SEC Form 5
FORM 5 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

ANNUAL STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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 Form 3 Holdings Reported.
X
 Form 4 Transactions Reported.
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
BALUT BRIAN P
(Last) (First) (Middle)
2300 NE BROOKWOOD PKWY
(Street)
HILLSBORO OR 97124
(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
TRIQUINT SEMICONDUCTOR INC [ TQNT ] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
VP FLORIDA
3. Statement for Issuer's Fiscal Year Ended (Month/Day/Year)
12/31/2006
4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned at end of Issuer's Fiscal Year (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock 04/26/2005 J4(2) 154 A (2) 154 I IRA - by wife
Common Stock 16,739(1) D
Common Stock 21,403 I By Balut Living Trust
Common Stock 35,533 I IRA - Brian Balut
Common Stock 59,924 I ESOP - Brian Balut
Common Stock 7,589 I Indirectly by spouse - ESOP
Common Stock 3,358 I Directly by Spouse
Common Stock 1,726 I Indirectly by son - UGA
Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3) 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4) 8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5) 9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4) 10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
(A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
1. Holdings include 1,833 shares acquired 5/31/2006 and 1,921 shares acquired 11/30/2006 pursuant to the Company's 1998 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
2. The reporting person's wife indirectly owned 154 shares of common stock in an IRA on April 26, 2005, the date on which her holdings were initially reported (the first Form 4 filing subsequent to marriage)
Remarks:
Brian J Balut 02/14/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
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