Analysis and design of a 1.628-GHz compact wideband LNA in 90-nm CMOS using a π-match input network

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2092-2104

  Chen, Hsien Ku ^a   Lin, Yo Sheng ^b   Lu, Shey Shi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; feedback; flatness; low noise amplifier (LNA); matching; noise figure (NF); series peaking; wideband

Indexed keywords

CMOS; FLATNESS; MATCHING; SERIES PEAKING; WIDE-BAND;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; NOISE FIGURE;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77955702422     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2052406     Document Type: Article

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