**EXHIBIT 31.1**

 

**CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a) OR15d-14(a) OF THE EXCHANGE ACT, AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO SECTION 302 OF THESARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002**

I, Robert A.Bruggeworth, certify that:

1.      I havereviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of RF Micro Devices, Inc.;

2.      Basedon my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of amaterial fact or omit to state a         material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of thecircumstances under which such statements         were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; 3.      Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financialinformation included in this report, fairly         present in all material respects the financial condition, results ofoperations and cash flows of the registrant as         of, and for, the periods presented in this report; 4.      The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible forestablishing and maintaining disclosure         controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) andinternal control         over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for theregistrant         and have:         a)     Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or causedsuch disclosure controls and procedures                 to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant,                 including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by otherswithin those entities, particularly                 during the period in which this report is being prepared;         b)     Designed such internal control over financial reporting, orcaused such internal control over financial                 reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonableassurance regarding the reliability                 of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements forexternal purposes in accordance                 with generally accepted accounting principles;         c)     Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosurecontrols and procedures and presented in this                  report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosurecontrols and procedures, as of the end                 of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and         d)     Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant'sinternal control over financial reporting that                  occurred during the registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant'sfourth fiscal quarter in the case                 of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant's                 internal control over financial reporting; and5.      The registrant's other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed,based on our most recent evaluation of internal         control over financial reporting, to the registrant's auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant's board of         directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):         a)     All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in thedesign or operation of internal control over                 financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect theregistrant's ability to record, process,                 summarize and report financial information; and         b)     Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management orother employees who have a significant                 role in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting.           Date:  November 6, 2008

                                                                                           /s/Robert A. Bruggeworth                                                                                                Robert A. Bruggeworth                                                                                                President and Chief Executive Officer

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