Noise reduction in LNAs using a conductive path to ground technique in SiGe technology

2005 IEEE Asian Solid-State Circuits Conference, ASSCC 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 185-188

  Alvarado Jr , Javier ^a   Duster, Jon S ^a   Kornegay, Kevin T ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BICMOS TECHNOLOGY; CROSSTALK; NOISE ABATEMENT; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; TRANSISTORS;

MONOLITHIC LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NOISE INJECTION; PASSIVE NOISE SUPPRESSION TECHNIQUE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 34250695421     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ASSCC.2005.251696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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