Analysis of packaging effects and optimization in inductively degenerated common-emitter low-noise amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 51, Issue 4 I, 2003, Pages 1220-1226

  Sivonen, Pete ^a   Kangasmaa, Seppo ^a   Pärssinen, Aarno ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

BiCMOS; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Packaging effects; RF

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRONICS PACKAGING; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 0037399003     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2003.809633     Document Type: Review

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