A 40-GHz low-noise amplifier with a positive-feedback network in 0.18-μm CMOS

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1895-1902

  Hsieh, Hsieh Hung ^a   Lu, Liang Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Coplanar waveguide (CPW); Cutoff frequencies; Ladders; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Millimeter wave; Positive feedback

Indexed keywords

CASCADED AMPLIFIERS; CASCODE; CENTER FREQUENCY; CIRCUIT OPERATION; CIRCUIT TOPOLOGY; CMOS PROCESSS; COMMON-GATE TRANSISTOR; DC POWER; FEEDBACK NETWORKS; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; RETURN LOSS; SMALL-SIGNAL GAIN;

CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; COPLANAR WAVEGUIDES; CUTOFF FREQUENCY; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FEEDBACK; FREQUENCY BANDS; LADDERS; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 77958098198     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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