On selection of optimum signal source impedance for inductively-degenerated CMOS LNAs

Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 584-589

  Belostotski, Leonid ^a,b   Haslett, James W ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Large adaptive Reflector (CLAR); CMOS; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Noise optimization; Square Kilometer Array (SKA)

Indexed keywords

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL ANALYSIS;

CANADIAN LARGE ADAPTIVE REFLECTOR (CLAR); NOISE OPTIMIZATION; SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (SKA);

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

EID: 39049091771     PISSN: 08407789     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CCECE.2006.277668     Document Type: Conference Paper

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