Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an American semiconductor company headquartered in Irvine, California. Formed in 2002 through the merger of Alpha Industries and Conexant's wireless communications division, its roots trace back to Alpha Industries, founded in 1962. Skyworks is a publicly traded company on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol SWKS and is a component of the S&P 500. As of June 2026, the company has a market capitalization of approximately $11 billion and reported trailing twelve-month revenue of approximately $4.0 billion as of March 2026. It employs between approximately 5,600 and 10,000 people.
Skyworks specializes in high-performance analog and radio-frequency (RF) technologies. Its product portfolio includes power amplifiers, filters, switches, front-end modules, timing devices, isolation products, low-noise amplifiers, and power management ICs. These semiconductor solutions enable connectivity in diverse markets, including mobile (smartphones), automotive, broadband, cellular infrastructure, connected home, industrial, medical, military, aerospace, and wearable devices.
In terms of patent litigation, Skyworks Solutions, Inc. is an active operating company that both asserts and defends its intellectual property. The company has appeared as a plaintiff in two tracked cases and as a defendant in one tracked case. These cases are primarily in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, the International Trade Commission (ITC), and the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB), indicating disputes typically involving operating companies rather than patent assertion entities (NPEs) in venues like the Eastern District of Texas.
Notable recent tracked cases include Skyworks Solutions, Inc. et al. v. Grand Chip Labs Inc. et al., filed in the ITC in July 2024 as a plaintiff, and Skyworks Solutions, Inc. v. Kangxi Communication Technologies Shanghai Co., Ltd. et al., filed in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in May 2024, also as a plaintiff. Concurrently, Skyworks Solutions Inc. is defending against Kangxi Communication Technologies (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. v. Skyworks Solutions Inc. before the PTAB, initiated in November 2024. These cases suggest active patent disputes with other entities in their technological space.