station broadband communications military foundry founded 1985 ; 31 years ago 1985 beaverton oregon united states headquarters hillsboro oregon united states products gaas gan saw filters and baw foundry services and components website www.tqs.com triquint semiconductor was a semiconductor company that designed manufactured and supplied high performance rf modules components and foundry services . the company was founded in 1985 in beaverton oregon before moving to neighboring hillsboro oregon . in february 2014 greensboro north carolina based rf micro devices and triquint announced a merger in which the new company would be qorvo inc. with the merger completed on january 1 2015 . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 products 3 see also 4 references history edit triquint semiconductor began its life in the mid 1980s as a subsidiary of tektronix . in 1985 the founders held a contest to come up with a name for the company . the winning entry paid homage to the gallium arsenide on which the company was founded . tri from the greek for a prefix meaning three thrice threefold and quint from the latin for a set or sequence of five literally means 3 5 . 3 5 refers to the location of the elements gallium and arsenic on the periodic table . the elements on the third and fifth columns of the periodic table including nitrogen found in gan are known to have special conductive properties great for producing compound semiconductors . alan patz was the first chief executive officer ceo of the company serving from 1985 until 1991 . in 1988 the core group working in the spin off had to decide if they wanted to continue to work under tektronix as the gaas sbu or if they wanted to venture out on their own . this core group met in a hotel room at the greenwood inn in beaverton oregon and decided that they were going to use their experience to start the company that would eventually become triquint . in 1991 gazelle microcircuits gigabit logic and triquint all merged under the triquint name . the focus of the merged company was to produce components for mobile phones and other communication devices . on may 15 2001 triquint and sawtek inc. announced that the two companies would merge . 3 sawtek made products based on surface acoustic wave and with the merger triquint was able to incorporate their technology into its products . patz left the ceo position in 1991 and bert moyer took over in may as the interim ceo serving until september when steve sharp became the permanent leader of the company . in 2002 triquint acquired infineon s gaas semiconductor business as a part of a partnership between the two companies to create products together 4 followed in late 2002 with the acquisition of a large portion of agere systems optoelectronics business . 5 also in 2002 steve sharp stepped down as ceo and ralph quinsey took over the position . triquint later sold the triquint optoelectronics business unit created from this acquisition to cyoptics in 2005 . 6 in early 2005 triquint acquired tfr technologies located in bend oregon . 7 8 9 triquint acquired the company to incorporate their work on bulk acoustic wave baw products into their own work . on september 4 2007 triquint completed the purchase of peak devices inc. in order to incorporate their work on wide band bandwidth into its products . 10 11 12 13 this was followed by the acquisition of wj communications inc. completed on may 23 2008 in order to acquire their rf products . 14 15 16 the company settled an investor lawsuit in 2009 over allegations of improper backdating of stock options . 17 triquint agreed to pay nearly 3 million in plaintiff s attorneys fees to settle the case but maintained the company did nothing wrong . 17 also that year the company began a patent dispute with rival avago technologies over acoustic wave filters which was eventually settled in 2012 with the companies agreeing to cross license patents between the companies . 18 overall triquint spent around 20 million in the case . 18 for fiscal year 2010 the company s revenues had grown to 878.7 million with about 25 percent of revenues coming from apple computer s contract manufacturer foxconn . 19 after several quarters of losses the company posted a profit for its third quarter in 2013 . 20 triquint announced in february 2014 that it would merge with rf micro devices . 21 the merger was completed on january 1 2015 with the new company called qorvo . 1 triquint had traded on the nasdaq as tqnt prior to the merger . products edit company headquarters in hillsboro triquint semiconductor created standard and custom products using gallium arsenide surface acoustic wave saw and bulk acoustic wave baw technologies . these processes were built to be used in many different devices . in wireless handsets triquint created many components including power amplifiers pa power amplifier modules pam phemt switches saw and baw filters filter modules antenna switch modules asms and front end modules fems . their chips were used in the manufacture of apple s iphone and ipad palm s pre htc s android g1 and amazon s kindle reader among other consumer products . 22 23 triquint s gaas and saw technology was used inside many base stations . for broadband communications devices triquint created and produced optical modulator drivers transimpedance amplifiers tia attenuators bessel filters and low noise amplifiers lna . triquint s products were also used by the military . 24 triquint also offered foundry services allowing triquint to manufacture its own products . additionally the company allowed fabless semiconductor companies to use its facilities for manufacturing . see also edit list of companies based in oregon silicon forest references edit a b triquint press release . retrieved 24 september 2014 . arcieri katie january 2 2015 . qrvo trading begins after merger between triquint and rf micro . triad business journal . retrieved 4 january 2015 . triquint press release 2001 05 15 . retrieved on 2008 02 26 . ee times asia article 2002 05 03 . retrieved on 2008 03 06 . compound semiconductor article 2002 10 22 . retrieved on 2008 03 07 . triquint press release 2005 04 14 . retrieved on 2008 03 07 . allbusiness.com article 2004 12 14 . retrieved on 2008 03 06 portland business journal article 2004 12 14 . retrieved on 2008 03 06 . mart economy blog 2004 12 15 . retrieved on 2008 03 06 . triquint press release 2007 08 21 . retrieved on 2008 02 26 peak devices press release 2007 08 31 . retrieved on 2008 02 26 triquint press release 2007 09 04 . retrieved on 2008 02 26 . portland business journal article 2007 09 04 . retrieved on 2008 02 26 . portland business journal article 2008 03 10 . retrieved on 2008 03 10 . rf design article 2008 05 29 . retrieved on 2008 08 27 . triquint press release 2008 05 23 . retrieved on 2008 08 27 . a b rogoway mike october 1 2009 . triquint settles backdating suit . the oregonian . retrieved 2009 10 02 . a b siemers erik may 15 2012 . triquint settles costly patent case with rival . portland business journal . retrieved 26 may 2012 . rogoway mike february 24 2011 . as triquint grows so does its business with apple . the oregonian . rogoway mike october 23 2013 . triquint returns to profitability but stock tanks as outlook disappoints . the oregonian . retrieved 25 october 2013 . spencer malia february 24 2014 . triquint to merge with north carolina firm create new 2b company . portland business journal . retrieved 25 february 2014 . rogoway mike february 11 2010 . triquint in the kindle too teardown finds what about the ipad . the oregonian . retrieved 27 february 2010 . rogoway mike march 14 2011 . triquint and intel are winners in the ipad 2 . the oregonian . frank ryan october 6 2008 . triquint wins naval research contract . the oregonian . retrieved 2008 10 07 . v t e oregon based companies nyse listed greenbrier companies lithia motors nike nw natural portland general electric nasdaq listed columbia sportswear electro scientific 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