|Exhibit 10.5


TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY, INC.


2000 EMPLOYEE STOCK
PURCHASE PLAN


The following constitute the
provisions of the 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan of Tripath Technology, Inc.





1.      PURPOSE
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| | The
purpose of the Plan is to provide employees of the Company and its Designated Subsidiaries
with an opportunity to purchase Common Stock of the Company through accumulated payroll
deductions. It is the intention of the Company to have the Plan qualify as an
Employee Stock Purchase Plan under Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended. The provisions of the Plan, accordingly, shall be construed so as to
extend and limit participation in a manner consistent with the requirements of that
section of the Code.
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|2.      DEFINITIONS
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| | (a) | BOARD shall
mean the Board of Directors of the Company or any                     committee thereof
designated by the Board of Directors of the Company in                     accordance
with Section 14 of the Plan.
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| | (b) | CODE shall
mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
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| | (c) | COMMON
STOCK shall mean the common stock of the Company.
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| | (d) | COMPANY shall
mean Tripath Technology Inc. and any Designated                     Subsidiary of the
Company.
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| | (e) | COMPENSATION shall
mean all base straight time gross earnings and                     commissions, but
exclusive of payments for overtime, shift premium, incentive
                    compensation, incentive payments, bonuses and other compensation.
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| | (f) | DESIGNATED
SUBSIDIARY shall mean any Subsidiary that has been                     designated
by the Board from time to time in its sole discretion as eligible to
                    participate in the Plan.
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| | (g) | EMPLOYEE shall
mean any individual who is an Employee of the Company                     for tax
purposes whose customary employment with the Company is at least twenty
                    (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in any calendar
year. For                     purposes of the Plan, the employment relationship shall be
treated as continuing                     intact while the individual is on sick leave or
other leave of absence approved                     by the Company. Where the period of
leave exceeds 90 days and the                     individuals right to reemployment
is not guaranteed either by statute or                     by contract, the employment
relationship shall be deemed to have terminated on                     the 91st day of
such leave.
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| | (h) | ENROLLMENT
DATE shall mean the first Trading Day of each Offering                     Period.
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| | (i) | EXERCISE
DATE shall mean the first Trading Day on or after July 1                     and
January 1 of each year.
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| | (j) | FAIR
MARKET VALUE shall mean, as of any date, the value of Common
                    Stock determined as follows:
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| | (i)
          If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national
          market system, including without limitation the Nasdaq National Market or The
          Nasdaq SmallCap Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value shall
          be the closing sales price for such stock (or the closing bid, if no sales were
          reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the date of determination, as
          reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source as the Board deems
          reliable;
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| | (ii)
           If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but
          selling prices are not reported, its Fair Market Value shall be the mean of the
          closing bid and asked prices for the Common Stock on the date of determination,
          as reported in THE WALL STREET JOURNAL or such other source as the Board deems
          reliable;
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| | (iii)
                    In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the
Fair Market           Value thereof shall be determined in good faith by the Board; or
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| | (iv)
           For purposes of the Enrollment Date of the first Offering Period under the
          Plan, the Fair Market Value shall be the initial price to the public as set
          forth in the final prospectus included within the registration statement in
Form           S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the initial
public           offering of the Companys Common Stock (the Registration
          Statement).
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| | (k) | OFFERING
PERIODS shall mean the periods of approximately twenty-four
                    (24) months during which an option granted pursuant to the Plan may
be                     exercised, commencing on the first Trading Day on or after January
1 and July 1                     of each year and terminating on the first Trading Day on
or after the July and                     January 1 Offering Period commencement date
approximately twenty-four months                     later; provided, however, that the
first Offering Period under the Plan shall                     commence on August 21,
2000 and end on the first Trading Day on or after July1,                     2002. The
duration and timing of Offering Periods may be changed pursuant to
                    Section 4 of this Plan.
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| | (l) | PLAN shall
mean this 2000 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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| | (m) | PURCHASE
PERIOD shall mean the approximately six month period                     commencing
on one Exercise Date and ending with the next Exercise Date, except
                    that the first Purchase Period of any Offering Period shall commence
on the                     Enrollment Date and end with the next Exercise Date.
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| | (n) | PURCHASE
PRICE shall mean 85% of the Fair Market Value of a share of
                    Common Stock on the Enrollment Date or on the Exercise Date,
whichever is lower;                     provided however, that the Purchase Price may be
adjusted by the Board pursuant                     to Section 20.
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| | (o) | RESERVES shall
mean the number of shares of Common Stock covered by                     each option
under the Plan which have not yet been exercised and the number of
                    shares of Common Stock which have been authorized for issuance under
the Plan                     but not yet placed under option.
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| | (p) | SUBSIDIARY shall
mean a corporation, domestic or foreign, of which                     not less than 50%
of the voting shares are held by the Company or a Subsidiary,                     whether
or not such corporation now exists or is hereafter organized or acquired
                    by the Company or a Subsidiary.
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| | (q) | TRADING
DAY shall mean a day on which national stock exchanges and                     the
Nasdaq System are open for trading.
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|3.     ELIGIBILITY
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| | (a) | Any
Employee who shall be employed by the Company on a given Enrollment Date
                    shall be eligible to participate in the Plan.
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| | (b) | Any
provisions of the Plan to the contrary notwithstanding, no Employee shall be
                    granted an option under the Plan (i) to the extent that, immediately
after the                     grant, such Employee (or any other person whose stock would
be attributed to                     such Employee pursuant to Section 424(d) of the
Code) would own capital stock of                     the Company and/or hold outstanding
options to purchase such stock possessing                     five percent (5%) or more
of the total combined voting power or value of all                     classes of the
capital stock of the Company or of any Subsidiary, or (ii) to the
                    extent that his or her rights to purchase stock under all employee
stock                     purchase plans of the Company and its subsidiaries accrues at a
rate which                     exceeds Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($25,000) worth of
stock (determined at the                     fair market value of the shares at the time
such option is granted) for each                     calendar year in which such option
is outstanding at any time.
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|4.      OFFERING PERIODS
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| | The
Plan shall be implemented by consecutive, overlapping Offering Periods with a new Offering
Period commencing on the first Trading Day on or after January 1 and July 1 each year, or
on such other date as the Board shall determine, and continuing thereafter until
terminated in accordance with Section 20 hereof; provided, however, that the first
Offering Period under the Plan shall commence on August 21, 2000 and end on the first
Trading Day on or after July1, 2002. The August 21, 2000 NASDAQ closing price will be used
for the four purchase periods in the first offering period. The Board shall have the power
to change the duration of Offering Periods (including the commencement dates thereof) with
respect to future offerings without shareholder approval if such change is announced at
least five (5) days prior to the scheduled beginning of the first Offering Period to be
affected thereafter.
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|5.      PARTICIPATION
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| | (a) | An
eligible Employee may become a participant in the Plan by completing a
                    subscription agreement authorizing payroll deductions in the form of
EXHIBIT A                     to this Plan and filing it with the Companys payroll
office prior to the                     applicable Enrollment Date.
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| | (b) | Payroll
deductions for a participant shall commence on the first payroll
                    following the Enrollment Date and shall end on the last payroll in
the Offering                     Period to which such authorization is applicable, unless
sooner terminated by                     the participant as provided in Section 10
hereof.
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|6.      PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS
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| | (a) | At
the time a participant files his or her subscription agreement, he or she
                    shall elect to have payroll deductions made on each pay day during
the Offering                     Period in an amount not exceeding 15% of the
Compensation which he or she                     receives on each pay day during the
Offering Period; provided, however, that                     should a pay day occur on an
Exercise Date, a participant shall have the payroll                     deductions made
on such day applied to his or her account under the new Offering
                    Period or Purchase Period, as the case may be.
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| | (b) | All
payroll deductions made for a participant shall be credited to his or her
                    account under the Plan and shall be withheld in whole percentages
only. A                     participant may not make any additional payments into such
account.
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| | (c) | A
participant may discontinue his or her participation in the Plan as provided
                    in Section 10 hereof, or may increase or decrease the rate of his or
her payroll                     deductions during the Offering Period by completing or
filing with the Company a                     new subscription agreement authorizing a
change in payroll deduction rate. The                     Board may, in its discretion,
limit the nature and/or number of participation                     rate changes during
any offering Period. The change in rate shall be effective                     with the
first full payroll period following five (5) business days after the
                    Companys receipt of the new subscription agreement unless the
Company                     elects to process a given change in participation more
quickly. A                     participants subscription agreement shall remain in
effect for successive                     Offering Periods unless terminated as provided
in Section 10 hereof.
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| | (d) | Notwithstanding
the foregoing, to the extent necessary to comply with Section
                    423(b)(8) of the Code and Section 3(b) hereof, a participants
payroll                     deductions may be decreased to zero percent (0%) at any time
during a Purchase                     Period. Payroll deductions shall recommence at the
rate provided in such                     participants subscription agreement at
the beginning of the first Purchase                     Period which is scheduled to end
in the following calendar year, unless                     terminated by the participant
as provided in Section 10 hereof.
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| | (e) | At
the time the option is exercised, in whole or in part, or at the time some or
                    all of the Companys Common Stock issued under the Plan is
disposed of, the                     participant must make adequate provision for the
Companys federal, state,                     or other tax withholding obligations,
if any, which arise upon the exercise of                     the option or the
disposition of the Common Stock. At any time, the Company may,                     but
shall not be obligated to, withhold from the participants compensation
                    the amount necessary for the Company to meet applicable withholding
obligations,                     including any withholding required to make available to
the Company any tax                     deductions or benefits attributable to sale or
early disposition of Common Stock                     by the Employee.
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|7.      GRANT OF OPTION
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| | (a) | On
the Enrollment Date of each Offering Period, each eligible Employee
                    participating in such Offering Period shall be granted an option to
purchase on                     each Exercise Date during such Offering Period (at the
applicable Purchase                     Price) up to a number of shares of the Companys
Common Stock determined by                     dividing such Employees payroll
deductions accumulated prior to such                     Exercise Date and retained in
the Participants account as of the Exercise                     Date by the
applicable Purchase Price; provided that in no event shall an
                    Employee be permitted to purchase during any calendar year more than
5,000                     shares of the Companys Common Stock (subject to any
adjustment pursuant to                     Section 19), and provided further that such
purchase shall be subject to the                     limitations
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| | (b) | set
forth in Sections 3(b) and 12 hereof. The Board may, for future Offering
                    Periods, increase or decrease, in its absolute discretion, the
maximum number of                     shares of the Companys Common Stock an
Employee may purchase during each                     Purchase Period of such Offering
Period. Exercise of the option shall occur as                     provided in Section 8
hereof, unless the participant has withdrawn pursuant to                     Section 10
hereof. The option shall expire on the last day of the Offering
                    Period.
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|8.      EXERCISE OF OPTION
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| | (a) | Unless
a participant withdraws from the Plan as provided in Section 10 hereof,
                    his or her option for the purchase of shares shall be exercised
automatically on                     the Exercise Date, and the maximum number of full
shares subject to option shall                     be purchased for such participant at
the applicable Purchase Price with the                     accumulated payroll deductions
in his or her account. No fractional shares shall                     be purchased; any
payroll deductions accumulated in a participants account                     which
are not sufficient to purchase a full share shall be retained in the
                    participants account for the subsequent Purchase Period or
Offering                     Period, subject to earlier withdrawal by the participant as
provided in Section                     10 hereof. Any other monies left over in a
participants account after the                     Exercise Date shall be returned
to the participant. During a participants                     lifetime, a
participants option to purchase shares hereunder is                     exercisable
only by him or her.
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| | (b) | If
the Board determines that, on a given Exercise Date, the number of shares
                    with respect to which options are to be exercised may exceed the
number of                     shares of Common Stock that were available for sale under
the Plan on the                     Enrollment Date of the applicable Offering Period, or
(ii) the number of shares                     available for sale under the Plan on such
Exercise Date, the Board may in its                     sole discretion (x) provide that
the Company shall make a pro rata allocation of                     the shares of Common
Stock available for purchase on such Enrollment Date or                     Exercise
Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as shall be practicable and
                    as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be equitable among
all                     participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on such
Exercise Date,                     and continue all Offering Periods then in effect, or
(y) provide that the                     Company shall make a pro rata allocation of the
shares available for purchase on                     such Enrollment Date or Exercise
Date, as applicable, in as uniform a manner as                     shall be practicable
and as it shall determine in its sole discretion to be                     equitable
among all participants exercising options to purchase Common Stock on
                    such Exercise Date, and terminate any or all Offering Periods then in
effect                     pursuant to Section 20 hereof. The Company may make pro rata
allocation of the                     shares available on the Enrollment Date of any
applicable Offering Period                     pursuant to the preceding sentence,
notwithstanding any authorization of                     additional shares for issuance
under the Plan by the Companys shareholders                     subsequent to such
Enrollment Date.
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|9.      DELIVER
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| | (a) | As
promptly as practicable after each Exercise Date on which a purchase of
                    shares occurs, the Company shall arrange the delivery to each
participant, as                     appropriate, of a certificate representing the shares
purchased upon exercise of                     his or her option.
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|10.    WITHDRAWAL
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| | (a) | A
participant may withdraw all but not less than all the payroll deductions
                    credited to his or her account and not yet used to exercise his or
her option                     under the Plan at any time by giving written notice to the
Company in the form                     of EXHIBIT B to this Plan. All of the participants
payroll deductions                     credited to his or her account shall be paid to
such participant promptly after                     receipt of notice of withdrawal and
such participants option for the                     Offering Period shall be
automatically terminated, and no further payroll                     deductions for the
purchase of shares shall be made for such Offering Period. If                     a
participant withdraws from an Offering Period, payroll deductions shall not
                    resume at the beginning of the succeeding Offering Period unless the
participant                     delivers to the Company a new subscription agreement.
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| | (b) | A
participants withdrawal from an Offering Period shall not have any
                    effect upon his or her eligibility to participate in any similar plan
which may                     hereafter be adopted by the Company or in succeeding
Offering Periods which                     commence after the termination of the Offering
Period from which the participant                     withdraws.
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|11.    TERMINATION OF
EMPLOYMENT
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| | (a) | Upon
a participants ceasing to be an Employee, for any reason, he or she
                    shall be deemed to have elected to withdraw from the Plan and the
payroll                     deductions credited to such participants account during
the Offering                     Period but not yet used to exercise the option shall be
returned to such                     participant or, in the case of his or her death, to
the person or persons                     entitled thereto under Section 15 hereof, and
such participantsoption                     shall be automatically terminated. The
preceding sentence notwithstanding, a                     participant who receives
payment in lieu of notice of termination of employment                     shall be
treated as continuing to be an Employee for the participants
                    customary number of hours per week of employment during the period in
which the                     participant is subject to such payment in lieu of notice.
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|12.     INTEREST
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| | (a) | No
interest shall accrue on the payroll deductions of a participant in the Plan.
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|13.    STOCK
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| | (a) | Subject
to adjustment upon changes in capitalization of the Company as provided
                    in Section 19 hereof, the maximum number of shares of the Companys
Common                     Stock which shall be made available for sale under the Plan
shall be 500,000                     shares.
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| | (b) | The
participant shall have no interest or voting right in shares covered by his
                    option until such option has been exercised.
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| | (c) | Shares
to be delivered to a participant under the Plan shall be registered in
                    the name of the participant or in the name of the participant and his
or her                     spouse.
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|14.    ADMINISTRATION
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| | The
Plan shall be administered by the Board or a committee of members of the Board appointed
by the Board. The Board or its committee shall have full and exclusive discretionary
authority to construe, interpret and apply the terms of the Plan, to determine
eligibility and to adjudicate all disputed claims filed under the Plan. Every finding,
decision and determination made by the Board or its committee shall, to the full extent
permitted by law, be final and binding upon all parties.
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|15.    DESIGNATION OF
BENEFICIARY
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| | (a) | A
participant may file a written designation of a beneficiary who is to receive
                    any shares and cash, if any, from the participants account
under the Plan                     in the event of such participants death
subsequent to an Exercise Date on                     which the option is exercised but
prior to delivery to such participant of such                     shares and cash. In
addition, a participant may file a written designation of a
                    beneficiary who is to receive any cash from the participants
account under                     the Plan in the event of such participants death
prior to exercise of the                     option. If a participant is married and the
designated beneficiary is not the                     spouse, spousal consent shall be
required for such designation to be effective.
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| | (b) | Such
designation of beneficiary may be changed by the participant at any time by
                    written notice. In the event of the death of a participant and in the
absence of                     a beneficiary validly designated under the Plan who is
living at the time of                     such participants death, the Company
shall deliver such shares and/or cash                     to the executor or
administrator of the estate of the participant, or if no such
                    executor or administrator has been appointed (to the knowledge of the
Company),                     the Company, in its discretion, may deliver such shares
and/or cash to the                     spouse or to any one or more dependents or
relatives of the participant, or if                     no spouse, dependent or relative
is known to the Company, then to such other                     person as the Company may
designate.
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|16.     TRANSFERABILITY
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| | Neither
payroll deductions credited to a participants account nor any rights with regard to
the exercise of an option or to receive shares under the Plan may be assigned,
transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of in any way (other than by will, the laws of
descent and distribution or as provided in Section 15 hereof) by the participant. Any
such attempt at assignment, transfer, pledge or other disposition shall be without
effect, except that the Company may treat such act as an election to withdraw funds from
an Offering Period in accordance with Section 10 hereof.
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|17.     USE OF FUNDS
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| | All
payroll deductions received or held by the Company under the Plan may be used by the
Company for any corporate purpose, and the Company shall not be obligated to segregate
such payroll deductions.
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|18.    REPORTS
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| | Individual
accounts shall be maintained for each participant in the Plan. Statements of account
shall be given to participating Employees at least annually, which statements shall set
forth the amounts of payroll deductions, the Purchase Price, the number of shares
purchased and the remaining cash balance, if any.
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|19. | ADJUSTMENTS UPON CHANGES IN CAPITALIZATION,
          DISSOLUTION, LIQUIDATION, MERGER OR ASSET SALE
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| | (a) | CHANGES
IN CAPITALIZATION. Subject to any required action by the shareholders of
                    the Company, the Reserves, the maximum number of shares each
participant may                     purchase each Purchase Period (pursuant to Section
7), as well as the price per                     share and the number of shares of Common
Stock covered by each option under the                     Plan which has not yet been
exercised shall be proportionately adjusted for any                     increase or
decrease in the number of issued shares of Common Stock resulting
                    from a stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, combination
or                     reclassification of the Common Stock, or any other increase or
decrease in the                     number of shares of Common Stock effected without
receipt of consideration by                     the Company; provided, however, that
conversion of any convertible securities of                     the Company shall not be
deemed to have been effected without receipt of                     consideration. Such
adjustment shall be made by the Board, whose                     determination in that
respect shall be final, binding and conclusive Except as                     expressly
provided herein, no issuance by the Company of shares of stock of any
                    class, or securities convertible into shares of stock of any class,
shall                     affect, and no adjustment by reason thereof shall be made with
respect to, the                     number or price of shares of Common Stock subject to
an option.
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| | (b) | DISSOLUTION
OR LIQUIDATION. In the event of the proposed dissolution or
                    liquidation of the Company, the Offering Period then in progress
shall be                     shortened by setting a new Exercise Date (the New
Exercise Date),                     and shall terminate immediately prior to the
consummation of such proposed                     dissolution or liquidation, unless
provided otherwise by the Board. The New                     Exercise Date shall be
before the date of the Companys proposed                     dissolution or
liquidation. The Board shall notify each participant in writing,                     at
least ten (10) business days prior to the New Exercise Date, that the
                    Exercise Date for the participants option has been changed to
the New                     Exercise Date and that the participants option shall be
exercised                     automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to
such date the                     participant has withdrawn from the Offering Period as
provided in Section 10                     hereof.
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| | (c) | MERGER
OR ASSET SALE. In the event of a proposed sale of all or substantially
                    all of the assets of the Company, or the merger of the Company with
or into                     another corporation, each outstanding option shall be assumed
or an equivalent                     option substituted by the successor corporation or a
Parent or Subsidiary of the                     successor corporation. In the event that
the successor corporation refuses to                     assume or substitute for the
option, any Purchase Periods then in progress shall                     be shortened by
setting a new Exercise Date (the New Exercise Date)                     and
any Offering Periods then in progress shall end on the New Exercise Date.
                    The New Exercise Date shall be before the date of the Companys
proposed                     sale or merger. The Board shall notify each participant in
writing, at least ten                     (10) business days prior to the New Exercise
Date, that the Exercise Date for                     the participants option has
been changed to the New Exercise Date and that                     the participants
option shall be exercised automatically on the New                     Exercise Date,
unless prior to such date the participant has withdrawn from the
                    Offering Period as provided in Section 10 hereof.
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# 20.    AMENDMENT OR
TERMINATION

| | (a) | The
Board of Directors of the Company may at any time and for any reason
                    terminate or amend the Plan. Except as provided in Section 19 hereof,
no such                     termination can affect options previously granted, provided
that an Offering                     Period may be terminated by the Board of Directors
on any Exercise Date if the                     Board determines that the termination of
the Offering Period or the Plan is in                     the best interests of the
Company and its shareholders. Except as provided in                     Section 19 and
this Section 20 hereof, no amendment may make any change in any
                    option theretofore granted which adversely affects the rights of any
                    participant. To the extent necessary to comply with Section 423 of
the Code (or                     any successor rule or provision or any other applicable
law, regulation or stock                     exchange rule), the Company shall obtain
shareholder approval in such a manner                     and to such a degree as
required.
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| | (b) | Without
shareholder consent and without regard to whether any participant rights
                    may be considered to have been adversely affected, the
Board (or its                     committee) shall be entitled to change the Offering
Periods, limit the frequency                     and/or number of changes in the amount
withheld during an Offering Period,                     establish the exchange ratio
applicable to amounts withheld in a currency other                     than U.S. dollars,
permit payroll withholding in excess of the amount designated                     by a
participant in order to adjust for delays or mistakes in the Companys
                    processing of properly completed withholding elections, establish
reasonable                     waiting and adjustment periods and/or accounting and
crediting procedures to                     ensure that amounts applied toward the
purchase of Common Stock for each                     participant properly correspond
with amounts withheld from the                     participants Compensation, and
establish such other limitations or                     procedures as the Board (or its
committee) determines in its sole discretion                     advisable which are
consistent with the Plan.
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| | (c) | In
the event the Board determines that the ongoing operation of the Plan may
                    result in unfavorable financial accounting consequences, the Board
may, in its                     discretion and, to the extent necessary or desirable,
modify or amend the Plan                     to reduce or eliminate such accounting
consequence including, but not limited                     to:
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| | (i) | altering
the Purchase Price for any Offering Period including an Offering Period
               underway at the time of the change in Purchase Price;
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| | (ii) | shortening
any Offering Period so that Offering Period ends on a new Exercise                Date,
including an Offering Period underway at the time of the Board action; and
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| | (iii) | allocating
shares
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| | Such
modifications or amendments shall not require stockholder approval or the consent of any
Plan participants.
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# 21.    NOTICES

| | All
notices or other communications by a participant to the Company under or in connection
with the Plan shall be deemed to have been duly given when received in the form specified
by the Company at the location, or by the person, designated by the Company for the
receipt thereof.
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# 22.    CONDITIONS UPON
ISSUANCE OF SHARES

| | Shares
shall not be issued with respect to an option unless the exercise of such option and the
issuance and delivery of such shares pursuant thereto shall comply with all applicable
provisions of law, domestic or foreign, including, without limitation, the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and the requirements of any stock exchange upon which
the shares may then be listed, and shall be further subject to the approval of counsel
for the Company with respect to such compliance. As a condition to the exercise of an
option, the Company may require the person exercising such option to represent and
warrant at the time of any such exercise that the shares are being purchased only for
investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such shares if, in the
opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required by any of the
aforementioned applicable provisions of law.
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# 23.    TERM OF PLAN

| | The
Plan shall become effective upon the earlier to occur of its adoption by the Board of
Directors or its approval by the shareholders of the Company. It shall continue in effect
for a term of ten (10) years unless sooner terminated under Section 20 hereof.
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# 24.    AUTOMATIC TRANSFER
TO LOW PRICE OFFERING PERIOD

| | To
the extent permitted by any applicable laws, regulations, or stock exchange rules if the
Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on any Exercise Date in an Offering Period is lower
than the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Enrollment Date of such Offering
Period, then all participants in such Offering Period shall be automatically withdrawn
from such Offering Period immediately after the exercise of their option on such Exercise
Date and automatically re-enrolled in the immediately following Offering Period.
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|EXHIBIT A
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|TRIPATH
      TECHNOLOGY INC                 |  |  |                                   |  | 
|-------------------------------------------- |  |  | --------------------------------- |  | 
|2000
      EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN      |  |  |                                   |  | 
|SUBSCRIPTION
      AGREEMENT                 |  |  |                                   |  | 
|                                             |  |  |                                   |  | 
|_____
      Original Application             |  |  | Enrollment
      Date:___________ |  | 
|_____
      Change in Payroll Deduction Rate |  |  |                                   |  | 
|_____
      Change of Beneficiary(ies)       |  |  |                                   |  | 

|1. | _________________
hereby elects to participate in the Tripath Technology Inc.           Employee Stock
Purchase Plan (the Employee Stock Purchase Plan) and           subscribes to
purchase shares of the Companys Common Stock in accordance           with this
Subscription Agreement and the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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|2. | I
hereby authorize payroll deductions from each paycheck in the amount of ____%
          of my Compensation on each payday (from 0 to 15%) during the Offering Period in
          accordance with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. (Please note that no
          fractional percentages are permitted.)
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|3. | I
understand that said payroll deductions shall be accumulated for the purchase
          of shares of Common Stock at the applicable Purchase Price determined in
          accordance with the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. I understand that if I do not
          withdraw from a Offering Period, any accumulated payroll deductions will be
used           to automatically exercise my option.
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|4. | I
have received a copy of the complete Employee Stock Purchase Plan. I           understand
that my participation in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan is in all           respects
subject to the terms of the Plan. I understand that my ability to           exercise the
option under this Subscription Agreement is subject to shareholder           approval of
the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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|5. | Shares
purchased for me under the Employee Stock Purchase Plan should be issued           in the
name(s) of (Employee or Employee and Spouse only).
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|6. | I
understand that if I dispose of any shares received by me pursuant to the Plan
          within 2 years after the Enrollment Date (the first day of the Offering Period
          during which I purchased such shares) or one year after the Exercise Date, I
          will be treated for federal income tax purposes as having received ordinary
          income at the time of such disposition in an amount equal to the excess of the
          fair market value of the shares at the time such shares were purchased by me
          over the price which I paid for the shares. I HEREBY AGREE TO NOTIFY THE
COMPANY           IN WRITING WITHIN 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF ANY DISPOSITION OF MY
SHARES AND I           WILL MAKE ADEQUATE PROVISION FOR FEDERAL, STATE OR OTHER TAX
WITHHOLDING           OBLIGATIONS, IF AY, WHICH ARISE UPON THEDISPOSITION OF THE COMMON
STOCK. The           Company may, but will not be obligated to, withhold from my
compensation the           amount necessary to meet an applicable withholding obligation
including any           withholding necessary to make available to the Company any tax
deductions or           benefits attributable to sale or early disposition of Common
Stock by me. If I           dispose of such shares at any time after the expiration of
the 2-year and 1-year           holding periods, I understand that I will be treated for
federal income tax           purposes as having received income only at the time of such
disposition, and           that such income will be taxed as ordinary income only to the
extent of an           amount equal to the lesser of (1) the excess of the fair market
value of the           shares at the time of such disposition over the purchase price
which I paid for           the shares, or (2) 15% of the fair market value of the shares
on the first day           of the Offering Period. The remainder of the gain, if any,
recognized on such           disposition will be taxed as capital gain.
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|7. | I
hereby agree to be bound by the terms of the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The
          effectiveness of this Subscription Agreement is dependent upon my eligibility
to           participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
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| | 
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|8. | In
the event of my death, I hereby designate the following as my           beneficiary(ies)
to receive all payments and shares due me under the Employee           Stock Purchase
Plan:
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|NAME:
      (Please print)___________________________________________ |  |  |  | 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  | 
|(First)        (Middle)             
      (Last)                     |  |  |  | 
|                                                                      |  |  |  | 
|_______________
          __________________________________________  |  |  |  | 
|Relationship                                                          |  |  |  | 
|                                                                      |  |  |  | 
|_________________________________________________________             |  |  |  | 
|(Address)                                                             |  |  |  | 
|                                                                      |  |  |  | 
|Employees
      Social                                               |  |  |  | 
|Security
      Number:          ______________________________        |  |  |  | 
|                                                                      |  |  |  | 
|Employees
      Address:     ______________________________          |  |  |  | 
|                                                                      |  |  |  | 
|______________________________                                        |  |  |  | 
|______________________________                                        |  |  |  | 

|8. | I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS SUBSCRIPTION
AGREEMENT SHALL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGHOUT SUCESSIVE OFFERING PERIODS UNLESS TERMINATED
BY ME.
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|Dated:_________________________
           ___________________________ |  |  |  | 
|---------------------------------------------------------------------- |  |  |  | 
|Signature
      of Employee                                            |  |  |  | 
|                                                                       |  |  |  | 
|__________________________________________                             |  |  |  | 
|Spouses
      Signature (If beneficiary other than spouse)            |  |  |  | 

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|EXHIBIT B


TRIPATH TECHNOLOGY INC.2000
EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL


The undersigned participant in the
Offering Period of the Tripath Technology Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan which began on
_____________, ______ (the Enrollment Date) hereby notifies the Company that
he or she hereby withdraws from the Offering Period. He or she hereby directs the Company
to pay to the undersigned as promptly as practicable all the payroll deductions credited
to his or her account with respect to such Offering Period. The undersigned understands
and agrees that his or her option for such Offering Period will be automatically
terminated. The undersigned understands further that no further payroll deductions will be
made for the purchase of shares in the current Offering Period and the undersigned shall
be eligible to participate in succeeding Offering Periods only by delivering to the
Company a new Subscription Agreement.


Name and Address of
Participant:


________________________________


________________________________


________________________________



Signature:


________________________________



Date:___________________________

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