Triquint Receives Funding for Wide Band Gap Semiconductors

Triquint Semiconductor Texas L.P. of Richardson, TX won a $5 million increment as part of a $31.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase 2 and Phase 3 Research on Wide Band Gap Semiconductors. Work will be performed in Richardson, TX and is expected to be completed by Feb. 14, 2008. Bids were solicited via the web on April 12, 2004, and one bid was received. The U.S. Army Research, Development, and Engineering Command in Adelphi, MD issued the contract (W911QX-05-C-0087). Triquint is also working on Gallium Nitride semiconductor research for DARPA.