Design of the input matching network of RF CMOS LNAs for low-power operation

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 544-554

  Asgaran, Saman ^a   Deen, M Jamal ^a   Chen, Chih Hung ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Noise matching; Radio frequency (RF)

Indexed keywords

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; IMPEDANCE MATCHING (ELECTRIC); MOSFET DEVICES; NOISE FIGURE; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

INPUT MATCHING NETWORK; LOW-POWER OPERATION; NOISE MATCHING;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34047123664     PISSN: 10577122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2006.887622     Document Type: Article

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