Title :
An improved CMOS RF low noise amplifier
Author :
Xuechu Li ; Qingyun Gao ; Shicai Qin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Microelectron. Sci., Nankai Univ., Tianjin, China
Abstract :
In this paper, a CMOS RF low noise amplifier (LNA) with an improved input matching architecture is given. It is proved both in theory and by simulation that the noise figure and the gain of the amplifier are only very slightly affected by such an input network.
Keywords :
CMOS integrated circuits; impedance matching; radiofrequency amplifiers; radiofrequency integrated circuits; CMOS RF low noise amplifier; input matching architecture; noise figure;
Conference_Titel :
ASIC, 2003. Proceedings. 5th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7889-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICASIC.2003.1277405