A 3.1-10.6 GHz ultra-wideband low noise amplifier with 13-dB gain, 3.4-dB noise figure, and consumes only 12.9 mW of DC power

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-297

  Fang, Chao ^a,b   Law, Choi L ^a,b   Hwang, James ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Current sharing; Feedback; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Pseudomorphic high electron mobility transistor (pHEMT); Ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SHARING; POWER GAIN; PSEUDOMORPHIC HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTOR (PHEMT); ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; GAIN CONTROL; HIGH ELECTRON MOBILITY TRANSISTORS; NOISE FIGURE; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34047102404     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2007.892984     Document Type: Article

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