Sub-0.2 dB noise figure wideband room-temperature CMOS LNA with non-50 Ω Signal-source impedance

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 42, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2492-2502

  Belostotski, Leonid ^a   Haslett, James W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMOS; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Noise measurement; Noise optimization; Radio astronomy; Signal source impedance; square kilometer array (SKA)

Indexed keywords

CMOS; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); NOISE MEASUREMENT; NOISE OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL-SOURCE IMPEDANCE; SQUARE KILOMETER ARRAY (SKA);

ACOUSTIC NOISE MEASUREMENT; ASTRONOMICAL SATELLITES; ASTROPHYSICS; BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NOISE FIGURE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; OPTIMIZATION; RADAR ASTRONOMY; RADIO ASTRONOMY; RADIO TELESCOPES;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 41549127077     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2007.907172     Document Type: Conference Paper

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