A CMOS ultra-wideband LNA utilizing a frequency-controlled feedback technique

ICU 2005: 2005 IEEE International Conference on Ultra-Wideband, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2005, Issue , 2005, Pages 530-535

  Soliman, Yasser ^a   MacEachern, Leonard ^a   Roy, Langis ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BROADBAND NETWORKS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GAIN CONTROL; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER; MILLER MULTIPLICATION; POWER MATCHING; SPOT NOISE;

FEEDBACK AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 33846224766     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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