UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 17, 2010

Tessera Technologies, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Delaware	000-50460	16-1620029
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

3025 Orchard Parkway

San Jose, California 95134

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(408) 321-6000

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(e) On November 17, 2010, the Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors of Tessera Technologies, Inc. (“Tessera”) approved the annual base salary levels of executive officers of Tessera effective January 1, 2011. The Compensation Committee also approved incentive cash bonus targets equal to a percentage of each executive officer’s base salary under Tessera’s 2007 Performance Bonus Program pursuant to which Tessera’s executive officers would be eligible to be paid incentive compensation for 2011. The annual base salary levels and target percentages are set forth below:

Name	Title	Annual Base Salary	Target Percentage
Henry R. Nothhaft	Chairman and Chief Executive Officer	$528,000	100%
Michael Anthofer	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer	$329,600	60%
Bernard J. Cassidy	Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary	$315,000	60%
John Keating	Interim Executive Vice President, Imaging and Optics	$298,700	50%

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

Date: November 22, 2010	TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
	By:	/S/    MICHAEL ANTHOFER
	Name:	Michael Anthofer
	Title:	Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer