Power efficient distributed low-noise amplifier in 90 nm CMOS

Digest of Papers - IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 131-134

  Machiels, Brecht ^a   Reynaert, Patrick ^a   Steyaert, Michiel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Broadband; CMOS; Distributed amplifier; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Low power; Tapered

Indexed keywords

90NM CMOS; CMOS DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIERS; DIE AREA; DISTRIBUTED AMPLIFIER; LOW POWER; MODERATE INVERSION; PASS BANDS; POWER EFFICIENCY; POWER EFFICIENT; TRANSMISSION LINE; WIDE-BAND;

DC POWER TRANSMISSION; DIGITAL INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; RADIO; RADIO WAVES;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77954503018     PISSN: 15292517     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RFIC.2010.5477322     Document Type: Conference Paper

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