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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.2

                                LICENSE AGREEMENT

                                 BY AND BETWEEN

                          TRW SPACE & ELECTRONICS GROUP
                                 ONE SPACE PARK
                         REDONDO BEACH, CALIFORNIA 90278

                                       AND

                             RF MICRO DEVICES, INC.
                               7625 THORNDIKE ROAD
                        GREENSBORO, NORTH CAROLINA 27409

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                                LICENSE AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT, made and entered into as the 15th day of
November, 1999 by and between the Space & Electronics Group of TRW Inc., an Ohio
corporation, having offices at One Space Park, Redondo Beach, California 90278
(hereinafter "Licensor") and RF Micro Devices, Inc., a North Carolina
corporation, having offices at 7625 Thorndike Road, Greensboro, North Carolina
27410 (hereinafter "Licensee").

         WHEREAS, Licensor has developed, designed and manufactured certain
kinds of gallium arsenide heterojunction bipolar transistors, and possesses
patents rights and technical information and know-how relating thereto; and

         WHEREAS, Licensee has an existing license from Licensor to design,
manufacture and sell GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors and products
incorporating such GaAs heterojunction bipolar transistors under Licensor's
patent rights and to receive technical assistance relating thereto in certain
specified fields of use; and

         WHEREAS, Licensee desires to obtain from Licensor an additional license
under Licensor's patent rights and technical information relating to such GaAs
heterojunction bipolar transistors for further specified fields of use; and

         WHEREAS, Licensor is willing to grant such license for additional
specified fields of use.

         THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and
the mutual benefits to be derived therefrom, Licensor and Licensee agree as
follows:

                                    ARTICLE 1
                                   DEFINITIONS

         The following words and phrases shall have the meanings set forth below
unless the context requires a different meaning:

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         1.1 AGREEMENT: This Agreement.

         1.2 COMMERCIAL: Involving the transfer or sale of products where the
transaction does not require qualification of the product to relevant
specifications in, for example, mil-m-38510, mil-std-883, mil-i-38534,
mil-i-38535 or similar specifications and subsequent versions issued by any
agency of the United States government.

         1.3 EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 1999.

         1.4 EXISTING AGREEMENT: The License and Technical Assistance Agreement
between Licensor and Licensee dated June 6, 1996 related to the Licensor's HBT
and molecular beam epitaxy processes.

         1.5 EXISTING TRW GAAS HBT PATENT RIGHTS: Licensor's presently existing
patents and filed patent applications, and any patent and patent applications
filed by Licensor after the Effective Date to protect inventions relating to
GaAs HBTs conceived or first actually reduced to practice prior to the Effective
Date, and any United States and foreign patents which issue from any
continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals or substitutions thereof, and
all extensions, reexaminations, renewals and reissues therefrom, and all rights
to bring an action against any person to recover damages or profits resulting
from infringement of the foregoing.

         1.6 FUTURE TRW GAAS HBT PATENT RIGHTS: Licensor's United States and
foreign patents and patent applications filed by Licensor to protect inventions
relating to GaAs HBTs conceived subsequent to the Effective Date, and any United
States and foreign patents which issue from any continuations,
continuations-in-part, divisionals or substitutions thereof, and all extensions,
reexaminations, renewals and reissues therefrom, and all rights to bring an
action against any person to recover damages or profits resulting from
infringement of the foregoing.

         1.7 GAAS HBT: A heterojunction bipolar transistor having a base,
emitter and collector formed on a substrate of gallium arsenide, and the
manufacturing process utilized for forming such transistors on the gallium
arsenide substrate.

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         1.8 HBT TECHNICAL INFORMATION: All documentation, know-how, software or
other information of Licensor relating to Licensor's GaAs HBT, whether or not it
is considered proprietary or a trade secret by Licensor including, without
limitation, data and information contained in reports, documents, computer
programs, drawings and graphs, schematics, manuals, files and notes in any
medium or representation, electronic or otherwise

         1.9 LICENSED FIELD: The design, development, manufacture, use, testing,
sale, marketing, service, and repair of Licensed Products, including the sale of
spare parts for or spare complete Licensed Products by Licensee, for Commercial
customers for the generation, transmission, reception, conversion, tuning or
other conditioning of voice, data or other information via coaxial cable,
twisted pair, or other wired or combination wireless and wired transmission
systems but only if the wireless transmission system operates on signals having
a frequency of less than ten (10) gigahertz. The term specifically excludes,
without limitation, the design, development, manufacture, use, testing, sale,
marketing, service and repair of Licensed Products for use in fiber optic
transmission systems.

         1.10 LICENSED PRODUCTS: Any GaAs HBT products where the emitter of the
GaAs HBT has a width of between One (1) and Three (3) microns inclusive.

         1.11 PATENT RIGHTS: Existing TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights and Future TRW
GaAs HBT Patent Rights.

         1.12 TRANSFER: any mortgage, pledge, transfer, sale, assignment or
other disposition, whether voluntary, by operation of law (including by merger)
or otherwise, of a party's rights hereunder.

                                    ARTICLE 2
                                     LICENSE

         2.1 LICENSE: Licensor hereby grants to Licensee, subject to the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, a fully paid up, royalty free worldwide right
and license under Existing TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights, Future TRW GaAs HBT
Patent Rights and to HBT Technical Information to design, develop, manufacture,
use, test, sell, market, service, and repair Licensed Products in the Licensed
Field.

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                  2.1.1 The license granted in this Section 2.1 shall be a
         non-exclusive license for Licensed Products in the Licensed Field.

                  2.1.2 The license granted in this Section 2.1 shall be
         perpetual, subject to the provisions of Article 8 relating to
         termination and Article 11 relating to default of this Agreement.

                  2.1.3 The license granted in this Section 2.1 is effective as
         of the Effective Date.

                  2.1.4 Licensee shall have the right to assign the licenses to
         utilize Existing TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights, Future TRW HBT Patent
         Rights and HBT Technical Information granted in this Section 2.1 to
         responsible parties, but only in accordance with the provisions of
         Article 13 herein.

                  2.1.5 Licensee shall not have the right to grant sublicenses
         under the licenses to utilize Existing TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights,
         Future TRW HBT Patent Rights and HBT Technical Information granted in
         this Section 2.1

                  2.1.6 The license granted in this Section 2.1 to utilize HBT
         Technical Information in the Licensed Field is a continuing license
         that extends automatically without any further action on the part of
         Licensor or Licensee to (i) any modification, update, change or other
         improvement to the HBT Technical Information that is made by Licensor
         after the Effective Date; and (ii) any discovery, development or other
         invention made by Licensor after the Effective Date that constitutes
         new HBT Technical Information.

         2.2 FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES: Except for the Future TRW GaAs HBT Patent
Rights, or as specified in Section 2.1.6, rights and licenses to future TRW
technologies applicable to the Licensed Products are not granted to Licensee by
this Agreement. Commencing on the Effective Date and continuing until ten (10)
years from the Effective Date, rights and licenses to the Patent Rights, the HBT
Technical Information, and other TRW future technologies applicable to the
Licensed Products not granted to Licensee by this Agreement or the Existing
Agreement shall be offered to Licensee by Licensor on the following terms and
conditions:

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                  2.2.1 Licensor shall deliver a notice to Licensee stating its
         bona fide intention to grant rights and/or licensees to a third party
         for technologies applicable to the Licensed Products, and identify the
         specific technology it desires to license (the "Offered Technology")
         and the terms and conditions by which it proposes to license the
         Offered Technology.

                  2.2.2 Within forty-five (45) days after the date of such
         notice, Licensee shall inform Licensor whether or not it is willing to
         license the Offered Technology upon the same terms and conditions which
         Licensor proposes to license the Offered Technology to the third party.
         If Licensor has not received Licensee's decision by the end of the
         forty-five (45) day period, it will be deemed that Licensee has decided
         not to license the Offered Technology.

                  2.2.3 If Licensee does not elect to license the Offered
         Technology in accordance with Section 2.2.2, Licensor may license the
         Offered Technology to any third party upon terms which in their
         entirety are no more favorable to the prospective third party than
         those specified to Licensee, provided that the license is consummated
         within ninety (90) days of the date of the notice to Licensee. Licensor
         may, at its discretion, alter the final terms of the license to the
         third party from those notified to Licensee such that, though
         individual terms may be more favorable to the third party, the overall
         license terms and conditions are in their entirety no more favorable to
         the third party than those notified. If the final terms and conditions
         are, in their entirety, considered to be more favorable to the third
         party than those notified to Licensee, then Licensor must offer those
         terms to Licensee in accordance with Section 2.2.2, and Licensee shall
         have forty-five (45) days to elect to license the Offered Technology.

                  2.2.4 All obligations to grant licenses to future TRW
         technologies under this Section 2.2 shall terminate ten (10) years from
         the Effective Date.

                  2.2.5 Licensor's obligation to notify Licensee of proposed
         licenses under Section 2.2.1 herein, and Licensee's opportunity to
         license specified in Section 2.2.2 herein, are not applicable to

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         licenses proposed to be granted by Licensor to its affiliated
         companies.

         2.3 EXCLUSION: Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
license and rights granted hereunder shall not be interpreted as granting or
implying the grant of rights in any other invention or technical information of
either party.

         2.4 MARKINGS: To the extent practical, Licensee shall provide on any
Licensed Product or component parts thereof manufactured, used or sold utilizing
any of the rights or licenses granted under this Agreement, or on the packaging
or data sheets related thereto so long as the marking is in accordance with
applicable marking provisions of United States or foreign patent laws, a legible
notice that such Licensed Product or component part is manufactured under a
license granted by Licensor. Licensee shall submit to Licensor prior to marking
any Licensed Product or component part thereof the full copy of such proposed
marking for written approval by Licensor, which approval will not be
unreasonably withheld and will be deemed given unless Licensor responds to the
contrary within ten (10) business days of such submission. No rights are granted
hereunder by either party to the other regarding their respective trade names or
trademarks.

         2.5 LICENSOR RESERVATIONS: Licensor reserves unto itself the rights to
utilize Existing TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights, Future TRW GaAs HBT Patent Rights,
and HBT Technical Information to manufacture, have manufactured, use, test,
sell, service, and repair Licensed Products in the Licensed Field and to grant
sublicenses to other parties to do so, subject to the provisions of Section 2.2.

         2.6 MAINTENANCE OF PATENTS: Licensor shall retain the right to manage
and control the prosecution and maintenance of patent applications and patents
included in the Patent Rights on the basis provided in the Existing Agreement.

2.7      ENFORCEMENT OF PATENT RIGHTS:

                  2.7.1 If either party hereto learns at any time of any
         infringement or threatened infringement by any other person of any
         enforceable Patent Rights owned by or licensed to the other party

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         after the Effective Date, that party shall give notice of that
         infringement or threatened infringement to the other party. The parties
         shall then consult together as to the best course of action to pursue
         in response to such potential infringement, but neither party shall be
         obligated to institute legal action at its own expense. A good faith
         failure by one party to provide such notice to the other party shall
         not be deemed a breach of this Agreement and shall not give rise to a
         right of action by other party.

                  2.7.2 In the event that the parties do not reach an agreement
         as contemplated by Section 2.7.1 hereof as to the best course of action
         to pursue with respect to a potential infringement (i) Licensor shall
         have the right, but not the obligation, to institute legal action,
         through counsel of its own choosing and at its sole expense, to
         restrain any infringement or threatened infringement, or to recover
         damages therefor, of its enforceable Patent Rights, and (ii) Licensee
         shall have the right, but not the obligation, to institute legal
         action, through counsel of its own choosing and at its sole expense, to
         restrain any infringement or threatened infringement, or to recover
         damages therefor, of its enforceable Patent Rights in the Licensed
         Field. The party that bears the expenses of pursuing legal action
         against a third party infringer shall be entitled to any damages, lost
         profits or other monies recovered by judgment, decree, settlement,
         arbitration or otherwise, resulting from such legal action.

                  2.7.3 In the event that one party elects to institute legal
         action against a third party infringer, the other party shall fully
         cooperate in the prosecution of such action including joining as a
         party in suit when necessary to acquire standing to institute legal
         action pursuant to this Section 2.7; provided, however, that such other
         party shall be reimbursed for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
         incurred in providing such cooperation including its reasonable legal
         fees and expenses. The electing party shall reimburse the other party
         for all such expenses within thirty (30) days after its receipt of an
         invoice from the other party that describes such expenses in reasonable
         detail, with supporting documentation as appropriate.

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                                    ARTICLE 3
                            HBT TECHNICAL INFORMATION

         3.1 HBT TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Licensor shall not be obligated to
reduce to a tangible medium of expression any HBT Technical Information.

         3.2 DELIVERY OF HBT TECHNICAL INFORMATION: The HBT Technical
Information related to Licensed Products shall be delivered to Licensee in
accordance with the provisions of the Existing Agreement, and no HBT Technical
Information shall be delivered as a result of this Agreement. Licensor shall
deliver to Licensee one legible copy of each issued patent and all patent
applications included in the Patent Rights as soon as practical after the
Effective Date, but only if such patents and patent applications are specific to
Licensed Products in the Licensed Field. Licensor shall also promptly furnish
Licensee a copy of all patent applications filed and patents issued after the
Effective Date that are included in the Patent Rights, but only if such patent
applications and patents are specific to Licensed Products in the Licensed
Field.

         3.3 USE AND NONDISCLOSURE: Licensee shall not use or permit the use of
HBT Technical Information for any purpose not authorized by this Agreement or by
the Existing Agreement. Licensee shall hold in confidence, and shall not
disclose or communicate or permit to be disclosed or communicated to any third
person, any HBT Technical Information which is furnished to Licensee hereunder
except in accordance with the Existing Agreement. Licensee shall take or cause
to be taken all necessary precautions to the same extent that it would with its
own technical information, but in no event less than a reasonable standard of
care, to prevent the disclosure or communication of HBT Technical Information to
third persons.

         3.4 UPDATES OF HBT TECHNICAL INFORMATION: Except as specified in the
Existing Agreement, Licensor shall be under no obligation to deliver to Licensee
any modifications or additions to HBT Technical Information.

         3.5 RESTRICTIONS: The rights granted Licensee herein cover only
Licensed Products for use as licensed hereunder, and Licensee agrees that it
shall not, during the term of this Agreement, manufacture, sell, lease or
otherwise dispose of any Licensed Products or parts thereof embodying

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any of the Patent Rights except insofar as the application thereof is expressly
provided for under this Agreement or under the Existing Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 4
                                  CONSIDERATION

         In consideration of all rights, licenses, and HBT Technical Information
and benefits conferred to Licensee hereunder, Licensee has issued to Licensor
the Warrants set forth in the Cooperation Agreement between Licensor and
Licensee entered into and effective concurrently with this Agreement.

                                    ARTICLE 5
                        MANUFACTURE OF LICENSED PRODUCTS

         Licensee agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to place itself
in, and to maintain, a position to manufacture, test, sell, service, repair, and
maintain Licensed Products for application in the Licensed Field in the manner
necessary to supply effectively the demand therefor.

                                    ARTICLE 6
                                  IMPROVEMENTS

         Licensee agrees that any modifications or improvements in the Licensed
Products, Patent Rights or the HBT Technical Information made by Licensee,
including any inventions, shall be promptly made known to Licensor in the form
of drawings, written descriptions, or other data, and Licensor shall have a
royalty free, non-exclusive right to use such modifications or improvements,
including any inventions. Licensee further agrees to inform Licensor from time
to time in writing of any of Licensee's patents and patent applications relating
to such modifications, improvements or inventions. If, in countries selected by
Licensor, Licensee decides it shall not file applications for, or maintain
patents upon, Licensee's modifications, improvements or inventions, then
Licensor shall have the right to do so at its expense and such applications and
patents shall be and become its property, provided Licensee shall continue to
have

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the right to make use thereof on a non-exclusive basis in the Licensed Field.
Licensee shall use its best efforts to have executed such application papers and
assignments as Licensor may request in connection with such patents. The
provisions of this Article 6 shall survive termination or expiration of this
Agreement insofar as the rights of the parties to use such improvements,
modifications, inventions and patents are concerned.

                                    ARTICLE 7
                 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND INDEMNIFICATION

         7.1 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LICENSOR: Except as provided for
or otherwise described in this Agreement, Licensor represents and warrants to
Licensee as follows:

                  7.1.1 As of the Effective Date, Licensor is the owner of all
         Patent Rights and HBT Technical Information licensed in this Agreement
         in existence as of the Effective Date.

                  7.1.2 As of the Effective Date, Licensor has all requisite
         power and authority to enter into and execute this Agreement, to grant
         the licenses provided herein and to perform its obligations hereunder.

                  7.1.3 This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
         obligation of Licensor, enforceable against Licensor in accordance with
         its terms.

                  7.1.4 Licensor has not entered into any agreement with third
         parties that would conflict with the terms and conditions herein.
         Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
         performance by Licensor of any of its obligations hereunder will
         conflict with or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or
         provisions of, or constitute a default under, the Articles of
         Incorporation or By-Laws of Licensor, as amended.

                  7.1.5 No royalties or fees have been paid by Licensor to other
         persons by reason of its ownership of the Patent Rights or HBT
         Technical Information.

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                  7.1.6 As of the Effective Date there is no pending or, to the
         actual knowledge of Licensor, threatened claim, litigation or rendered
         decision, judgment or holding against Licensor concerning: (i) any
         claims of ownership by Licensor to any of the Patent Rights or HBT
         Technical Information; (ii) the validity, registrability or
         enforceability of any intellectual property rights of Licensor
         associated with any of the Patent Rights or HBT Technical Information;
         (iii) the license of any Patent Rights or HBT Technical Information to
         Licensee; or (iv) that the Commercial manufacture, use or sale of any
         Licensed Product violates the intellectual property rights of any other
         person.

         7.2 LICENSOR'S RIGHTS: Licensor does not make any representation or
warranty as to the validity of the Patent Rights or that the manufacture, use or
sale of Licensed Products shall not infringe the intellectual property rights of
third parties.

         7.3 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF LICENSEE: Except as provided for
or otherwise described in this Agreement, Licensee represents and warrants to
Licensor as follows:

                  7.3.1 Licensee has all requisite power and authority to enter
         into and execute this Agreement and to perform its obligations
         hereunder.

                  7.3.2 This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding
         obligation of Licensee, enforceable against Licensee in accordance with
         its terms.

                  7.3.3 Licensee has not entered into any agreements with third
         parties that would conflict with the terms and conditions herein.
         Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the
         performance by Licensee of its obligations hereunder will conflict with
         or result in a breach of the terms, conditions or provisions of, or
         constitute a default, under the Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws of
         Licensee, as amended.

         7.4 LIMITATION OF LIABILITY: Licensor does not assume any
responsibility, nor does Licensor give any warranties to Licensee, of any

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nature whatsoever, with respect to the ability of Licensee to construct
successfully Licensed Products using the HBT Technical Information or Patent
Rights. LICENSOR'S WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS AND LICENSEE'S REMEDIES THEREUNDER ARE
SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY AS STATED HEREIN.

         7.5 EXCLUSION: THE WARRANTIES PROVIDED IN THIS ARTICLE 7 ARE IN LIEU OF
ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, WHETHER STATUTORY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN
EQUITY, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS
FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ALL OF WHICH ARE EXPRESSLY EXCLUDED. LICENSOR'S
WARRANTY OBLIGATIONS AND LICENSEE'S REMEDIES ARE SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY AS
STATED IN THIS ARTICLE 7. IN NO CASE SHALL LICENSOR OR LICENSEE BE LIABLE FOR
ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHETHER ARISING IN
CONTRACT, WARRANTY, TORT, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, STRICT LIABILITY, OR OTHER LEGAL
OR EQUITABLE THEORY. LICENSOR DOES NOT MAKE ANY WARRANTY AS TO THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE PATENT RIGHTS.

                                    ARTICLE 8
                              TERM AND TERMINATION

         This Agreement shall commence on the Effective Date, and shall remain
in effect unless this Agreement is terminated for default in accordance with
Section 11.2.

                                    ARTICLE 9
                                 EXCUSABLE DELAY

         9.1 NOTICE: If either Licensor or Licensee is unable to perform any of
their respective obligations as herein provided then the party whose performance
is prevented or delayed shall give the other party notice thereof as soon as
reasonably possible under the circumstances and information regarding the cause
or reason therefor.

         9.2 EXCUSABLE DELAY: If either Licensor or Licensee is unable to
perform any of their respective obligations as herein provided due to any

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circumstances beyond its reasonable control, but not due to its negligence
(including but not limited to strikes, war, an act of God, a public enemy,
interference by any civil or military authority, inability to secure
governmental approval, materials or services or similar cause) and gives notice
to the other as provided in Section 9.1, then the time of performance of any
such obligation shall be extended for a period equal to the number of days
during which performance thereof was delayed due to such circumstances, and
during such period such party shall not be deemed in default of this Agreement.

                                   ARTICLE 10
                           NOTICES AND LEGAL ADDRESSES

         Except as otherwise expressly provided, all notices under this
Agreement shall be made by fax, confirmed by letter, to the fax numbers and
addresses below:

         Licensee:         RF Micro Devices, Inc.
                           7625 Thorndike Road
                           Greensboro, North Carolina 27409
                           Telecopy: 336-664-0311
                           Attention: Jerry Neal

         Licensor:         TRW Inc.
                           Space & Electronics Group
                           One Space Park
                           Redondo Beach, California 90278
                           Telecopy: 310-813-4115
                           Attention:    Vice President and General Manager
                                         Telecommunication Programs Division

                                   ARTICLE 11
                                     DEFAULT

         11.1 DEFAULT: The occurrence of one or more of the following shall
constitute a default hereunder:

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                  11.1.1 In the event a party fails to pay any sum due and
         payable hereunder within ten (10) days after same has become due and
         payable and such failure continues for fifteen (15) days after written
         notice from the payee;

                  11.1.2 In the event Licensor is unable to fulfill its
         obligations under this Agreement as a result of: (a) liens, claims,
         charges or encumbrances in existence as of the Effective Date or
         arising as a result of Licensor's execution or performance of this
         Agreement; (b) Licensor's failure to obtain all consents, approvals or
         authorizations of other persons necessary as of the Effective Date in
         order to grant the licenses provided for herein; (c) Licensor's failure
         to make all filings, notifications and registrations with all
         governmental authorities, if any, necessary as of the Effective Date in
         order to grant the licenses provided for herein; or (d) any federal,
         state or local judgment, writ, decree, order, statute, rule or
         regulation applicable as of the Effective Date to Licensor, the Patent
         Rights or HBT Technical Information, and such inability continues for a
         period of thirty (30) days after written notice from Licensee
         specifying such failure, provided that if the failure be such that it
         cannot with due diligence be cured within such thirty (30) day period,
         then Licensor shall have such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30)
         additional days, as shall be reasonably necessary to cure such failure
         so long as Licensor is acting in good faith and with due diligence;

                  11.1.3 In the event a party fails to perform any other
         material covenant or obligation required to be performed by such party
         hereunder and such failure continues for a period of thirty (30) days
         after written notice from the nondefaulting party specifying such
         failure, provided that if the failure be such that it cannot be cured
         solely by the payment of money and cannot with due diligence be cured
         within such thirty (30) day period, then the notified party shall have
         such longer period, not to exceed thirty (30) additional days, as shall
         be reasonably necessary to cure such failure so long as such party is
         acting in good faith and with due diligence;

                  11.1.4 In the event a party (i) shall commence a voluntary
         case or other proceeding seeking dissolution, liquidation or other
         relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy,
         insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking

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         the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other
         similar official, or (ii) shall consent to any such relief or to the
         appointment of, or taking possession by, such official in any voluntary
         case or other proceeding commenced against it; or

                  11.1.5 In the event any involuntary case or other proceeding
         shall be commenced against a party seeking dissolution, liquidation or
         other relief with respect to it or its debts under any bankruptcy,
         insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking
         the appointment of a receiver, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other
         similar official of it or any substantial part of its property, if such
         involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and
         unstayed for a period of sixty (60) days.

         11.2 REMEDY: If any party is in default as specified in Section 11.1,
the party not in default may terminate this Agreement by giving the other party
thirty (30) days prior written notice of termination and pursue any other remedy
hereunder or otherwise available to it at law or in equity.

         11.3 COMPENSATION: Each party hereby expressly agrees and acknowledges
that termination of this Agreement by either party for default shall not entitle
the other party to any termination compensation or to any payment in respect of
any goodwill established during the term of this Agreement or render the party
liable for damages on account of any loss of prospective profits or on account
of any expenditure, investment or obligation incurred or made by the parties, or
otherwise.

         11.4 PERFORMANCE AFTER DEFAULT TERMINATION: If this Agreement is
terminated for default, whether due to the default of Licensor or otherwise,
Licensee shall discontinue the use of the Patent Rights, and HBT Technical
Information and shall return to Licensor all HBT Technical Information furnished
to or otherwise made available to Licensee hereunder.

                                   ARTICLE 12
                             SURVIVAL OF OBLIGATIONS

         Other provisions hereof notwithstanding, the obligations of Licensor
and Licensee under Articles 6 and 7 and Section 3.3 shall survive the
termination and expiration of this Agreement.

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                                   ARTICLE 13
                     SUBLICENSES, ASSIGNMENTS AND TRANSFERS

         13.1 COMPLIANCE WITH ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS: Neither party may
sublicense or Transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement in
whole or in part or delegate any of its obligations or duties hereunder to any
person except upon compliance with this Article 13.

         13.2 LICENSEE TRANSFER OF LICENSE: Licensee may Transfer its license
rights under Section 2.1 to any person or organization but only in connection
with the sale or Transfer of substantially all of the assets of Licensee
pertaining to the use of Licensed Products in the Licensed Field. The Transfer
of the license, when permitted, shall be notified to Licensor by delivering to
Licensor a written undertaking executed by the transferee under which such
transferee acknowledges that the rights it is acquiring from Licensee are
limited to the Licensed Field in accordance with this Agreement.

         13.3 EFFECT OF NON-COMPLIANCE: Any purported sublicense or Transfer in
contravention of this Agreement shall be null and void and of no force or
effect.

                                   ARTICLE 14
                                  MISCELLANEOUS

         14.1 HEADINGS: The headings and titles to the Articles and Sections of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed a part
hereof or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision hereof.

         14.2 REMEDIES: Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, the rights
and remedies hereunder are in addition to, and not in limitation of, other
rights and remedies under the Agreement, and exercise of one right or remedy
shall not be deemed a waiver of any other right or remedy.

         14.3 MODIFICATION - WAIVER: No cancellation, modification, amendment,
deletion, addition or other change in this Agreement or any provision hereof, or
waiver of any right or remedy herein provided, shall be

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TRW/RF Micro Devices
License Agreement
November 15, 1999

effective for any purpose unless specifically set forth in a writing signed by
the party to be bound thereby and specifically referencing this Agreement. No
waiver of any right or remedy in respect of any occurrence or event on one
occasion shall be deemed a waiver of such right or remedy in respect of such
occurrence or event on any other occasion.

         14.4 ENTIRE AGREEMENT: This Agreement supersedes all other agreements,
oral or written, heretofore made with respect to the subject hereof and the
transactions contemplated hereby and, in conjunction with the Existing Agreement
and the Cooperation Agreement to be executed concurrently with this Agreement,
contains the entire agreement of the parties.

         14.5 CONTROLLING LAW: All questions concerning the validity and
operation of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations imposed upon
the parties hereunder shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the
laws of the State of California, United States of America applicable to
contracts entered into and wholly to be performed in the State of California.

         14.6 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS: The provisions of this Agreement shall be
binding upon and inure to the benefit of Licensor and Licensee and their
respective successors and assigns, but this provision shall not be deemed to
expand or otherwise affect the limitations on assignment and sublicensing set
forth in Article 13 .

         14.7 COUNTERPARTS: This Agreement has been executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original copy hereof.

         14.8 GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS: This Agreement is subject to all the laws
and regulations, and other administrative acts, now or hereinafter in effect, of
the United States Government and its departments and agencies. HBT Technical
Information, any Licensed Product, component, or spare part, are not authorized
to be directly or indirectly sold, leased, released, assigned, transferred,
conveyed, or in any manner disposed of in or to any country where such sale,
lease, assignment, transferal, conveyance or use, is regulated by the United
States Government without first obtaining any necessary approvals of the United
States Government.

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TRW/RF Micro Devices
License Agreement
November 15, 1999

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the
date and year first set forth above.

         TRW Inc.
         Space & Electronics Group

         By:
             -----------------------------------

         RF Micro Devices, Inc.

         By:
             -----------------------------------

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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.3

                              COOPERATION AGREEMENT

This Cooperation Agreement (the "Agreement") is entered into as of this 15th day
of November, 1999, by and between TRW Inc. ("TRW") and RF Micro Devices, Inc.
("RFMD").

WHEREAS, TRW and RFMD have previously entered into a License and Technical
Assistance Agreement, dated as of June 6, 1996 (the "1996 Agreement"; and

WHEREAS, TRW and RFMD entered into a new License Agreement, dated the date
hereof (the "1999 Agreement"), whereby TRW has agreed to expand the scope of the
license granted under the 1996 Agreement to cover additional product
applications; and

WHEREAS, TRW and RFMD wish to reaffirm and extend the cooperative nature that
has characterized their relationship in the past; and

WHEREAS, TRW and RFMD wish to document their intentions concerning future
cooperative actions; .

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

1. Strategic Relationship. TRW and RFMD reaffirm their historical and ongoing
strategic relationship as evidenced in the 1996 Agreement and the 1999
Agreement. More specifically, the parties agree to continue to exchange
technical information with each other concerning the Licensed Products in the
Licensed Fields (as such terms are defined in the 1996 Agreement and the 1999
Agreement). Further, during the term of this Agreement, the parties shall on a
regular basis consult with each other concerning new technologies which are
developed by either party and which could be reasonably viewed as applicable to
other party's markets.

2. License Expansion. The parties agree that, during the term of this Agreement,
TRW, upon the request of RFMD, shall enter into good faith negotiations with
RFMD concerning the further expansion of the licenses granted in the 1996
Agreement and the 1999 Agreement beyond the respective Licensed Fields for the
respective Licensed Products (as defined in the 1996 Agreement and the 1999
Agreement). Further, TRW, upon the request of RFMD, shall enter into discussions
with RFMD concerning the possible licensing of new or existing TRW technologies
that may be applicable to RFMD's markets. Neither of the parties is obligated to
enter into any new or expanded license, and the terms of any such new or
expanded license shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.

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3. Supply Agreement Amendment. Upon the request of TRW, RFMD agrees to enter
into good faith negotiations with TRW concerning the extension of the Supply
Agreement, dated as of June 6, 1996, as amended (the "Supply Agreement"),
between TRW and RFMD. Neither of the parties is obligated to enter into any
amendment of the Supply Agreement, and the terms of any such amendment to the
Supply Agreement shall be subject to the mutual agreement of the parties.

4. Stock Ownership Commitment. In conjunction with the announcement referred to
in paragraph 6 hereof, TRW shall publicly state that until May 1, 2001 it
(directly and/or indirectly through its affiliated entities) will continue to
beneficially hold at least 7,941,161 shares of RFMD common stock (such number to
be adjusted for stock divisions, stock combinations, stock recapitalizations and
stock reclassifications and stock dividends). Further, TRW agrees that it shall
beneficially hold 7,941,161 shares of RFMD common stock (directly and/or
indirectly through its affiliated entities) (such number to be adjusted for
stock divisions, stock combinations, stock recapitalizations and stock
reclassifications and stock dividends) until May 1, 2001 and shall not, at any
time prior to May 1, 2001, sell, assign or otherwise transfer, dispose of, grant
any option to purchase, make any short sale of or enter into any hedging,
synthetic sale or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale
that would have the effect of causing its RFMD common stock ownership to fall
below such number of shares (as may be adjusted), except in conjunction with a
transaction involving a Change in Control of RFMD (as such term is defined in
paragraph 1(b) of Warrant 99-2 referred to in paragraph 5 hereof).

5. Warrant Issuance. In consideration of TRW executing the 1999 License and this
Agreement, RFMD shall issue to TRW contemporaneously herewith two warrants to
purchase an aggregate of 750,000 shares of RFMD common stock on the terms
provided in the form of warrants attached hereto as Attachment A.

6. Joint Announcement. The parties will coordinate a joint public announcement
concerning the 1999 Agreement and this Agreement as soon as possible following
execution of this Agreement.

7. Term of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as of the date
written above and shall terminate on December 31, 2003.

8. Miscellaneous.

         (a) Amendments This Agreement may be amended at any time by a written
agreement executed by both parties hereto.

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         (b) Severability If any provision of this Agreement shall finally be
determined to be unlawful, such provision shall be deemed to be severed from
this Agreement and every other provision of this Agreement shall remain in full
force and effect.

         (c) Notices All notices, requests and other communications hereunder
shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given, if delivered by
hand, at the time of receipt or, if communicated by facsimile or similar
electronic means, at the time receipt thereof has been confirmed by return
electronic communication or signal that the message has been clearly received,
or if mailed, seven (7) days after mailing, registered or certified airmail
return receipt requested, with postage prepaid:

         If to RFMD, to:      RF Micro Devices, Inc.
                              7625 Thorndike Road
                              Greensboro, NC 27409
                              Fax No. 336.664.0311
                              Attention: Jerry Neal

         If to TRW, to:       TRW INC.
                              One Space Park
                              Redondo Beach, CA 90278
                              Fax No. 310.813.4115
                              Attention: Wes Bush

provided, however, that if any party shall have designated a different address
by notice to the other given as provided above, then to the last address so
designated.

         (d) Assignment This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the successors of each of the parties hereto. Neither this Agreement,
nor the rights or obligations of either party hereunder, may be assigned by
either party without the prior written consent of the other.

         (e) Status This Agreement shall not in any respect constitute an
appointment of either party as the agent or legal representative of the other
for any purpose whatsoever.

         (f) Third Parties This Agreement is not intended to, and shall not,
create any rights in or confer any benefits upon anyone other than the parties
hereto.

         (g) Incorporation by Reference The attachment to this Agreement
constitutes an integral part of this Agreement and is hereby incorporated into
this Agreement by this reference.

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         (h) Governing Law This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of California applicable to contracts
entered into and wholly to be performed in such jurisdiction.

         (i) Counterparts More than one counterpart of this Agreement may be
executed by the parties hereto, and each fully executed counterpart shall be
deemed an original without production of the others.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement, which shall
be effective as of the date first set forth above.

                                     TRW Inc.

                                     By:
                                         ---------------------------------------

                                     RF Micro Devices, Inc.

                                     By:
                                         ---------------------------------------

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