Low-power, high-gain V-band CMOS low noise amplifier for microwave radiometer applications

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 104-106

  Huang, Chun Chieh ^a   Kuo, Hsin Chih ^a   Huang, Tzuen His ^a   Chuang, Huey Ru ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cascode amplifier; gain peaking; low noise amplifier (LNA); microwave radiometer; millimeter wave (MMW)

Indexed keywords

CASCODE AMPLIFIER; GAIN PEAKING; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); MICROWAVE RADIOMETER; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MMW);

BANDPASS FILTERS; BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; FREQUENCY BANDS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 79951683042     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2010.2091401     Document Type: Article

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