23 March 1999


Stephen B. Greenspan
[ADDRESS]

Dear Steve:

Your status as an employee of Spectrian will terminate effective March 31, 1999.
With this termination you shall cease to have any  responsibilities or authority
to bind or commit Spectrian to any arrangement, contract or agreement.

This letter is to confirm the agreement between you and Spectrian regarding your
separation from employment.

1.   We have agreed that your employment with Spectrian will terminate effective
     March 31, 1999 (the Termination Date). On this date, Spectrian will pay you
     for all of your unpaid salary earned through the Termination Date, less all
     applicable withholdings and deduction. Spectrian will also provide you with
     all employee benefits  through,  but not after the Termination Date, except
     as defined below.

2.   A group life insurance conversion option is available upon your request.

3.   Except for any earned but unpaid salary and any moneys,  i.e.,  Spectrian's
     401(K) Plan,  you agree that prior to the execution of this letter you were
     not  entitled  to receive  any  further  payments,  including  bonuses  and
     commissions,  compensation or benefits from Spectrian.  Moreover,  the only
     payments  and benefits  that you are entitled to receive from  Spectrian in
     the future are those specified in this letter.

4.   After you have  executed this written  agreement,  assuming that you do not
     revoke it, Spectrian  agrees to pay you  $100,000.00,  which represents six
     months  salary at your  annual  base wage of  $200,000.  In return for this
     payment,  you agree to serve in the capacity of consultant to Spectrian for
     the next twelve  months (the  consulting  period)  beginning  with April 1,
     1999.  Your  duties as  Consultant  will be mutually  agreed  upon  between
     yourself and the Spectrian CEO. During the period you are a consultant, you
     will retain  remote e-mail and  voicemail  (ext.  5664) access to Spectrian
     Corporation, as well as your mobile phone.

5.   Spectrian  will pay for your monthly COBRA  premiums to continue your group
     medical,  vision and dental  coverage  through  COBRA until March 31, 2000.
     Thereafter,  you may be  eligible  to  continue  your  medical  and  dental
     coverage pursuant to COBRA at your own expense according to the plan.

6.   Attached is a summary of your option status.  You acknowledge that the only
     stock rights or purchase  rights that you have with Spectrian are set forth
     in this paragraph.  Upon approval of the Board of Directors,  you will have
     until  6/29/00 to exercise  your option with  respect to your fully  vested
     shares.  As an Officer of Spectrian,  the uninvested  shares of your option
     were  subject to immediate  vesting



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     upon a change of control.  This feature will continue during the consulting
     period.  During the consulting period,  your options will continue to vest;
     all vesting will stop as of March 31, 2000.

7.   Your  Executive  Life Insurance  policy is fully  portable.  Spectrian will
     continue  to pay the premium of $11,000  (renews on  7/18/99)  for the next
     year, beginning with April 1, 1999.

8.   You will  continue to be eligible  for all benefits  under the  Exec-U-Care
     executive  reimbursement  policy for the next twelve months  beginning with
     April 1, 1999. This program will be administered through COBRA Exec-U-Care.
     Spectrian  will pay the premium for this coverage  during this twelve month
     period of time. After this time, you may continue this coverage at your own
     expense, according to the plan.

9.   In exchange for receiving the  additional  payments and benefits  described
     above,  you waive and  release  and  promise  never to assert any claims or
     causes of  action,  whether  or not now known,  against  Spectrian,  or its
     predecessors,   successors,   subsidiaries,  officers,  directors,  agents,
     employees,  and  assigns,  with  respect  to any matter  arising  out of or
     connected with your  employment  with Spectrian or the  termination of that
     employment,  including without  limitation,  claims of wrongful  discharge,
     emotional distress,  defamation, breach of contract, breach of the covenant
     of good faith and fair dealing,  any claims of discrimination based on sex,
     age, race,  disability,  national origin, or on any other basis under title
     VII of the Civil  Rights  Act of 1964,  as  amended,  the  California  Fair
     Employment  and Housing Act, the Age  Discrimination  in Employment  Act of
     1967, and all other laws and regulations relating to employment.

10.  You  expressly  waive and  release  any and all rights and  benefits  under
     Section 1542 of the Civil Code of the State of  California,  which reads as
     follows:  "A general  release  does not extend to claims which the creditor
     does not know or suspect to exist in his favor at the time of executing the
     release,  which  if  known  by  him,  must  have  materially  affected  his
     settlement with the debtor".

11.  Spectrian expects you to return to Spectrian any Spectrian property in your
     possession on or before March 31, 1999, except the Dell laptop computer and
     the Dell Personal Computer at your residence, which you may keep.

12.  You  will  sign  and  agree  to  abide  by,  at all  times  in the  future,
     Spectrian's  Non-Disclosure  Agreement,  a copy of which is  attached.  You
     understand and agree that the obligations  contained in this Non-Disclosure
     agreement  are a material  inducement  to  Spectrian  for the  payments and
     benefits  provided to you,  pursuant to this  agreement  and for the breach
     thereof,  the Company  will be  entitled to pursue its legal and  equitable
     remedies against you.

13.  If any provision of this  agreement is found to be  unenforceable  it shall
     not affect the enforceability of the remaining provisions and the remaining
     provisions shall be enforced to the extent permitted by law.

14.  You agree that except as expressly provided in this letter,  this agreement
     renders  null and void any and all  prior  agreements  between  you and the
     Company.



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15.  This  agreement  shall be deemed to have been  entered into in the State of
     California and shall be construed and  interpreted  in accordance  with the
     laws  of  the  state.   Any  controversy   involving  the  construction  or
     application of any terms, covenants or conditions of this agreement, or any
     claim  arising out of or relating to this  agreement or the breach  thereof
     will be submitted to and settled by final and binding  arbitration in Santa
     Clara County, California.

16.  You may have at least  twenty-one  days after receipt of this letter within
     which  to  review  and  consider,  discuss  with an  attorney  of your  own
     choosing, and decide to execute or not execute this Agreement. Furthermore,
     you have seven days after you sign this letter  within which you may revoke
     this  agreement.  In order to revoke this  agreement,  you must  deliver to
     Bruce  Wright,  Chief  Financial  Officer on or before seven days after you
     sign this letter,  a letter  stating that you are revoking this  agreement.
     This agreement  shall not become  effective or enforceable  until after the
     expiration of seven days following the date you sign this letter.

Steve, we appreciate your contributions to Spectrian and we wish you success and
great health in the future.

Please indicate your agreement with the above terms by signing below.



____________________________________
Garrett Garrettson
President and Chief Executive Officer


________________________________________________________________________________
My  agreement  with  the  above  terms  is  signified  by  my  signature  below.
Furthermore,  I acknowledge that I have read and understand the foregoing letter
and that I sign this release of all claims  voluntarily,  with full appreciation
that I am forever foreclosed from pursuing any of the rights I have waived.


Signed: _______________________________                Dated: __________________