An 8-20-GHz wide-band LNA design and the analysis of its input matching mechanism

IEEE Microwave and Wireless Components Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 528-530

  Hu, Robert ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Input matching; Low noise amplifier (LNA); Wide band

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; BANDWIDTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRIC INDUCTORS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THERMAL NOISE;

ADVANCED DESIGN SYSTEMS (ADS); INPUT MATCHING; LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIERS (LNA);

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 9144234281     PISSN: 15311309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LMWC.2004.837063     Document Type: Article

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