Design of cryogenic SiGe low-noise amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2306-2312

  Weinreb, Sander ^a,b   Bardin, Joseph C ^a,b   Mani, Hamdi ^b  

^a IEEE   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Cascode; Cryogenic; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Noise parameters; Silicon germanium (SiGe)

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE NOISE TEMPERATURE; NOISE PARAMETERS; SILICON-GERMANIUM (SIGE); TRANSISTOR CASCODE AMPLIFIERS;

CASCADE CONNECTIONS; CRYOGENICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SIGNAL NOISE MEASUREMENT; TRANSISTORS;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 36649028491     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2007.907729     Document Type: Article

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