TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. supplies modules, components and foundry services to the communications companies. The company's products are designed on various wafer substrates, including compound semiconductor materials, such as gallium arsenide (GaAs) and piezoelectric crystals, such as lithium tantalate (LiTaO3). The company uses various process technologies using GaAs substrates including heterojunction bipolar transistors (HBTs) and pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistors (pHEMTs).
The company's customers include Foxconn; Motorola, Inc.; Samsung; and U.S. Department of Commerce. Competition For its integrated modules, the company competes primarily with the following existing competitors: Anadigics Inc., Avago, Inc., Eudyna, Inc., Raytheon Co., RF Micro Devices, Inc., Skyworks Solutions, Inc., ICS Technologies, Inc., Phonon Corp., RF Monolithics, Inc., TDK and EPCOS AG, Temex SAS, TAI-SAW Technology Co., Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc., Murata Manufacturing Co., and Panasonic Corp. TriQuint Semiconductor, Inc. was founded in 1981.