TriQuint - Reach Further, Reach Faster™ - TriQuint Becomes First Manufacturer to Achieve MRL 9 for GaN

Hillsboro, Oregon (USA) - July 29, 2014 - TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc., a leading RF solutions supplier and technology innovator, announced that it is the first gallium nitride (GaN) RF chip manufacturer to achieve Manufacturing Readiness Level (MRL) 9. This achievement means TriQuint's GaN manufacturing processes have met full performance, cost and capacity goals, and that the company has the capability in place to support full rate production.

To benchmark MRL 9, TriQuint applied the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's rigorous manufacturing readiness assessment tool and criteria to its high frequency, high power GaN production line. TriQuint's ongoing development of GaN-based devices is leading to smaller, more efficient power amplifiers, typically used for military radar and electronic warfare programs as well as commercial wireless communications and infrastructure.

TriQuint - Reach Further, Reach Faster™ - TriQuint Becomes First Manufacturer to Achieve MRL 9 for GaN