Exhibit 99.1
Contact: John Hamburger                             3:00 pm EDT
         Director, Marketing Communications         Wednesday, September 7, 2005
         (408) 432-1900 x2419                       US1
         jhamburger@linear.com


LINEAR  TECHNOLOGY  ELECTS  CHIEF  EXECUTIVE  OFFICER  LOTHAR  MAIER TO BOARD OF
DIRECTORS

     Milpitas,  California,  September 7, 2005,  Linear  Technology  Corporation
(NASDAQ-LLTC),  a leading,  independent  manufacturer of high performance linear
integrated  circuits,  today announced that its Chief Executive Officer,  Lothar
Maier,  has joined its board of directors as of September 2, 2005. Mr. Maier has
served as Linear  Technology's  Chief  Executive  Officer  since  January  2005.
Previously he served as Chief Operating Officer for more than five years.

     "We are delighted to have Lothar Maier join our board of directors," stated
Robert H. Swanson, Jr., Executive Chairman of Linear Technology.

     Mr. Maier, 50, has over 20 years experience in the semiconductor  industry.
Before  joining  Linear  Technology  in  April  1999,  Mr.  Maier  held  various
management  positions at Cypress  Semiconductor  Corp.,  most recently as Senior
Vice President and Executive Vice President of Worldwide Operations.  He holds a
BS degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

     Linear Technology Corporation was founded in 1981 as a manufacturer of high
performance linear integrated circuits.  Linear Technology products include high
performance  amplifiers,  comparators,  voltage references,  monolithic filters,
linear  regulators,   DC-DC  converters,   battery  chargers,  data  converters,
communications  interface circuits,  RF signal conditioning  circuits,  and many
other analog  functions.  Applications for Linear  Technology's high performance
circuits include  telecommunications,  cellular telephones,  networking products
such as optical switches, notebook and desktop computers,  computer peripherals,
video/multimedia,   industrial  instrumentation,  security  monitoring  devices,
high-end  consumer  products  such as digital  cameras and MP3 players,  complex
medical devices,  automotive electronics,  factory automation,  process control,
and military and space systems.

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