A CMOS low-noise amplifier with reconfigurable input matching network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1054-1062

  El Nozahi, Mohamed ^a   Sanchez Sinencio, Edgar ^a   Entesari, Kamran ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Low noise amplifier (LNA); Reconfigurable input matching network; Tunable inductor

Indexed keywords

CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CONTINUOUS TUNING; INPUT MATCHING NETWORKS; INPUT RETURN LOSS; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); RE-CONFIGURABLE; RECONFIGURABLE INPUT MATCHING NETWORK; TUNABLE INDUCTOR; TUNING RANGES; VOLTAGE GAIN;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; RESONANT CIRCUITS; TUNING;

AUDIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 67649243803     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2017249     Document Type: Article

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