A 3-10-GHz low-power CMOS low-noise amplifier for ultra-wideband communication

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 678-686

  Sapone, Giuseppina ^a   Palmisano, Giuseppe ^b  

^a INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CMOS; group delay; low noise amplifier (LNA); ultra wideband (UWB)

Indexed keywords

CASCODE AMPLIFIER; CIRCUIT SOLUTION; CMOS; CURRENT REUSE; DELAY VARIATION; DESIGN APPROACHES; DUAL STAGE; FLAT-GAIN; FREQUENCY RANGES; INPUT MATCHING; LOW NOISE; LOW POWER; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER (LNA); MINIMUM NOISE FIGURE; OFF-CHIP INTERFACES; POWER CONSUMPTION; POWER GAINS; POWER SUPPLY; RESONANT LOAD; REVERSE ISOLATION; SINGLE-ENDED; SMALL GROUPS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND COMMUNICATIONS; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES TO APPARATUS; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; GROUP DELAY; HETEROJUNCTION BIPOLAR TRANSISTORS; LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; OPTIMIZATION; TIME DELAY;

ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

EID: 79952818158     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2010.2090357     Document Type: Article

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