Investigation of different input-matching mechanisms used in wide-band LNA design

International Journal of Infrared and Millimeter Waves

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 221-245

  Hu, Robert ^a   Yang, Mark S C ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b VIA Technologies ^*  (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacitive feedback; Inductive feedback; Input matching; LNA; Reactive feedback; Resistive feedback; Wide band

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; RESISTORS;

CAPACITIVE FEEDBACK; INDUCTIVE FEEDBACK; INPUT MATCHING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA); REACTIVE FEEDBACK; RESISTIVE FEEDBACK; WIDE-BAND;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 17044394642     PISSN: 01959271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10762-005-3002-4     Document Type: Article

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