Broadband low-noise amplifier with fast power switching for 3.1-10.6-GHz ultra-wideband applications

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 59, Issue 12 PART 1, 2011, Pages 3146-3153

  El Gabaly, Ahmed M ^a   Saavedra, Carlos E ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; low noise amplifiers (LNAs); microwave integrated circuits; switched circuits; ultra wideband (UWB) technology

Indexed keywords

CHARGING TIME; CHIP AREAS; DC BIAS; DC POWER; DUTY CYCLES; FAST SWITCHING; HIGH GAIN; OUTPUT VOLTAGES; POWER SWITCHING; SWITCHED CIRCUITS; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB) TECHNOLOGY; ULTRAWIDEBAND APPLICATIONS;

BROADBAND AMPLIFIERS; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; DC POWER TRANSMISSION; INTEGRATION; JITTER; MICROWAVE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; SWITCHING; ULTRA-WIDEBAND (UWB);

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 83855163547     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2011.2169277     Document Type: Article

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