A 1.3dB NF CMOS LNA for GPS with 3kV HBM ESD-protection

European Solid-State Circuits Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 335-338

  Leroux, Paul ^a   Steyaert, Michiel ^a   Vassilev, Vesselin ^b   Groeseneken, Guido ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CMOS LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS; ESD-PROTECTION; GPS RECEIVERS; HIGH GAIN; HUMAN BODY MODELS; LOW NOISE FIGURE; PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS; POWER GAINS;

ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; NOISE FIGURE;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84893796075     PISSN: 19308833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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