A compact 0.114-GHz ultra-wideband low-noise amplifier in 0.13-μm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2575-2581

  Chang, Po Yu ^a   Hsu, Shawn S H ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

CMOS; current reuse; inductorless; low noise amplifier (LNA); resistive feedback; ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

CIRCUIT PERFORMANCE; CMOS; CMOS TECHNOLOGY; CORE AREA; CURRENT REUSE; HIGH-GAIN; INDUCTORLESS; MAXIMUM GAIN; MINIMUM NOISE FIGURE; RESISTIVE FEEDBACK; WIDE-BAND; WIDEBAND LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77958004454     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2063832     Document Type: Article

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