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

This paper presents an ESD-protected 0.25 µm CMOS Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) for the Global Positioning System (GPS) operating at 1.57GHz. The performance specifications of high-end GPS receivers are quite severe, requiring designs with good sensitivity as well as LNAs with low noise figure and high gain. The LNA in this work features a 1.3dB noise figure and a power gain of 16.5dB. The input ESD-protection is more than 3kV Human Body Model (HBM) and the power consumption is only 9mW.