An RF CMOS modified-cascode LNA with inductive source degeneration

National Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings

Volumn 2002-January, Issue , 2002, Pages 450-457

  Fouad, H ^a   Sharaf, K ^b   El Diwany, E ^a   El Hennaway, H ^b  

^a ELECTRONICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Cascode; Inductive degeneration; RF CMOS LNA; RF IC

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; NOISE FIGURE; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS;

CASCODE; CASCODE TOPOLOGY; INDUCTIVE DEGENERATION; INDUCTIVE SOURCE DEGENERATION; POWER SUPPLY; REVERSE ISOLATION; RF CMOS LNA; VOLTAGE SUPPLY;

LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS;

EID: 84946559173     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NRSC.2002.1022654     Document Type: Conference Paper

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