the term of the  First  Option  shall be ten (10)
years.

                           (B) the First Option shall be exercisable  only while
the Outside Director  remains a Director of the Company,  except as set forth in
Section 8 hereof.

                           (C) the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the
fair market value per Share on the date of grant of the First Option.

                           (D) the First  Option  shall  become  exercisable  in
installments cumulatively as to 25% of the Shares subject to the First Option on
each anniversary of its date of grant.

                  (vi) The terms of a Subsequent  Option granted hereunder shall
be as follows:

                           (A) the term of the  Subsequent  Option  shall be ten
(10) years.


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                           (B) the Subsequent  Option shall be exercisable  only
while the  Outside  Director  remains a Director of the  Company,  except as set
forth in Section 8 hereof.

                           (C) the exercise price per Share shall be 100% of the
fair market value per Share on the date of grant of the Subsequent Option.

                           (D) the Subsequent Option shall become exercisable as
to  2.08%  of the  Shares  subject  to the  Subsequent  Option  on each  monthly
anniversary of its date of grant.

                  (vii) In the  event  that any  Option  granted  under the Plan
would cause the number of Shares subject to outstanding  Options plus the number
of Shares  previously  purchased  under  Options  to exceed  the Pool,  then the
remaining  Shares  available  for Option grant shall be granted under Options to
the Outside Directors on a pro rata basis. No further grants shall be made until
such time,  if any, as additional  Shares  become  available for grant under the
Plan through action of the  shareholders  to increase the number of Shares which
may be issued under the Plan or through  cancellation  or  expiration of Options
previously granted hereunder.

         5. Eligibility.  Options may be granted only to Outside Directors.  All
Options shall be automatically granted in accordance with the terms set forth in
Section 4 hereof.  An Outside Director who has been granted an Option may, if he
is otherwise eligible,  be granted an additional Option or Options in accordance
with such provisions.

                  The Plan shall not  confer  upon any  Optionee  any right with
respect to  continuation  of service as a Director or  nomination  to serve as a
Director,  nor shall it  interfere in any way with any rights which the Director
or the Company may have to terminate his or her directorship at any time.

         6. Term of Plan.  The Plan shall become  effective  upon the earlier to
occur of its  adoption by the Board or its approval by the  shareholders  of the
Company as described in Section 16 of the Plan. It shall  continue in effect for
a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under Section 11 of the Plan.

         7. Form of  Consideration.  The consideration to be paid for the Shares
to be issued upon exercise of an Option,  including the method of payment, shall
consist of (i) cash,  (ii) check,  (iii) other  shares  which (x) in the case of
Shares acquired upon exercise of an Option,  have been owned by the Optionee for
more than six (6) months on the date of  surrender,  and (y) have a Fair  Market
Value on the date of  surrender  equal to the  aggregate  exercise  price of the
Shares as to which said Option shall be  exercised,  (iv) delivery of a properly
executed  exercise notice together with such other  documentation as the Company
and the broker, if applicable, shall require to effect an exercise of the Option
and  delivery  to the Company of the sale or loan  proceeds  required to pay the
exercise price, or (v) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment.

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         8. Exercise of Option.

                  (a)  Procedure  for  Exercise;  Rights as a  Shareholder.  Any
Option granted  hereunder shall be exercisable at such times as are set forth in
Section 4 hereof; provided,  however, that no Options shall be exercisable until
shareholder  approval of the Plan in accordance  with Section 16 hereof has been
obtained.

                  An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

                  An Option shall be deemed to be exercised  when written notice
of such exercise has been given to the Company in  accordance  with the terms of
the Option by the person  entitled to exercise  the Option and full  payment for
the Shares with  respect to which the Option is exercised  has been  received by
the Company. Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment
allowable  under Section 7 of the Plan.  Until the issuance (as evidenced by the
appropriate  entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized  transfer
agent of the Company) of the stock certificate  evidencing such Shares, no right
to vote or receive  dividends or any other rights as a  shareholder  shall exist
with respect to the Optioned Stock,  notwithstanding the exercise of the Option.
A share  certificate for the number of Shares so acquired shall be issued to the
Optionee as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option. No adjustment will
be made for a dividend  or other right for which the record date is prior to the
date the stock  certificate  is issued,  except as provided in Section 10 of the
Plan.

                  Exercise of an Option in any manner shall result in a decrease
in the number of Shares which thereafter may be available,  both for purposes of
the Plan and for sale under the Option,  by the number of Shares as to which the
Option is exercised.

                  (b) Rule  16b-3.  Options  granted to Outside  Directors  must
comply  with the  applicable  provisions  of Rule  16b-3  promulgated  under the
Exchange  Act or  any  successor  thereto  and  shall  contain  such  additional
conditions  or  restrictions  as may be  required  thereunder  to  qualify  Plan
transactions,  and other  transactions by Outside Directors that otherwise could
be matched with Plan transactions,  for the maximum exemption from Section 16 of
the Exchange Act.

                  (c)  Termination  of Continuous  Status as a Director.  In the
event an Optionee's  Continuous Status as a Director terminates (other than upon
the  Optionee's  death or total and permanent  disability (as defined in Section
22(e)(3) of the Code)),  the Optionee  may exercise his or her Option,  but only
within  three  (3)  months  from the date of such  termination,  and only to the
extent  that  the  Optionee  was  entitled  to  exercise  it at the date of such
termination  (but in no event  later  than the  expiration  of its ten (10) year
term). To the extent that the Optionee was not entitled to exercise an Option at
the date of such  termination,  and to the  extent  that the  Optionee  does not
exercise  such  Option (to the extent  otherwise  so  entitled)  within the time
specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

                  (d) Disability of Optionee. In the event Optionee's Continuous
Status as a Director  terminates as a result of total and  permanent  disability
(as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the

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Code), the Optionee may exercise his or her Option,  but only within twelve (12)
months  from  the date of such  termination,  and  only to the  extent  that the
Optionee was entitled to exercise it at the date of such  termination (but in no
event later than the  expiration of its ten (10) year term).  To the extent that
the Optionee was not entitled to exercise an Option at the date of  termination,
or if he or she does not  exercise  such  Option  (to the  extent  otherwise  so
entitled) within the time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

                  (e) Death of Optionee.  In the event of an  Optionee's  death,
the Optionee's  estate or a person who acquired the right to exercise the Option
by bequest or inheritance  may exercise the Option,  but only within twelve (12)
months following the date of death, and only to the extent that the Optionee was
entitled  to  exercise  it on the date of death (but in no event  later than the
expiration  of its ten (10) year term).  To the extent that the Optionee was not
entitled to exercise an Option at the date of death,  and to the extent that the
Optionee's  estate or a person who  acquired  the right to exercise  such Option
does not exercise such Option (to the extent  otherwise so entitled)  within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

         9. Non-Transferability of Options. The Option may not be sold, pledged,
assigned, hypothecated,  transferred, or disposed of in any manner other than by
will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised,  during the
lifetime of the Optionee, only by the Optionee.

         10.  Adjustments Upon Changes in Capitalization,  Dissolution,  Merger,
Asset Sale or Change of Control.

                  (a) Changes in Capitalization.  Subject to any required action
by the  shareholders  of the  Company,  the  number  of Shares  covered  by each
outstanding  Option and the  number of Shares  which  have been  authorized  for
issuance  under the Plan but as to which no  Options  have yet been  granted  or
which have been  returned  to the Plan upon  cancellation  or  expiration  of an
Option, as well as the price per Share covered by each such outstanding  Option,
shall be proportionately  adjusted for any increase or decrease in the number of
issued Shares 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  issued  Shares   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."  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
subject to an Option.

                  (b) Dissolution or  Liquidation.  In the event of the proposed
dissolution or liquidation of the Company,  to the extent that an Option has not
been  previously   exercised,   it  will  terminate  immediately  prior  to  the
consummation of such proposed action.

                  (c)  Merger  or Asset  Sale.  In the  event of a merger of the
Company with or into another  corporation,  or the sale of substantially  all of
the  assets of the  Company,  each  outstanding  Option  shall be  assumed or an
equivalent option shall be substituted by the successor corporation or a

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Parent  or  Subsidiary  of the  successor  corporation.  In the  event  that the
successor  corporation  does not agree to assume the Option or to  substitute an
equivalent  option,  each  outstanding  Option  shall  become  fully  vested and
exercisable,  including  as to  Shares  as to which it would  not  otherwise  be
exercisable. If an Option becomes fully vested and exercisable in the event of a
merger or sale of assets,  the Board shall notify the  Optionee  that the Option
shall be fully  exercisable  for a period of  thirty  (30) days from the date of
such notice,  and the Option shall terminate upon the expiration of such period.
For the purposes of this paragraph,  the Option shall be considered  assumed if,
following the merger or sale of assets, the option or right confers the right to
purchase,  for each Share of Optioned  Stock  subject to the Option  immediately
prior to the merger or sale of assets,  the consideration  (whether stock, cash,
or other  securities  or  property)  received in the merger or sale of assets by
holders  of  Common  Stock  for each  Share  held on the  effective  date of the
transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration,  the type of
consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares).

         11. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

                  (a) Amendment and Termination.  Except as set forth in Section
4, the Board may at any time amend, alter, suspend, or discontinue the Plan, but
no amendment,  alteration,  suspension,  or discontinuation  shall be made which
would  impair  the  rights of any  Optionee  under any grant  theretofore  made,
without his or her consent.  In addition,  to the extent necessary and desirable
to comply with Rule 16b-3 under the Exchange Act (or any other applicable law or
regulation), the Company shall obtain shareholder approval of any Plan amendment
in such a manner and to such a degree as required.

                  (b) Effect of Amendment or Termination.  Any such amendment or
termination  of the Plan  shall not  affect  Options  already  granted  and such
Options  shall  remain  in full  force  and  effect as if this Plan had not been
amended or terminated.

         12. Time of Granting Options. The date of grant of an Option shall, for
all purposes, be the date determined in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

         13.  Conditions  Upon  Issuance of Shares.  Shares  shall not be issued
pursuant to the exercise of an Option unless the exercise of such Option and the
issuance  and  delivery of such Shares  pursuant  thereto  shall comply with all
relevant provisions of law, including, without limitation, the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, the Exchange Act, the rules and regulations  promulgated there
under,  state  securities  laws, 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 purchased 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 relevant provisions of law.

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                  Inability  of  the  Company  to  obtain   authority  from  any
regulatory body having jurisdiction,  which authority is deemed by the Company's
counsel to be necessary to the lawful issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder,
shall relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or
sell  such  Shares  as to which  such  requisite  authority  shall not have been
obtained.

         14. Reservation of Shares.  The Company,  during the term of this Plan,
will at all times reserve and keep  available  such number of Shares as shall be
sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

         15.  Option  Agreement.  Options  shall be evidenced by written  option
agreements in such form as the Board shall approve.

         16. Shareholder  Approval.  Continuance of the Plan shall be subject to
approval  by the  shareholders  of the  Company at or prior to the first  annual
meeting of shareholders  held subsequent to the granting of an Option hereunder.
Such  shareholder  approval shall be obtained in the degree and manner  required
under applicable state and federal law.



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                                             SEE REVERSE SIDE FOR STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT



RODE, AJIT

                                                          [GRAPHIC OMITTED]

                                                        SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                                                    NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

You have been granted an option to purchase Common Stock of Spectrian  Corporation  (the "Company") under the terms of the Spectrian
Corporation 1992 Stock Plan as follows:

         <S>                                    <C>                        <C>                               <C>
         Grant Number                           3454                       Type of Option                    NQ
         Date of Grant                          9/22/97                    Plan                              96GG
         Option Price Per Share                 $56.3750                   Term/Expiration Date              9/22/2007
         Total Number of Shares Granted         40,000                     Vesting Commencement Date         9/22/97

Vesting Schedule: This Option shall be exercisable  cumulatively,  to the extent of 1/48th of the total Number of Shares Granted for
each full calendar month of your  Continuous  Status as an Employee or Consultant  since the Vesting  Commencement  Date;  provided,
however,  that this Option shall not be exercisable  prior to one year from the Vesting  Commencement  Date.  Termination  Period: 3
months after termination of employment or consulting relationship (but in no event later than the Expiration Date).

                                                                                             SPECTRIAN CORPORATION

                                                                                    By:      /s/ Garrett Garettson
                                                                                       -------------------------------
                                                                                    Title:            CEO
                                                                                          ----------------------------

This Notice of Grant does not  represent a stock  interest in the  Company,  which shall occur only upon the  exercise of this stock
option pursuant to its terms.

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                              SPECTRIAN CORPORATION
                             STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

      1. Grant of Option.  The Plan  Administrator of Spectrian  Corporation,  a
California  corporation (the "Company"),  hereby grants to the Optionee named in
the Notice of Grant (the  "Optionee"),  an option (the  "Option")  to purchase a
total number of shares of Common Stock (the "Shares") set forth in the Notice of
Grant,  at the  exercise  price per share set forth in the  Notice of Grant (the
"Exercise  Price")  subject  to the terms,  definitions  and  provisions  of the
Spectrian Corporation 1992 Stock Plan (the "Plan") adopted by the Company, which
is incorporated herein by reference.  Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms
defined in the Plan shall have the same defined meanings in this Option.

           If designated an Incentive  Stock Option,  this Option is intended to
qualify as an Incentive Option as defined in Section 422A of the Code.

      2. Exercise of Option. This Option shall be exercisable during its term in
accordance with the Vesting Schedule set out in the Notice of Grant and with the
provisions of Section 9 of the Plan as follows:

          (i)     Right to Exercise.

                  (a) This  Option  may not be  exercised  for a  fraction  of a
share.

                  (b) In the  event of  Optionee's  death,  disability  or other
termination  of  employment,  the  exercisability  of the Option is  governed by
Sections 7, 8 and 9 below,  subject to the  limitation  contained in  subsection
2(i)(c).
                  (c) In no event may this Option be exercised after the date of
expiration of the term of this Option as set forth in the Notice of Grant.

         (ii) Method of Exercise.  This Option shall be  exercisable  by written
notice (in the form  available  from the Company) which shall state the election
to exercise  the Option,  the number of Shares in respect of which the Option is
being  exercised,  and  such  other  representations  and  agreements  as to the
holder's investment intent with respect to such shares of Common Stock as may be
required by the Company  pursuant to the  provisions  of the Plan.  Such written
notice  shall be signed by the  Optionee  and shall be delivered in person or by
certified  mail to the  Secretary  of the Company.  The written  notice shall be
accompanied by payment of the exercise price.  This Option shall be deemed to be
exercised upon receipt by the Company of such written notice  accompanied by the
Exercise Price.

                  No Shares will be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option
unless such issuance and such exercise shall comply with all relevant provisions
of law and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which the Shares may then
be listed. Assuming such compliance, for income tax purposes the Shares shall be
considered  transferred  to the  Optionee  on the date on which  the  Option  is
exercised with respect to such Shares.

      3.  Optionee's  Representations.  In  the  event  the  Shares  purchasable
pursuant  to the  exercise of this  Option  have not been  registered  under the
Securities  Act of 1933,  as  amended,  at the time this  Option  is  exercised,
Optionee  shall, if required by the Company,  concurrently  with the exercise of
all or any  portion  of this  Option,  deliver  to the  Company  his  Investment
Representation Statement in the form provided by the Company, and shall read the
applicable rules of the Commissioner of Corporations attached to such Investment
Representation Statement.


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      4. Method of Payment. Payment of the Exercise Price shall be by any of the
following, or a combination thereof, at the election of the Optionee:

          (i)     cash; or

         (ii)     check; or

        (iii) surrender of other shares of Common Stock of the Company which (A)
either have been owned by the  Optionee for more than six (6) months on the date
of surrender or were not acquired,  directly or indirectly, from the Company and
(B) have a fair  market  value on the date of  surrender  equal to the  Exercise
Price of the Shares as to which the Option is being exercised.

      5.  Restrictions on Exercise.  This Option may not be exercised until such
time as the Plan has been approved by the shareholders of the Company, or if the
issuance  of such  Shares  upon  such  exercise  or the  method  of  payment  of
consideration  for such shares would  constitute  a violation of any  applicable
federal or state securities or other law or regulation, including any rule under
Part  207 of Title 12 of the Code of  Federal  Regulations  ("Regulation  G") as
promulgated by the Federal Reserve Board. As a condition to the exercise of this
Option, the Company may require Optionee to make any representation and warranty
to the Company as may be required by any applicable law or regulation.

      6. Section 16 Restrictions.  Options granted to persons who are subject to
Section 16 of the Exchange Act ("Insiders") may not be exercised for a period of
at least  six  months  from the date of  grant,  except  in the case of death or
disability.

      7. Termination of Relationship.  In the event Optionee's Continuous Status
as an Employee or consultant  terminates,  Optionee may, to the extent otherwise
so entitled at the date of such termination (the "Termination  Date"),  exercise
this Option during the Termination Period set out in the Notice of Grant. To the
extent that  Optionee  was not  entitled to exercise  this Option at the date of
such  termination,  or if the Optionee  does not exercise this Option within the
time specified herein, the Option shall terminate.

      8.  Disability of Optionee.  Notwithstanding  the  provisions of Section 7
above, in the event  Optionee's  Continuous  Status as an Employee or Consultant
terminates as a result of total and permanent  disability (as defined in Section
22(e)(3) of the Code), Optionee may, but only within twelve (12) months from the
date of termination of employment or consultancy (but in no event later than the
date of expiration of the term of this Option as set forth in Section 11 below),
exercise  the Option to the extent  otherwise  so  entitled  at the date of such
termination. To the extent that Optionee was not entitled to exercise the Option
at the date of termination, or if Optionee does not exercise such Option (to the
extent otherwise so entitled) within the time specified herein, the Option shall
terminate.

      9.  Death of  Optionee.  The Option may be  exercised  at any time  within
twelve (12) months  after the  Optionee's  death (but in no event later than the
date of expiration of the term of this Option as set forth in Section 11 below),
by  Optionee's  estate or by a person who  acquired  the right to  exercise  the
Option by bequest or  inheritance,  but only to the  extent the  Optionee  could
exercise the Option at the date of death.

      10.  Non-Transferability  of Option. This Option may not be transferred or
assigned  in any  manner  otherwise  than by will or by the laws of  descent  or
distribution  and may be exercised  during the lifetime of Optionee only by him.
The terms of this Option  shall be binding upon the  executors,  administrators,
heirs, successors and assigns of the Optionee.


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      11. Term of Option.  This Option may be exercised only within the term set
out in the  Notice  of  Grant,  and may be  exercised  during  such term only in
accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option.

      12. Tax Consequences. Set forth below is a brief summary as of the date of
this Option of some of the federal tax  consequences  of exercise of this Option
and disposition of the Shares. THIS SUMMARY IS NECESSARILY  INCOMPLETE,  AND THE
TAX LAWS AND  REGULATIONS  ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE.  OPTIONEE SHOULD CONSULT A TAX
ADVISER BEFORE EXERCISING THIS OPTION OR DISPOSING OF THE SHARES.

          (i) Exercise of ISO. If this Option qualifies as an ISO, there will be
no regular  federal  income  tax  liability  upon the  exercise  of the  Option,
although the excess,  if any, of the fair market value of the Shares on the date
of exercise  over the  Exercise  Price will be treated as an  adjustment  to the
alternative minimum tax for federal tax purposes and may subject the Optionee to
the alternative minimum tax.

         (ii) Exercise of  Nonqualified  Stock  Option.  If this Option does not
qualify as an ISO, there may be a regular  federal income tax liability upon the
exercise  of the  Option.  The  Optionee  will be  treated  as  having  received
compensation  income (taxable at ordinary income tax rates) equal to the excess,
if any, of the fair market value of the Shares on the date of exercise  over the
Exercise  Price.  If Optionee is an  employee,  the Company  will be required to
withhold from  Optionee's  compensation  or collect from Optionee and pay to the
applicable  taxing   authorities  an  amount  equal  to  a  percentage  of  this
compensation income at the time of exercise.

        (iii)  Disposition of Shares.  In the case of an NSO, if Shares are held
for at least one year,  any gain realized on  disposition  of the Shares will be
treated as long-term  capital gain for federal income tax purposes.  In the case
of an ISO,  if Shares  transferred  pursuant to the Option are held for at least
one year after exercise and are disposed of at least two years after the Date of
Grant,  any gain realized on  disposition  of the Shares will also be treated as
long-term  capital gain for federal  income tax  purposes.  If Shares  purchased
under an ISO are  disposed  of within such  one-year  period or within two years
after the Date of Grant,  any gain realized on such  disposition will be treated
as  compensation  income (taxable at ordinary income rates) to the extent of the
excess,  if any, of the fair market  value of the Shares on the date of exercise
over the Exercise Price.

         (iv) Notice of Disqualifying  Disposition of ISO Shares.  If the Option
granted  to  Optionee  herein  is an ISO,  and if  Optionee  sells or  otherwise
disposes  of any of the  Shares  acquired  pursuant  to the ISO on or before the
later of (1) the date two years  after  the Date of  Grant,  or (2) the date one
year after transfer of such Shares to the Optionee upon exercise of the ISO, the
Optionee shall  immediately  notify the Company in writing of such  disposition.
Optionee  agrees that Optionee may be subject to income tax  withholding  by the
Company on the  compensation  income  recognized  by the Optionee from the early
disposition  by  payment  in cash  or out of the  current  earnings  paid to the
Optionee.

      OPTIONEE  ACKNOWLEDGES  AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES  PURSUANT TO
THE OPTION HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING  CONSULTANCY OR EMPLOYMENT AT THE
WILL OF THE COMPANY  (NOT  THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING  HIRED,  BEING  GRANTED THIS
OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER).  OPTIONEE FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES
THAT  NOTHING  IN THIS  OPTION,  NOR IN THE  COMPANY'S  1992 STOCK PLAN WHICH IS
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY REFERENCE, SHALL CONFER UPON OPTIONEE ANY


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RIGHT WITH RESPECT TO  CONTINUATION OF EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTANCY BY THE COMPANY,
NOR  SHALL IT  INTERFERE  IN ANY WAY WITH HIS  RIGHT OR THE  COMPANY'S  RIGHT TO
TERMINATE HIS EMPLOYMENT OR CONSULTANCY AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

      Optionee   acknowledges  receipt  of  a  copy  of  the  Plan  and  certain
information,  related  thereto and represents that he is familiar with the terms
and  provisions  thereof,  and hereby  accepts this Option subject to all of the
terms and provisions of the Plan. Optionee has reviewed the Plan and this Option
in their entirety,  has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior
to executing this Option and fully  understands all provisions  relating to this
Option.  Optionee  hereby agrees to accept as binding,  conclusive and final all
decisions or  interpretations  of the Board upon any questions arising under the
Plan or this Option.

                                                 /s/ Ajit Rode
Dated: October 14, 1997                          _______________________________
                                                 Optionee Signature


Dissolution, Merger or Assets Sale.

         Notwithstanding  the  foregoing  Vesting  Schedule,  in the  event of a
Change of Control of the Company,  the Optionee shall have the right to exercise
this Option as to all of the Shares,  including  Shares as to which it would not
otherwise be  exercisable.  "Change of Control" shall mean the occurrence of any
of the following events:

                   (i)  Any  "person"  or  "group"  (as  such  term  is  used in
Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) is
or becomes the  "beneficial  owner" (as defined in  Rule 13d-3  under said Act),
directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of
the total voting power  represented  by the Company's  then  outstanding  voting
securities; or

                   (ii) A change in the  composition of the Board of the Company
occurring within a two-year  period,  as a result of which fewer than a majority
of the directors  are  Incumbent  Directors.  "Incumbent  Directors"  shall mean
directors who either (A) are  directors of the Company as of the date hereof, or
(B) are elected, or nominated for election, to the Board of the Company with the
affirmative votes of at least a majority of the Incumbent  Directors at the time
of such  election  or  nomination  (but shall not  include an  individual  whose
election or  nomination  is in  connection  with an actual or  threatened  proxy
contest relating to the election of directors to the Company); or

                   (iii) The  shareholders  of the  Company  approve a merger or
consolidation of the Company with any other corporation,  other than a merger or
consolidation  which  would  result  in the  voting  securities  of the  Company
outstanding  immediately  prior  thereto  continuing  to  represent  (either  by
remaining  outstanding  or by being  converted  into  voting  securities  of the
surviving  entity)  more than  fifty  percent  (50%) of the total  voting  power
represented  by the voting  securities of the Company or such  surviving  entity
outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation,  or the shareholders
of the  Company  approve a plan of  complete  liquidation  of the  Company or an
agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all
the Company's assets (other than to a subsidiary or subsidiaries).




                                                                     Exhibit 5.1
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                        WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                            PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

                               650 PAGE MILL ROAD
                        PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA 94304-1050       
                  TELEPHONE 650-493-9300 FACSIMILE 650-493-6811 
                                                        



                                October 23, 1997



Spectrian Corporation
350 West Java Drive
Sunnyvale, California 94089

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 October 23, 1997, in
connection with the  registration  under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended,
of 350,000  additional  shares of your Common Stock  reserved for issuance under
the 1992 Stock Plan, of 200,000  additional shares of your Common Stock reserved
for issuance under the 1994 Employee  Stock Purchase Plan, of 60,000  additional
shares of your Common Stock reserved for issuance under the 1994 Director Option
Plan and of 40,000  additional shares of your Common Stock reserved for issuance
under the  Non-Qualified  Stock Option  Agreements (which plans are collectively
referred to herein as the "Plans" and which shares are collectively  referred to
herein as the "Shares").

         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 the Shares. It is our opinion that the Shares,  when issued
and sold in the manner  referred to in the Plans and pursuant to the  agreements
which accompany the Plans,  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,

                              /s/ WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI

                              WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
                              Professional Corporation



                                                                    Exhibit 23.2
                                                                    ------------


                         CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS



To the Board of Directors
Spectrian Corporation:


We consent to the  incorporation  herein by reference of our reports dated April
11, 1997 relating to the  consolidated  balance sheets of Spectrian  Corporation
and  subsidiary  as of March 31,  1997 and 1996,  and the  related  consolidated
statements of operations,  shareholders'  equity, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year  period ended March 31, 1997, and the related  schedule,
which  reports  appear or are  incorporated  by  reference in the March 31, 1997
annual report on Form 10-K of Spectrian Corporation.

/s/ KPMG Peat Marwick LLP

KPMG Peat Marwick LLP
San Jose, California
October 17, 1997



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