A 3-10-GHz low-noise amplifier with wideband LC-ladder matching network

被引:244
作者
Ismail, A [1 ]
Abidi, AA
机构
[1] Skyworks Solut Inc, Irvine, CA 92612 USA
[2] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Elect Engn, Integrated Circuits & Syst Lab, Los Angeles, CA 90095 USA
关键词
amplifier noise; low-noise amplifier (LNA); noise; figure (NF); SiGe amplifier; ultrawideband (UWB); wideband matching;
D O I
10.1109/JSSC.2004.836344
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
Reactive matching is extended to wide bandwidths using the impedance property of LC-ladder filters. In this paper, we present a systematic method to design wideband low-noise amplifiers. An SiGe amplifier with on-chip matching network spanning 3-10 GHz delivers 21-dB peak gain, 2.5-dB noise figure, and -1-dBm input IP3 at 5 GHz, with a 10-mA bias current.
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页码:2269 / 2277
页数:9
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