Low-area active-feedback low-noise amplifier design in scaled digital CMOS

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 2422-2433

  Borremans, Jonathan ^a,b   Wambacq, Piet ^a,b   Soens, Charlotte ^a   Rolain, Yves ^b   Kuijk, Maarten ^b  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CMOS; Dual band; Feedback; Inductorless; LNA; Low area; Low noise amplifier; Narrowband; Stacked inductor; Wideband

Indexed keywords

CMOS; DUAL-BAND; INDUCTORLESS; LNA; LOW AREA; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER; NARROWBAND; STACKED INDUCTOR; WIDEBAND;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; DIGITAL ARITHMETIC; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 56849115446     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2008.2005434     Document Type: Article

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