SEC FORM 3 SEC Form 3
FORM 3 UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
 
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
PALETTE DONALD W

(Last) (First) (Middle)
20 SYLVAN ROAD

(Street)
WOBURN MA 01801

(City) (State) (Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
08/20/2007
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INC [ SWKS ]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
Director 10% Owner
X Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
V. P., Chief Financial Officer
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
X Form filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
Remarks:
No securities are beneficially owned.
Robert J. Terry, Attorney-In-Fact 08/21/2007
** Signature of Reporting Person Date
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY FOR
SECTION 16 REPORTING OBLIGATIONS

        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of David J.
Aldrich, Mark V.B. Tremallo and Robert J. Terry, signing individually, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents to:

        (1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, an officer, or holder
of 10% of more of a registered class of securities of Skyworks Solutions, Inc.
(the "Company"), Form 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") and the rules
thereunder.

        (2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned
that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such Form 3, 4, or 5;
complete and execute any amendment or amendments thereto; and timely file such
forms or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

        (3) take any other action of any nature whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing, which, in the opinion or such attorney-in-fact, may be of
benefit, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned; it
being understood that the documents executed by such  attorney-in-fact on behalf
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-facts may approve in
such attorney-in-facts may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

       The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and performs any and every act and things whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally presents, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving such capacity at the request of the
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

       This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
earliest to occur of (a) the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3,
4, and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by the Company, (b) revocation by the undersigned in a signed
writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, or (c) as to any
attorney-in-fact individually, upon such attorneys-in-fact's employment with
this Company being terminated.

       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 3rd day of August, 2007.


                                                       Donald W. Palette
                                                       Signature

                                                       Donald W. Palette
                                                       Printed Name