A common-gate amplifier with transconductance nonlinearity cancellation and its high-frequency analysis using the volterra series

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1461-1469

  Kim, Tae Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CMOS; Common gate multiple gated transistor (CG MGTR); Driver amplifier; MGTR; RF current source; Third order nonlinearity; Volterra series; Wibro

Indexed keywords

CMOS; COMMON GATE MULTIPLE GATED TRANSISTOR (CG MGTR); DRIVER AMPLIFIER; MGTR; RF CURRENT SOURCE; THIRD-ORDER NONLINEARITY; VOLTERRA SERIES; WIBRO;

AUTOMOBILE DRIVERS; MICROSTRIP DEVICES; TRANSCONDUCTANCE;

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 67650786233     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2009.2019998     Document Type: Article

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